Composer Rand Steiger is fascinated by how separate sounds fuse into one, exploring the delicate perceptual cusp between a chord and a timbre.
Performer Biography
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), which performs on this album, was named the 2014 Musical America Ensemble of the Year.
Compositional Technique
Rand Steiger's compositions combine instrumental virtuosity, a hybrid approach to harmony (tempered and just intonation), and digital audio signal processing to enrich orchestration.
Compositional Technique
The audio signal processing in these works is a result of Rand Steiger's collaboration with Miller Puckette, who developed the Pd software environment used for sound transformation.
Performer Biography
Claire Chase, the flutist and piccolo player on this album, was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2012 and awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 2017.
Recording & Production
The sound of the instruments is transformed in real-time using computer programs and then disseminated out of six speakers in the auditorium, reduced to stereo for this album.
Composer Biography
Rand Steiger, the composer, was Composer-in-Residence at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology from 2010 to 2013.
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