Superstrings
ix 1999
(excerpt)
Superstrings --- dedicated to my father
Duration 12'23
Clip taken from the end of the work.
Superstrings was recorded and composed entirely at The University of Sheffield in 1998/1999. It uses natural string sounds: those made from the piano and harpsicord, predominantly harmonics and gestures made by scraping the strings with the hands and other objects. In addition there are passages of a more melodic nature - single notes, clusters, strings of pseudo-random walks and harmonic passages being played either by hand or with the help of a MIDI Disklavier.
Superstrings resides in a world of pitched and pulsed sections and drifts from the real into the unreal. The sectional nature of the work is highlighted by two similar but contrasting pulsed passages 'coloured' and articulated with other sounds. Repetition of other material leads to further understanding of the hierachies of sound that made up the work.
Superstrings as a word relates to the scientific theory of matter. All matter is made up of superstrings that are multi-dimensional and wave-like in nature. Imagine a nebula where energy and matter colide in a sea of light and heat. The soundworld of Superstrings pulses with this raw energy.
Adrian Moore
Adrian Moore lives in Sheffield and has been working in the field of electroacoustic music for some time. He graduated with a PhD from the University of Birmingham in 1998, studying with Jonty Harrison. He regularly works with BEAST and is a director of Sonic Arts Network. He has worked at CNSM-Lyon, Université de Montréal and ZKM-Karlsruhe and is a lecturer in music at Sheffield University and director of the electroacoustic studios. His main interests are the performance, teaching and dissemination of electroacoustic music and his work aims to show the enjoyment that can be achieved in music-making, whatever the circumstances.
eContact! 2.2 — Sonic Arts Network (Septembre 1999 / September 1999). Montréal: Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / Canadian Electroacoustic Community.
