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Papillon and the Dancing Cranes, for 3 Constructions Cranes and ensemble.
2018

Self-Portrait, for me
2016

Princess Nightmare Moon, for violin, clarinet, piccolo, piano, percussion, electronics
2016

35 Degrees, for 2 assistants, electric guitar, keyboard, percussion, electronics, video
2016

Elpis, for 2 sopranos, 3 assistants, soprano saxophone, french horn, cello, percussion, keyboard, electronics, video
2016

Words to Sleep By, for voice, saxophone, basson, electronics
2016

The Portal, by and for On Structure
2015

Song for Matilda & Me, for clarinet and electronics
2015

Child of Chimera, for drumset, cello, piano, electronics
2015

An Economy of Means, for miniature drumset and electronics
2014-15

The Colors Don't Match, for voice, piccolo, clarinet, violin, percussion, electronics
2014

2.5 Nightmares for Jessie, for cello and two assistants
2014

Wee Robot, for 4 disklaviers and electronics
2014

A Case for Dysfunctional Persistence, for piccolo, oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, 2 basses, trumpet, trombone, tuba, accordion, percussion, piano/sampler
2014

Second Nightmare, for KIKU, for violin and two assistants
2013

Vexed, for pic, Eb clar, vln, vcl, 2 perc, pno, harp, sampler, video
2013

Twistisch II, for two performers
2013

Nightmare for JACK (a ballet), for string quartet
2013

Panik(bread), for two percussionists and 2 pianists
2012

Twistisch, for two performers
2012

Bahnhof, for voice and electronics
2012

On Silence, for two performers
2012

Strange Attractors, for piccolo, percussion, and electronics
2012

Uncanny Valley, a monodrama
2011

Nystagmus, for two performers
2010-11

Symbiosis II, for violin, cello, piano, and computer
2010

Symbiosis I, for tape and performative lasers
2009

nonlinear interface, for flute, violin, cello, percussion, computer
2007

filament, for flute, violin, cello, percussion, sine waves
2006

ether
for amplified piccolo and tape
2005

 

 

Wee Robot

for 4 disklaviers and supplementary electronic sounds
Natacha Diels 2014
Presented by Qubit New Music

This piece is written for 4 disklaviers and fixed electronics. The electronics are primarily drawn from the 2006 Chan-wook Park movie I'm a Cyborg but that's OK.

Hey Kids! I'm here. You Fluorescent lights. No use pretending you don't understand me. Lights here aren't very friendly, are they? No matter how tired you are, it's bad manners not to say hello. How are you, after working all day? .. I'm a machine but I didn't come with an instruction manual or a label on me anywhere. I still don't know what my purpose is. What was I made for? .. Time for meditation. Get up and listen to the hum of the fridge in the middle of the night. On a cold winter morning. Feel the sound of the boiler that has been running all night. They move us to tears because they have a purpose of existence. Think of the lighthouse's holy and beautiful heart of love. To be continued.

from "I'm a Cyborg but that's OK"

 

 

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