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17th of April 2022 7:40pm GMT+1
Musica Razionale
DESCRIPTION
The six tracks of contemporary music that make up this release are the “sonification” of six beautiful mathematical phenomena. These six compositions were written not only to be presented as sound objects, but also and above all to arouse interest in the nature of their form. For this reason, listening to them does not end with their respective audio tracks, but with the answer to the question about the form inherent in the tracks themselves.
During the pandemic, Sebastiano De Gennaro was struck by some compositions by Tom Johson and began to observe graphic notation scores based on numerical series, interested in concept of generative or self-generating music for a long time. So, De Gennaro examined mathematical phenomena, selecting six of them, and afterwards he used them for the organization of sound. In his time, Luciano Berio said: “Music is everything we listen to with the intention of listening to music. Everything can become music“. By virtue of this authoritative consideration, De Gennaro took the liberty of naming this project Musica Razionale (Rational Music).
TRACK LIST
Introduction to Congettura Collatz
Congettura Collatz
Introduction to Lo Shu
Lo Shu
Introduction to 12 Facce
12 Facce
Introduction to Farey Sequence
Farey Sequence
Introduction to Ulam Numbers
Ulam Numbers
Introduction to Numeri Malvagi
Numeri Malvagi
Epilogue
CREDITS
Music composed by Sebastiano De Gennaro
Sebastiano De Gennaro, percussion
Simone Pirovano, sound engineer
Edited and mixed by Simone Pirovano
Mastered by Giovanni Versari
Yoko Morimyo, violin on Ulam Numbers
Massimo Borassi, organ samples on Lo Shu
Simone Pirovano, electronic sample on Ulam Numbers
Francesco Fusaro, voice on the English version
Paolo Soffientini, voice on the Italian version
Sebastiano De Gennaro, introduction texts
Pietro Puccio, cover
English translation curated by Francesco Fusaro and Jamie Mackay