chaoids - yannis kyriakides (2001)

for ENSEMBLE INTEGRALES (Germany) 2001

In Chaoids I set out to explore aspect of rhythmic polyphony. It is a study in slow moving counterpoint of three voices set against a constant pulse.
The pulse of the electronic soundtrack, which is made up of raw wavetable sounds, acts like a grid against which the slow changing, but lively organic rhythms of the other instrumnets are percieved . The effect is of intersecting planes of activity which retain their own individual characteristics but are mapped against eachother through the flattening action of the 'grid'.
The term ‘Chaoids’ is borrowed from Deleuze/Guattari ‘s What is Philosophy. They are defined as 'forms produced by planes or lines cutting through chaos' .


chaoids for tenor sax . violin . percussion (2001) for ENSEMBLE INTEGRALES (Germany) 2001 In Chaoids I set out to explore aspect of rhythmic polyphony. It is a study in slow moving counterpoint of three voices set against a constant pulse. The pulse of the electronic soundtrack, which is made up of raw wavetable sounds, acts like a grid against which the slow changing, but lively organic rhythms of the other instrumnets are percieved . The effect is of intersecting planes of activity which retain their own individual characteristics but are mapped against eachother through the flattening action of the 'grid'. The term ‘Chaoids’ is borrowed from Deleuze/Guattari ‘s What is Philosophy. They are defined as 'forms produced by planes or lines cutting through chaos' .
		excerpt from live performance byEnsemble Integrales in Bludenz

	performance history: Chaoids was premiered at Bludenz Contemporary Music Festival (Austria) in November 2001 by ensemble Intégrales, Barbara Lüneburg, Burkhard Friedrich, Nils Grammerstorf