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Six and Forty​-​Six

by Riccardo La Foresta & James Ginzburg

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Album available at Subtext's Bandcamp at the following link:

riccardolaforestajamesginzburg.bandcamp.com/album/six-and-forty-six

Initially conceived in 2022 and installed at Palazzo Re
Enzo in Bologna, Six and Forty-Six is a collaboration
between percussionist and sound artist Riccardo La
Foresta and James Ginzburg.
The two pieces capture the interactions between La Foresta’s
Drummophone — an array of bass drums sounded by
compressed air which produce complex acoustic drones —
and a custom string instrument designed by Ginzburg — a
bass monochord and zither hybrid — that is activated by a
set of computer-controlled solenoids and amplified. As the
strings are struck the subsequent air pressure in the room
subtly shifts the tuning of the bass drums, creating ever-
evolving emergent structures within the drone which in turn
create sympathetic vibrations in the string instrument’s
strings. These spatial sonic relationships create a generative
system that chases impossible unisons through countless
microtonal movements and repetitive pulses.
Six and Forty-Six explores and conjures cognitive
hierarchies in frequencies, time and perception. Neither of
the two artists were in the room during the recording
session — rather, they were listeners in a control room,
dissolving the dichotomy between the listening-player and
the playing-listener as they watched their instruments
interacting with each other in an isolated room.

Published by Multiverse Media Publishing
© & ℗ Subtext / Multiverse LTD 2024

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released January 30, 2024

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Riccardo La Foresta Modena, Italy

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