Signals Intelligence
Christopher Adler
About this work:
Signals Intelligence explores the experience of hearing an electronic transmission in which order is clearly audible but the information density is too high for any human to parse. The experience is one of being made aware of that which is always just out of reach, just beyond comprehension. Two related algorithms are employed to generate melodic material using from one to six pitches. In the solo version, the results are applied to six indefinitely pitched objects, while in the ensemble version these are mapped to shifting pitch sets and presented in combination with indefinitely pitched instruments.
Version: solo
Year composed: 2002
Duration: 00:05:00
Ensemble type: Solo instrument, non-keyboard:Percussion (General)
Instrumentation: 1 Percussion (General)
Instrumentation notes: Six similar objects of gradated indefinite pitch (e.g. 6 brake drums or 6 wood blocks)