Slipstream (2002)
flute and fixed electronics

Format:  PDF only (score) & aiff audio files
Dimensions:  11 x 17 in.
Audio format:  7-channels (aiff) / 44.1 Khz/16bits
Performing Rights Society:  ASCAP
Duration:  10'44"
Pages:  20

This work focuses on the relationship between two elements of sound: noise and pitch, using the sound of the flute as the basis of the piece. The transformations of a single key-click into long sustained notes can be heard through out the piece.

I imagine sounds that are visible, that constantly transform into different forms, sizes, and colors, as they travel through the air at different speeds. The timber of the tape material is based on my personal characterization of the flute: metallic, sensitive, fragile, light, and warm, but cool at the same time. These sounds of the tape are at times as small and gentle as grains of sand, and at times, as unyielding as a mass of metal. The transformations of both tape and flute take place as they react to the sound of one another. The tape material react especially to the air pressure of the flute, as if the air that emerges from the instrument physically blows away and breaks the tape sounds into small particles. At the same time, the traveling force of the tape material in the air causes the flute to react back.

This work was realized at Technical University of Berlin Electronic Studio and was commissioned by Sender Freies Berlin Radio.