isthmus|vertebrae - album (parts I, II, III, and IV) 2023

(performed by the composer)

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Recordings of solo improvised performances from the summer of 2023 between the Bay Area/USA and Bahia/Brazil. All involving different setups of prepared electric guitar, objects, and electronics.

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⦿ Ꭵʂtɦmuʂ|vєrtєbrαє IV
Description: improvised performance with 2 prepared scordatura guitars (with contact microphones), electronic interference, closely amplified objects, and amplified transformed voice.

⦿ ᎥᎥʂtɦmuʂ|vєrtєbrαє III
Description: pre-recorded no-input mixer improvised performance (level one of improvisation) acting as the carrier signal in a real-time cross-synthesis system being modulated by a live improvised scordatura electric guitar performance (level 2 of improvisation), plus a multichannel sine tone machine with an inverted envelope follower reacting to the cross-synth output.

⦿ Ꭵʂtɦmuʂ|vєrtєbrαє II
Description: improvised scordatura electric guitar performance with real-time spectral processing (spectral bin shifting, filter and blurring).

⦿ Ꭵʂtɦmuʂ|vєrtєbrαє I
Description: improvised performance of prepared guitar, amplified objects, auxiliary open-strings scordatura guitar, MIDI controller keyboard, and automated sine tones Max/MSP patch.