Khemia I

Khēmia I (2016) is a work for double bass and electroacoustic. The title of the piece refers to the conceptual axis (Khēmia means transmutation, a term linked with alchemy). The double bass and electroacoustic materials are 'transmuted' through saturation processes, where merge into something complex, in an unstable world of sound. Also, the opposite process applies, in other words, the separation of these two sound sources (the instrument and loudspeakers), to more unlinked elements. There are materials consonants (harmonically stable or simple spectrally) expressing certain onirism compared to other chaotic, saturated and highly complex sound objects.

 

The work was Nominated in the International Competition of the 2016 Foundation Destellos composition (Argentina-France-Belgium-Spain) and was selected in the EMUFest Festival 2017 (Italy).