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for voice.insect sounds and drum machine (15') an electronic garden of eden - a drum machine calls out to its fellow rhythm machines in nature - homoptera - hymenoptera - orthoptera - heteroptera - a simple song of mating and territorial definition on a warm summer afternoon. Tettix is a Homeric word for cicada. |
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| performance history:
The piece began its life as music for a dance piece for the choreographer Karl Jay - Lewin performed in London 11.99. a concert version was made (for the voice of Ayelet Harpaz and was premiered in the Bellevue Theater (Amsterdam) 4.2000 as a prelude to the dance piece Slam Bam (collaboration with choreographer Marie-Cecile De Bont). Further performances in Den Haag (KORZO), Middelburg (Centrum Nieuwe Muziek), Rotterdam (Lantaren Vester, Dodorama) recorded (Amsterdam 6.00) for UNSOUND 001- release date 12.2000 |
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