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Movement 2 02:18
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Movement 3 07:29
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Movement 4 04:18
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Movement 5 03:22
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Movement 6 01:21
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Movement 7 03:15
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Movement 8 02:02
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Movement 9 02:13
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MOVEMENT -

About the work:
Based upon Krystof Penderecki’s approach to timbre – in which he scored a plethora of means of physically sounding the materiality of any given instrument – this project seeks to transmute such compositional methods onto an electronic medium. Created vias means of a touch interface, the foundation of the work is an electrical signal mediated by the human body, in which even the slightest gesture can radically alter the tone, frequency, density and clarity of sonic materials. The performer as such interacts directly with electrical signals, the outcome of which is used as a foundation by which to score dynamic, timbral, tonal and rhythmic changes to a small ensemble. In this manner, electronic and acoustic instrumentation intersect through a process of cross-contamination, in which minor movements are translated into broad structural and dynamic evolutions to the work as a whole. The utility of touch interfaces provides new means of controlling technology – overcoming the obstacle wherein electronic devices all too often rely on an interface that amplifies the divorce between performative gesture and the production of audio/visual materials. In contrast, the touch interface - in which the fingers of each hand 'close' an electronic circuit and thus produce audible oscillations - directly incorporates the body into the sounding process upon which the musical and visual elements are later mapped. In this way, 'The human body...' seeks to develop its own scored audio-visual language, prioritising the specific affordances of the electronic domain through the physical, embodied movements of the human form.
More info: www.7000trees.com/thehumanbody

About the composer:
Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully is based in south-east England, and holds a PhD in composition. His work explores avant-garde and experimental practices, with a particular focus on social aspects of audio-visual production. He has released work on labels such as Hallow Ground, Cruel Nature, Fallen Moon, and has had writing published by outlets such as
Toneshift, Tusk, and Freq. He contributed a chapter to the print anthology Art/Law/Power, and currently lectures at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

THE AZ5 BUTTON -

“The AZ5 button was the emergency button that was pressed at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in 1986. Everyone knows what followed. Taking the idea of a button being pressed that’s part of the process to end something quickly, but in reality is part of a much bigger chain of events is what has inspired the process of making these pieces. I’m really pleased to be sharing this release with an artist who has produced an intriguing set of tracks.” - DvS, Nottingham, April 2023.

Cat.# WC 39

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released May 12, 2023

Movement Written, Produced and Mastered by Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully
The AZ5 Button Written, Produced and Mastered by Lee Pylon
Artwork by Megmayo

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