balagan
Benjamin Thigpen
Notes de programme
… but I let you fall back into chaos,
like diving bells.– Lautréamont
balagan is a study in disintegration. In Hebrew, the title means “mess.” As I composed the piece, the principle problematics for me revolved around the issues raised by this title
I like to think that the form of balagan resembles that of the “constructures” my daughter used to make when she was 2 or 3 years old. There are many small objects arranged on the floor. Seen from a distance — as you enter the room, say — they give you the impression of a big mess
The sounds, all of acoustic origin, were transformed primarily by fragmentation — the extraction and superimposition of small bits of sound — and hybridization — the combination of the spectral energies of two different sounds. This processing was done by programs I wrote in Max/MSP
Commissioned by Ina-GRM, and composed in their studios in Paris (France). balagan was a finalist in the Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo (CIMESP 2003, Brazil).
- Compositeur·trice(s): Benjamin Thigpen
- Année de composition: 2001
- Durée: 15:36
- Instrumentation: support 8 canaux
- Commande: Ina-GRM
