MODULATIONS

(see below for full recording and teasers)

MOODDDU͠UUL͢LLḀΛΛT†͇TÌ̲Í̳ĮÖ̪Ø̜Ø̻NŇϞ§̼$̶Ş is a paradoxical & irresistible music performance that invites the listener to experience the transformations of the posthuman voice. The piece was created between January and May 2025, during a period when the order of the world was shifting so rapidly that the only way to grasp it felt like translating that instability into a deliberately chaotic work.

The performance was inspired by the research of Salomėja Petronytė, encountered during the creation process through her PhD research The Antithesis of Voice in a State of Contemporaneity. It became the conceptual spine of the piece and shaped all seven of its sections.

Throughout the performance, multiple forms of modulation unfold: harmonic modulatino; shifts in speaking style, modulations of meaning (I scream / ice cream); a gradual transition of a real human voice into an instrument, and many others.

Instrumentation
Pre-recorded voice, harpsichord, (hyper)organ, electronics, performers

Duration
17 min.

Premiere
May 16, 2025, Het Orgelpar (Amsterdam), performed by Salomėja Petronytė, Katerina Orfanoudaki, Yumi Augustine, Jurgis Kubilius.

Other
One of the Master’s graduation pieces at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2025).

Teasers
Teaser 1 (Lithuanian to English modulation)
Teaser 2 (I scream / Ice cream ; kiaulėkiaulėkiaulėkiau)
Teaser 3 (voice becoming an instrument)