Morphallaxis (2008) for flute, percussion, violoncello and electronics. duration 9’ minutes
Morphallaxis was commissioned by IRCAM and premiered in 2008 by the ensemble Alternance in Paris. The title of the piece means recreation/ rebirth of a part from a part. It refers to an ongoing model of macro and micro structure which is reborn from its own materials again and again. The piece eschews harmony, melody, even intervallic relationships. It is rather focused to form a solid unified sonic image composed by gestures, articulations, postures, rhythmical figures, textures and/or spectrum changes all grouped into a single composite sonic unit.
The instrumental part of Morphallaxis has been composed out of 700 hundred sound samples that are previously performed by musicians of the ensemble Alternance and recorded at Ircam studios in Paris. The produced sound library has been analyzed and classified according to sound similarity descriptors by a computer system implemented on MaxMSP.
The electronic part creates a sound ecology of concrete, synthesized sounds, instrumental and soundscape sounds which along with their references and their semiotics aim to create a complex subjective sonic experience.
This piece was awarded the Prix Fondation Encuentros, Destellos compétition 2018 and an Honorable Mention at the Bourges - 35e Concours International de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques in France.