tetralemma.mov

Tetralemma (2009) is a composition in four parts for tenor saxophone with real-time interactive computer processing, and fixed electronic sound. And the third part is performed without the horn: music recorded onto a cassette dictaphone is played back, very quietly, through a wah wah pedal and portable guitar amplifier.

The music is realized simultaneously with a video by Mike Houston (drawings) and Eric Knisley (animation). This video brings a gigantic presence—fun, bleak, deeply weird, and cosmic all at once; it opens the piece way, way up. As ever, I am grateful for the impeccable musicianship and good cheer of Michael Straus, for whom the piece was made.

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