Work
Giant Sleep
any number of players and fixed audio
About
Giant Sleep is a commission from the UK-based Cities & Memories Project, with a specific theme of “sleep”, using a field recording, “Leeton Hums”, by Bassling. I composed musical cells that directly connect to its sound-structures, adding multi-track piano and e-bowings, in static and traveling spatialisations. Giant Sleep is both literal or metaphorical, where we exist in and outside of ourselves, like slumbering giants. Where sleep offers both a brief respite from, and engagement with, the terrors of being alive within our time.
Any number of live musicians can each choose a score from the different graphic notations I have created, with Giant Sleep as the fixed sound world to guide their performance. The only requirement in interpretation is a sensitivity to delicate sound, collaborations with yourself, the score, the audio and others in the room. The instructions are undergoing creative permutations with each performance.
Contact the composer for the score and updated information.