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The Internal Glow of Electric Hearts (2010)

Details
​Description:
 Solo electronics

Duration: 5'

Instrumentation: Elec

​Commission: N/A

First performance: 2010, West Road Concert Hall.

Recording: ​Original mix

Programme Note
This is the oldest piece in my catalogue. Its fidgety riff was composed at a National Youth Orchestra course while I was still at school, and mix in my first term at university. The electronics combine with a spoken setting of Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto, in a translation by my friend Oran Maguire, while the vocals were sung by Catherine Harrison. Unfortunately, the mix shows the limits of electronic skills as an 18-year-old. In time, I will make a good live version and higher-quality recording. For now, the work is mothballed. 
All photographs by Ilme Vysniauskaite
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