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Human Resistor

from Salvatore by Philip Mantione

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Human Resistor is named after a bent circuit device I built using repurposed consumer electronic circuit boards wired together with random connections and ganged to single audio ouput. The device is activated by physical contact with hands, feet and mouth. The output was manipulated using custom software written in Max/MSP. All content is derived from The Human Resistor with the exception of the drone, built from orchestral samples, that enters at 3:32 and is gradually pitched shifted upwards over the course of 11 minutes. Several overlapped gestural improvisations, looped samples of the device and the drone combine to form three distinct layers of activity. Sounds seem to struggle to reach the foreground, only to be quickly swallowed up by the dense texture and spectral masking. The ever-rising drone creates a tension that is never resolved. This statement is a description of what resulted from a process, rather than that of a manfestation of some preconceived intent. The piece was originally written for Hidden Sounds, an internet radio show on basic.fm hosted by Rodger Boyle. (www.basic.fm/the-hidden-sounds/)

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from Salvatore, track released September 5, 2013
Released by Petroglyph Music (archive.org/details/petroglyph148PhilipMantione-Salvatore/)

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Philip Mantione Los Angeles, California

Philip Mantione has composed music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, computer, fixed media, interactive performance, multimedia installations and experimental video. His music has premiered at such venues as Merkin Hall in NYC, the Bing Theatre at the LACMA, the CCA in Santa Fe, SESI' Cultural Centre in San Paulo, Brazil and most recently at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània in Barcelona, Spain. ... more

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