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Quintet
2023
- Program Notes
- The piece demonstrates the non-standard sound capabilities of Russian folk instruments: soprano domra, alto domra, gusli, bayan, double bass balalaika. It's based on the aesthetics of early computers from the era of preparation for the first space flights of the 1950s and 1960s. Computers of that era were bulky and incredibly noisy. However, for an astronaut going into space, for a long time they became the only neighbors whose “conversations” it was necessary to listen carefully to. The slightest change in the tone of these digital conversations could signal a serious failure that would pose a danger to the entire space expedition. To create the atmosphere of being in a spaceship, specially selected techniques were used: the creaking of magnetic tapes of VHS cassettes mounted on strings, the hum of vibration of electric toothbrushes pressed with different forces to different parts of the instruments, the noise of air in resonator chambers and etc.
- Recording Notes
- performance and recording - Vadim D. Genin, mixing - Fedor Vetkalov
- Performer Credits
- Vadim D. Genin