Longing; Blur From Afar [2023]


for four percussionists (with intonarumori), cello, two electric guitars, & live electronics (moog monosynths, two speaker cubes, transducer system) [10′]


Commissioned by the Musik-Akademie Basel in collaboration with the Museum Tinguely.

Premiered by the Musik-Akademie Basel Percussion Ensemble (Pablo Mena, Noah Rosen, Dániel Láposi, Alejandro Neves Sarriegui), James Morely, Flavio Banni, Kukka Lukkarinen, and Michele Selvaggi on May 1st, 2023 at the Museum Tinguely (Basel, Switzerland).

Note: the cello is amplified + prepared; players sometimes perform objects; the original work requires special recreations of intonarumori and 6-channel speaker cubes (“klangwürfel”).


audio excerpt

*Please reach out to the composer if interested in learning more or in playing this piece; the current version can only be played with recreations of Luigi Russolo’s “Intonarumori” and speaker cubes, but an adapted version can be commissioned upon request.