Low-fi delirium by Daniel Alvarado Bonilla published on 2022-12-20T13:39:17Z Low-fi delirium for alto flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone and electronics Daniel Alvarado Bonilla - 2022 Œuvre commandée par l'Ensemble Sillages et l'Ensemble der/gelbe/klang, avec le soutien du Ministère de la Culture - DRAC Bretagne. Julie Brunet-Jailly - alto flute Hugo Clédat - bass clarinet Jean-Baptiste Bonnard - vibraphone Recorded by engineer Alexandre Chaigne at Music Unit Studios (Montreuil, France) In Low-fi Delirium, most of the electronics consist of sounds that come from real "vintage" keyboard instruments such as the mellotron, the optigan and the Rhodes electric piano. In some ways this piece pays homage to the psychedelic music and delirious times of the sixties. The sounds of these analog instruments have always inspired me since I was a teenager and I have always thought of using them outside of their usual musical context (that of rock, pop or jazz). Although nowadays there are very powerful digital keyboards and softwares created to simulate these instruments, there is nothing, in my opinion, like the real machines – with their charming flaws and their analog sound qualities. The mellotron is an instrument in which each key triggers the playback of a magnetic tape which contains a real pre-recorded instrumental sound. It is in a way the analog ancestor of the digital sampler. The mellotron's pre-recorded sounds have a rudimentary "cheap" and almost “kitsch” sound quality. It is precisely this characteristic which, in my opinion, gives the mellotron its charm and potential! I wanted to use these sounds in order to establish an interaction, a dialog with the three acoustic instruments. This is how each instrument of the ensemble will be enlarged by its mirror or by its "low-fi" electronic alter ego. The pre-recorded mellotron sounds will be the electronic doubles of the wind instruments, while the bell or celesta type sounds of the Rhodes will weave a link with the vibraphone. Alongside these electronic instrumental sounds there are other “vintage” and “concrete” vinyl crackle noises, old clocks ticking, radio interferences... Genre Contemporary music Comment by Place Miollis Very nice work !!! 2023-02-10T13:22:47Z