![]() ![]() The behavior of subatomic particles is probabilistic, group-oriented: the motion of any one particle is unpredictable and unknowable: it's what the group does that counts. We will bring these two ideas of resonance together by combining Kronos with a gamelan - even a virtual one. This post-modern notion - which Kronos embodies with every performance - itself resonates with the ancient Hindu notion of om, the absolute manifest, which is the basis of Indonesian gamelan. What does particle physics have to do with music and art? String theory, which the CERN facility hopes to verify or disprove, presumes that matter itself is the manifestation of resonant vibrations, that the world itself is a universal harmony. In our own test-tube experiment, this musical moment of collision will hopefully achieve similarly unparalleled results. Super Collider will explore two obverse sound worlds and traditions, the vast culture of the string quartet juxtaposed with the ancient performance methods of a gamelan, unleashed through the unlimited sonic universe of electronics. To recreate the first millionths of a second of creation you have to focus energy on an awesome scale." - The Guardian To pinpoint the smallest fragments of the universe you have to build the biggest machine in the world. "Particle physics is the unbelievable in pursuit of the unimaginable. The piece is inspired by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN - the largest machine ever built, that's purpose is to change science forever, recreating the beginning of the universe in a tube and proving (or disproving) the theories of particle physics of the last half-century. ![]() Gamelan Elektrika is an electronic "virtual gamelan" designed and developed by Alex Rigopulos (founder and CEO of Harmonix Music, inventors of video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band). Premiered at Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, Augby Kronos Quartet and Gamelan Elektrika: Evan Ziporyn, kendang Sean Mannion, kempli Balaji Mani, ceng-ceng Laurel Pardue & Sachi Sato, pemade Katie Puckett & Sam Schmetterer, kantilan Mark Buckles, Ramon Castillo, Elizabeth Johansen, Julie Strand, reong Beth Mullins & Po-Chun Wang, pokok Composed for Kronos Quartet & Gamelan Elektrika. ![]()
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