Ali Can Puskulcu, the composer and performer, conceived "Gibberish Shreds" to explore and confront human angst and 'gray areas' using quasi language-like noise.
Compositional Technique
The music in "Gibberish Shreds" uses midi pedals to manipulate and process live sound, enhancing the music's spatial effect.
Composer Biography
Ali Can Puskulcu, the composer and performer, is a Turkish-American composer and violinist who has received the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The inspiration for "Gibberish Shreds" came from Ali Can Puskulcu's interest in nonsensical sounds combined with very fast gestures, which he had been hearing in his head for years.
Composer Biography
Ali Can Puskulcu made his Carnegie Hall debut in March 2013 as the Second Prize Winner of the American Protégé Strings and Piano Competition.
Recording & Production
The recording of "Gibberish Shreds" progresses from purely live sounds in Volume I to significant amounts of pre-recorded tracks and samples in Volumes III through V.
