The Process: Each performer creates a composition in response to a drone created by prepared turntables. The individually recorded compositions are cut up, arranged, processed, and reconstructed to form a new work.
The Result: The electro-acoustic tracks combine concert music and sound art with lo-fi drones, making categorization irrelevant.
Jérôme Descamps, trombone – Descamps performs with free jazz and contemporary music ensembles and was a member of A.R.F.I. in Lyon. Today, he is a professor of Trombone in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Victoria Jordanova, harp – Victoria Jordanova is a composer, harpist, and multi-media artist. A leading harpist in new music, Jordanova is known for her “…singularity of vision” [New Music Box].
Peter Vukmirovic Stevens, piano – is the ensemble’s founder and principal arranger. Stevens’ illustrative music covers an extensive palette of sensibilities from concert music to sound art.
Strotter Inst., prepared turntables – has forged a unique path between art and music. Strotter performs on prepared turntables using cut-up vinyl and objects to create performances that are both concert and installation.
Credits
Executive Producer: Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
Recorded by Ensemble Ex Materia
Arranged by Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
Mixed and mastered by Sami Bouvet at Studio Faber, Paris
Coding for electronic instruments by Giancarlo Ciarelli
Album art and layout by Sean Waple
