Ctrl c
Adam Stanović
Programme notes
In 2016, I was asked by Ben Gaunt to produce an acousmatic re-mix of his existing instrumental piece 16th Century Horror, for flute, oboe, and piano, and was provided with pristine recordings of the work’s three movements along with stem recordings of the individual instruments.
I began by lightly processing and developing these recordings in ways that would maintain clear and unambiguous references to Gaunt’s original piece. In this way, I hoped to remain true to the idea of a remix. As I worked, however, I increasingly found myself nudging materials in directions that I wanted to explore, and this started to force a separation between Gaunt’s music and my own. As I struggled on, the constant nudging gave way to more extreme acts — pushing and pulling, bending and breaking — until all references to 16th Century Horror were, unfortunately, severed. A few, brief hints of the instrumental origins lurk throughout, but ultimately there is little that connects Ctrl c with Gaunt’s work. As is often the case, things apparently ‘copied’ are all-too-often unique.
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Ctrl c was realized in 2016 at the composer’s studio in Sheffield (England, UK) and premiered on April 7, 2016 during the Instrumental vs Electroacoustic
Premiere
- April 7, 2016, Instrumental vs Electroacoustic
: Remixing Contemporary Classical Music, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield (England, UK)
Awards
- Composer(s): Adam Stanović
- Year of composition: 2016
- Duration: 10:59
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Ben Gaunt
- ISRC: CAD501810030
