Cracked Automatic

Fells, N. (2005) Cracked Automatic. [Compositions]

Abstract

Cracked Automatic is a piece for four instrumental improvisers and laptop made in 2005 as part of the allocation dynamics project at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts. It explores relationships between pre-composed and improvised sound materials using a simple rhythmic pulse as a ‘grid’ to stimulate and constrain the production of instrumental sound. The players work on and around the grid to create more or less ordered or chaotic behaviours, occasionally converging on a melodic ‘core’. The laptop is used to process instrumental sound and create textures that are spatialized around the ensemble and the audience – performed in the round, the piece places the audience in the same sound-space as the musicians, creating a cohesive social-sonic environment. The piece was also performed as part of Lautwechsel in 2005 at the Gasteig centre, Munich. The allocation dynamics project was funded by the AHRB project Chaotic Gestures: Sculpting Sound and Animation in Performance.

• Item Type: Compositions
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Fells, Professor Nick
• Authors: Fells, N.
• Subjects: M Music and Books on Music > M Music
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Music
• Publisher: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
• Copyright Holders: Nick Fells

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
38705	1	Chaotic gestures - sculpting and sound and animation in performance	Nicolas Fells	The Arts & Humanities Research Board (AHRB-POST)	B/SG/AN8623/APN	CCA - MUSIC