tetTIX
Voice, insect sounds, 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.
The piece began its life as music for a dance piece for the choreographer Karl Jay - Lewin. A concert version was made for the voice of Ayelet Harpaz.
tetTIX was recorded in June 2000 and released on the CD “a conSPIracy cantata” [Unsounds 01U] in December 2000.
performance history
- November 1999; Dance piece performed by Karl Jay - Lewin, London.
- April 2000; Premiere in Bellevue Theater, Amsterdam 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 and Dodorama).
