looongplay by Babau & Bienoise

𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 was born in 2022 during a SHAPE+ and Nextones artistic residency in Valdossola, Italy, centered around BABAU's nomination as SHAPE+ artists 2022/23. Initially conceived as a tutorial and tongue-in-cheek artistic text conceived by Babau, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 was built with a playful approach to music theory exploring the research on audio, listening and improvisation of scholars and musicians such as Pauline Oliveros, Micah Silver, Jace Clayton and Jem Finer. These speculations were combined with lighthearted inputs from video game habits and Zen philosophy teachings elaborating a practice of improvisation and composition which sees musical interaction as:

𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘖𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴.

From this residency week of interaction with musician Bienoise (Alberto Ricca) and fashion designer/artist Flora Rabitti (Atelier Florania) and a year of further development, the artists have crafted two long tracks in which they mixed computer music techniques with electroacoustic improvisation and sound manipulations which engage with these ideas.

Influenced by the approaches of computer music pioneers such as David Behrman, Carl Stone and John Bischoff, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 #1 & #2 were composed starting from two canons written by means of electronic arpeggios that were later expanded thanks to Max/MSP sound extraction patches. The patches took a portion of the initial audio, generating longer and longer sound patterns. From this initial unpredictable structure, the musicians have included further improvised overdubs including wind instruments (alto saxophone and toleat), field recordings, and additional synth lines.

The result is an immersive two-piece work in which the architectures of the composition change continuously at a slow, unpredictable pace.

Digital folklore & transglobal exoticism.

"To hell or to Internet!"

𓌽 𓏢 𓆡 𓂐 𓀤 𓍿𓏟 𓃾

"Nowadays kids would do anything to prove they’re cool. What will the next thing be? Floppy disks? 🤔"

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