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Richard Scott - Flowers for Antonin (dedicated to Antonin Artaud)

from Modulisme Session 076 by 3 Year Itch Birthday Session v.4

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It all started back in the 80s when Richard Scott played a synthesiser and sang in little post punk bands, then spent 15 years playing saxophone before deciding that real instruments aren’t quite his thing « or at least that I didn’t feel I had enough conviction to bring to them to scratch the creative itch I wanted to scratch. » For the last few years he has been heavily focussed on the limitless possibilities of analogue modular synthesis, has released a lot of albums since it is very important for him to document his work and he operates his own Sound Anatomy web-label imprint.

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Flowers for Antonin takes the form of three continuous sections. It is “led” by a solo synthesiser voice, which appears right at the outset. The piece maps the changing relationship of the solo voice against the other layers, which represent more of an ensemble layer. The solo line serves more as a connective thread amidst the more fragmented and discontinuous sections rather than itself being the aural focal point.
The first section (0:00–2:19) is agitated and gestural, and introduces the basic material and atmosphere of the piece, much of which is maintained and revisited throughout the other sections. The solo voice is present from the outset but is integrated and hard to distinguish.
The second section (2:19–8:10) comprises two passages of slightly different characters. The passage between 2:19 and 6:14 is slightly less frenetic than the opening section, allowing for varied and playful interactions between tape and solo voice. Denser sections and percussive interjections are introduced and the lead voice is sometimes subsumed by these events. In the second passage, starting at 6:14, the solo voice again becomes more apparent; high-frequency sine wave chirps create a more continuous element through subsequent passages. The solo part finally becomes indistinguishable as it is subsumed under overlapping layers of gestural events and sound masses.
The final section (8:10 – end) is initiated by a distinctive descending phrase from the solo voice and moves away from the hyper-gesturalism of the previous sections, allowing for the growth of a more “orchestral” sound mass, into which the solo line is completely absorbed, taking the piece to a conclusion.

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from Modulisme Session 076, released December 2, 2022
Realised on Serge, Eurorack, Revox tape recorder, WiGi (STEIM-modified Buchla Lightning) and LiSa software.
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