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: ensemble
Year composed: 2002
Duration: 00:08:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Percussion Ensembles
Instrumentation: 6 Percussion (General)
Instrumentation notes: For six or more percussionists. Requires two sets of six similar objects of gradated indefinite pitch, three keyboard-type mallet instruments, bass drum, kick drum and bell plate.