Rythmic Study 4b – Ludvan Ven Beethowig

 
Rythmic Study 4b – Ludvan Ven Beethowig
Even though scored for an acoustic instrument (the Toy Piano), the piece Rhythmic Study 4 is largely composed based on digital audio techniques assampling, cutting, pasting and splicing. It resembles the effect of a scratched CD, with unforeseeable loops and sudden jumping points. The piece is dedicated to John Oswald who in the 80’s – even before the break of the digital revolution – created the Plunderphonics, who quoted and subverted known pop tunes into new compositions.
Rhythmic Study 4b applies this compositional approach to an acoustic, classical medium. The subtitle - Ludvan ven Beethowig – is an allusion to Oswald’s practice of creating titles based on anagrams of the artists he quoted.