for two percussionists
A ritual that does not draw a line between performers and the audience. Everyone has their own hopes, beliefs, and feelings. Everything comes together here, and it becomes a group of different people.
With different minds, but in front of the same sounds, with different questions and answers, and with different languages, each component makes the ritual one.
Take your time.
Read slowly, write the text.
Read slowly, don’t care.
Beat!
Kalimba
Drum set improvisation
Impro-circle
Questions
Answers
It is played in this way:
1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 3, 5, 8, 7, 1
The instrumentalists only play the 1st piece together. They share the same instruments but at different times. Each of them has 4 different micropieces. They have different components of words, instruments, body sounds, and improvisation.
They play one after the other until the last piece, which is the opening piece, comes. During the performance, they go on their own journey at their own pace. One shows one aspect of the music, the other shows another aspect of the music. They play for themselves, for the instruments, for the music, for the people listening. Then they end together with the first piece, just as they began. This means that the ritual continues.
The piece was first planned so that the audience could also play along. If there was no stage, the audience could also stand in front of the instruments and play the first and last pieces together. For other pieces, they would have their own instruments, build their own rhythm, and compose music together.
Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus situation, this was not allowed. All instrumentalists should also keep a distance of 1.5 meters from each other. It is still the music they composed, improvised, thought, and played for themselves, but I have regrets for that.