RADIO CONCERTS
From 2016-2021 I was head of Radio Belgrade's Electronic Studio. These concerts were live performances, made with the use of notable synthesizer EMS Synthi 100 and computer setup. The restoration of this instrument was one of the projects that I realized while working there.
RADIO CONCERT NO.2
Live performance for EMS Synthi 100, magnetic tape and computer setup (2021)
Live performance for EMS Synthi 100, magnetic tape and computer setup (2021)
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Radio Concert No.2 is a result of a continuous experimentation with combining the synthesizer EMS Synthi 100 and computer setup in a context of live performance that has been initially dedicated to a live radio broadcast. I have started developing this approach in Radio Concert No.1 from 2018 and with this new piece, I have taken the idea further. A complex synthesizer such as Synthi 100 is adapted to a virtuosic real-time sound manipulations that involve the use of computer as a complementary tool. Computer controllers that allow great deal of physical expressiveness in shaping the sound in real-time (such as Sensel Morph, foot pedal, TouchOSC app), interact with the synthesizer (which is the main source of sound), and allow rapid changes and complex organization of the material on the spot, that makes improvisation possible and fruitful.
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Once the tools have been set, I improvise with them, having in mind the radiophonic format. I like characterizing my approach as inversion of the music-concrete - I don't use any concrete sounds in my work, but with granular and micro-sampling techniques, I am recreating certain quality that we relate to concrete sounds. Aesthetics of radiophonic composition evoke in my work referentiality to early electronic music and radio experiments, and tape machine is used to emphasize this quality.
Radio Concert No.2 has couple of different recorded iterations as well as live video-version. This work is the last piece that I made before leaving my job as head of Radio Belgade's Electronic Studio. |
Premiered at Espace Multimedia Gantner, Radio Belgrade, OUTRA festival, Heroines of Sound
RADIO CONCERT NO.1
Live performance for EMS Synthi 100 and computer (2018)
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This piece was made for the purpose of the official opening of the Electronic Studio Radio Belgrade, on March 2 2018. The performance took place in Electronic Studio and it was broadcast on national radio and TV simultaneously. The audience could follow this and the rest of the program, live in one of the Radio Belgrade's studios.
Electronic Studio Radio Belgrade was re-opened after over 25 years of stagnation. Opening and most of the programs of the studio at this point are concentrated around the restored synthesizer EMS Synthi 100, that has been brought back to life in September 2017 by the team of experts - Daniel Araya and Jari Suominen. |
My computer setup for this piece was based on the TouchOSC interface, Pure data patch and Ableton live. Improvisational dialogues between Synthi and computer were done through a dynamic interactive interface on my tablet and tweaking of the Synthi sounds live and playing with their parameters. I haven't used Synthi's sequencer (or a computer sequencer), but rather variety of key triggers, joysticks and envelope shaper trapezoids. Due to a wide frequency range, it's not advisable to listen to this recording through a laptop speaker or similar. This is my first use of the modular synthesizer in live performance and/ or composition.
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