Datamosh - Tristan Coelho/Will Hansen
About
Datamosh draws from the video manipulation technique of the same name which involves layers of multiple clips colliding or being ‘moshed’ together. The technique involves ‘lossy’ compression and ‘dropped frames’ to create glitchy, psychedelic effects. These ideas are realised in the music by way of lo-fi approaches on the double bass that embrace imperfections and noise through variations in ricochet bowing (throwing the bow across the strings), a technique that is prone to beautiful, natural inconsistencies due to the numerous variables involved in its execution. Datamosh invites the performer to negotiate different layers of physicality involving ricochet being superimposed on top of other techniques including glisses, arpeggiando harmonics and hammer-ons.
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Technique Explanation & Demonstration
Datamosh is based predominantly on experiments with ricochet bowing, both measured and unmeasured, which are superimposed on top of additional techniques.
About Tristan
Tristan Coelho is an award-winning Sydney-based composer, musician and educator. His music is largely inspired by either nature, especially the idea of amplifying the otherwise soft and delicate sounds around us, or our digital, data-driven world. Recent project highlights include Rhythm City, for piano, video sampler and electronics toured by Zubin Kanga; Daybreak for flute and electronics written for Larmorna Nightingale and supported by the APRA/AMCOS Art Music Fund; Smell of the Earth, commissioned by the Canberra International Music Festival performed by Tambuco and read/write error, commissioned by Ensemble Offspring and finalist in the APRA Art Music Awards.
About Will
Will Hansen is a double bassist and composer based in Sydney. As a co-founder of SPIRAL ensemble, and member of both Ensemble Apex and Ensemble Onsombl, Will is a champion of the new music scene, and an avid performer of new and exploratory works for the double bass. Will has toured internationally to Spain and China with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and as Ensemble Offspring’s 2020-21 Hatched Academy Associate Artist will perform a number of new Australian works. Performance highlights include BackStage Music’s “ASQ+Will Hansen”, the 2019 HSC Showcase at the Sydney Opera House, and Vivid Sydney.