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Performed by:
Modular synthesizers: Peter Bell
Electric guitar: Patrick Ellis
this is what it feels like
talking to you (2022)
'this is what it feels like talking to you' was commissioned by Patrick Ellis and Peter Bell of Open Union, a modular synth and electric guitar duo performing new, open-ended works by select composers in the form of text-based instructions.
During the composition process, I worked closely with the duo in utilising the many features of their apparatus as well as the formation and tailoring of my instructions.
The piece depicts a conversation between two individuals on completely different wavelengths, characterising the progression from the initial awkwardness to the turbulent conclusion of a mismatched friendship through spacious, resonant ambient passages and harsh walls of noise.
'this is what it feels like talking to you' was premiered at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's CODA Festival in June 2022, and has since been performed at venues across London, Birmingham and the Netherlands.


Photos by Zsolt Szederkényi & Leon Trimble
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