Nocturnal & Circular images op.5 is a group of 10 pieces written for the #piano, inspired by different night scenes, situations and/or characters. The work suggests a direct relationship between everyday sound and inner images that we create or concoct. The cycle op.5 contains a simple and clean compositional form, notes that repeat indefinitely, raw and free textures and static #harmonic cycles. In this work, Julián de la Chica continues the series that began in 2011 with the cycle op.4, in which he experimented with genres such as Latin, hip hop, techno and pop, creating 11 night-time images based on situations that happened in #NYC. In the cycle op.5, Mr. De La Chica seeks to strip the piano bare, reaching a sound that is void of interpretative recourse. Susan Campos Fonseca refers to the work as ascetic in her musings on musical excess and, in discussing the music of Mr. De La Chica, speaks of a Trans-minimal aggression. According to Ms. Campos: “Listening from this perspective can be daunting to the contemporary ear; the idea of complexity as synonymous with quality, the saturation of the sound #landscape and productions that represent the so-called post-post-symphonic great culture deafen us ... why? The reason lies in our need for #saturation, rational self-complacency in excess, in the spectacle where nudity is not enough, where open flesh and blood, even death, do not sate us. No, we will not find that in the music of Julian De La Chica. It is writ large across the works that make up this experience: the #aggression of the #minimum lies there... Check on #Youtube N.4 - https://youtube/watch?v=S1I9-ZSzxOM
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 03:22:00 +0000