UNDERTONES
for percussion idiophones, electronics, and variable field recordings
UNDERTONES is a composition for percussion idiophones, electronics, and variable field recordings, originally composed for four channels. It develops in four movements and is expressed through a graphic score which provides multiple instructions to the musicians and, simultaneously, requires their input and interpretation of the given instructions, including a particular part of the instrumentation.
The field recordings, identified as variable, change with each performance of the piece. Through the score, one of the two performers is instructed to record short sound fragments from (or near) the performance space itself. These recordings are then integrated in the performance, contributing to the development of the structure of each movement: the two musicians respond not only to each other but also to the these captured sounds. Among others, this approach experiments with the musical input of the concert space beyond its acoustic qualities, which are explored through the spatialization in four channels. Depending on the musical identity of the two performers and the chosen recordings, multiple musical elements of the piece—such as parts of the structure… more
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released September 26, 2025
Credits:
composition: Fani Konstantinidou
percussion: Iakovos Pavlopoulos
electronics: Fani Konstantinidou
mixing: Fani Konstantinidou
mastering: EARLabs | Jos Smolders
album artwork: F. Konstaninidou
Layout / design: Rutger Zuydervelt
UNDERTONES was made possible with the support of the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.