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drookitarlùp (2020)

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Giancarlo Toniutti
Drookitarlupia Incauta [23:21]

James Wyness
Drookitarlupia Undique Temere Interiecta 
[23:00]




composed by Giancarlo Toniutti & James Wyness

performed by The Kafkian Cladistic Claque



published by Spazio di Hausdorff (T2d20) - 2020

copyright © Giancarlo Toniutti, James Wyness 2020
  


released December 13, 2020



Excerpts
In early January 2020 Giancarlo Toniutti proposed to James Wyness the realisation of a new musical project. This was to be based on the non-standard orchestration of a peculiar set of instruments and performative acts founded on the kinetic energy of unwitting behaviours placed upon acoustic generators. By way of preparation the pair met several times in various European cities and more remote locations to compose together ​drookitarlùp, a 23' piece for 42 players with non-standard wind, string, friction and percussion acoustic instruments. 

At each location (namely: Alta, Čičmany, Rila, Artikutza, Mhère, Mäls, Fulda, Baarle-Hertog, Kybartai, Llanasa) they studied the autonomic possibilities of performative arts applied to music. Following many discussions and relativistic settings they put pen to paper and fiat musica! They eventually realised that they wished to perform two versions (interpretations or adaptations) of the piece as part of one overall work in order to test the realistic behaviour of sounds under such circumstances. A collection of mostly folk and extraeuropean instruments was chosen, along with a gathering of self-built, temporary and unusual sound objects, these then assigned to an orchestra of international specialised players, The Kafkian Cladistique Claque. 

In late February composers, players and technical staff all gathered at Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, Slovakia, where a series of rehearsals allowed the players to get accustomed to the material and the chthonic fundamentals of the project. At the end of this period, in a hall empty of audience, both composers separately conducted and directed one performance, each with his specific interpretation of the original score. Each of these sessions was recorded on a multichannel system and finally brought home to be mixed by the authors at their personal studios.

Yaël Marxer-Cordes (June 2020)

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Excerpt from The Faded Sailcloths of Liechtenstein (travelogue).
​
First leg. Day 1 (6th January) left home, destination Oslo then Alta (Finnmark). Full polar night, accommodation near Mount Komsa (mesolithic cultural overdetermination). Evening with University scholars (language, archeology, anthropology, ethnobotany - Sámi). Day 2 Hjemmeluft/Jiepmaluokta rocks and Sámi Siida (patterns in antisymmetry). Location Recordings (LR) (electromagnetic phenomena - fluffy Kim FK). Arrived at a title, basic lines of the process! Day 3 Oslo and back home.

Performers

Bass Flute, Baritone Flute: Tamar Zhorzholiani
Sonaggias: Aitor Etxegoyen
Cymbal: Joseph Piton de Tournefort
Fiddle: Charlotte Espi
Duff: Vera Le Moyne
Ghaval: Qarasa Gogua
Handbell: Daniel Rice
Contralto Metals: Terzina Bussola
Crinklephone: Madeline Basseporte
Crumplephone: Bokkie van der Goes
Hingophone: Hervé Baptiste Poincaré
Siftophone: Butch Buchan
Sounding Mirror: Andorra Maria Stilapane
Jew's Harp: Helen Wedgwood
Danmoi / Kobyng: Olkhonud Naranbaatar
Kemenche: Al’gerd Czatkis
Kemenche: Talip Attanay
Kemenche: Teodoro Resistenza
Bass Kemenche: Sintija Ruvalds
Kirar: Árpád Antone Clodricutti
Krar: Ardo Modiano
Krar: Elmar von Bonndorf
Marimba: Chanton Tep
Mbira: Cleo Bulus
Metallophone: Balthasar Mavrenian
Metallophone: Rqiyya Meziane
Monochordophone: Agata Bandurik
Monochordophone: Tera Ylaria Gråspett
Mouth Organ: Englebert Kämpfer
Bass Panpipes: Erveo Andimorito
Driftwood Sticks: Erwin Fox
Prepared Soundbox: Lachlan Fernsby
Wobble-Box: Babs Espinosa
Prepared Psaltery: Darius Midgeley
Prepared Psaltery: Kresi Mpofu
Self-built Rattle: Catasto Vomere Biamonti
Shekere: Jock Thomson
Thadobati: Bent Lugg
Slide Guitar: Gail Prattsby
Bronze Tam-tam: Lea Lah
Prepared Zither: Allal Hamidi






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