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Sam Pluta: Machine Language (Live from MATA Festival 2015)

Live performance from the 2015 MATA Festival

The Kitchen.
New York. NY
April 18, 2015

Talea Ensemble
James Baker, conductor
Russell Greenberg, Ian Antonio, Alex Lipowski, Percussion

Sam Pluta: Machine Language (2012)
Commissioned by and written for percussionist Ian Antonio and premiered by TimeTable Percussion and Wet Ink Ensemble in 2012, Sam Pluta’s Machine Language superimposes a largely improvisational, though fully notated, solo percussion part atop algorithmic, switch-like structures. Pluta writes, “The piece presents a sequence of sonic walls, each explored for a short period. Though seemingly unrelated, these monoliths have subtle similarities, revealing an intertwined helix of materials.”

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