Tu Soplo que transporta (2005) 12:48″ For Clarinet and Live Electronics

The piece is based on the metaphor of approximation-silence and the process of breathing. We only hear us breathing when we are quiet; and certainly we can only listen to somebody else breath when we are very close, perhaps in intimacy. With the used of live electronics and a wind instrument the material is transformed in different degrees, led away by the used of sound spectrum of the clarinet and a second element that will interact in real time with the performer generating a strong relation between an amplitude threshold that will settle on the amount of electronic material that is getting out from the computer and music score. The complete interactive part is programmed in PD (Pure Data). In this piece the performer triggers sound samples and real time procedures with the used of a switch and volume MIDI foot pedal. The piece requires a second performer dedicated to the electronic part to control the subjective parameters and incorporate some brief moments of improvisation. The piece was produced in November 2005 at the Audio Laboratory of the University Institute for Audiovisuals from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

Clarinet: Naum Monteverde