The Redactions (2015-2020) were an exploration of ideas surrounding the extraction of "peaks," or "transients" from geographically & thematically relevant audio materials given each particular realization or performance. The outcome took a number of stylistic forms from classic Musique Concrète to poly-rhythmic chaos to soundscapes derived from the timings inherent to natural environments.
After years of performing computer music & with variable hardware analogue / digital modular synthesizer setups, I had decided to again explore the merging of the two via the Expert Sleepers modules connecting Max-MSP & a Hybrid Digital / Analogue Eurorack Modular Synthesizer via Optical ADAT connection.
Hinging on the topographies of the"Occlusions" & "Generators" systems, it's the most complete performance solution I've come up with to date; very much a live performance work, generally performed in Quad, although stereo performances have more commonly been given.
The piece made its debut in recorded form in a “Private” lathe-cut edition for Laura & Mark Cetilia’s Estuary Ltd. before an early variant was issued by the storied Dalston venue Cafe Oto’s Otoroku series the following year. It was revisited multiple times during the 2020 “Hi-Res AUDIO” cassette program (H-RA 004; “[GRM] Redactions”, then H-RA 007; “Contemporary Drummer [Redactions]” w/ the former also arriving on LP in late 2022 via Koshiro Hino’s Nakid).
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Ohm [Redactions] (Berlin, April 2015)
Villa Arconati [Redactions] (Milan, June 2015)
MWM [Redactions] (Pawtucket, June 2015)
3S [Redactions] (Portsmouth, June 2015)
ZKM [Redactions] (Karlsruhe, July 2015)
Oto [Redactions] (London, July 2015)
City Hall [Redactions] (Boston, October 2015)
Ezra Pound [Redactions] (Cambridge, October 2015)
PS1 [Redactions] (Queens, November 2015)
Max Watts [Redactions] (Melbourne, December 2015)
Carriageworks [Redactions] (Sydney, February 2016)
Convergence [Redactions] (Banff, March 2016)
GES-2 [Redactions] (Moscow, February 2017)
Fylkingen [Redactions] (Stockholm, February 2017)
Kraftwerk [Redactions] (Berlin, March 2017)
Buchla [Redactions] (San Francisco, April 2017)
Human Resources [Redactions] (Los Angeles, April 2017)
Quiet City [Redactions] (Vancouver, April 2017)
Documenta [Redactions] (Athens, May 2017)
Coupigny [Redactions] (Paris, November 2017)
Standards [Redaction] (Milan, November 2017)
Northcote Uniting [Redactions] (Northcote, May 2018)
AvantWhatever [Redactions] (Brunswick, July 2018)
MIUC [Redactions] (Carlton, July 2018)
SMEM [Redactions] (Fribourg, September 2018)
UH [Redactions] (Budapest, September 2018)
Control [Redactions] (Brooklyn, October, 2018)
Send + Receive [Redactions] (Winnipeg, October 2018)
Semibreve [Redactions] (Braga, October 2018)
Fabra i Coats [Redactions] (Barcelona, November 2018)
Bar Laika [Redactions] (Brooklyn, January 2019)
Paradiso [Redactions] (Amsterdam, February 2019)
NMC [Redactions] (St. Louis, March 2019)
Van Lieshout [Redactions] (Brooklyn, April 2019)
Organ Within [Redactions] (New York, May 2019)
Plattfon [Redactions] (Basel, September 2019)
NEXT [Redactions] (Bratislava, November 2019)Contemporary Drummer [Redactions] (Chicago, February 2020)
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The Boston Globe (October, 2015)
FACT (September, 2015)
CCVA (October, 2015)
Office for the Arts at Harvard (October, 2015)
Boston Hassle (October, 2015)
Vanyaland (October, 2015)