"Blindnesses" for percussion quartet and electronics by Isaac Schankler // U-M Percussion Ensemble

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"Blindnesses" for percussion quartet and electronics by Isaac Schankler.

Performed by Olivia Cirisan, Elijah Hall, Paige Madden and Gavin Ryan.

Being close to someone can mean agreeing not to see parts of them, and in some sense "Blindnesses" is about the absences that this mutual understanding contains. Four vibraphonists perform a delicate choreography that requires each performer to be intimately, meticulously aware of the actions of the other players around them. The vibraphone techniques used, incorporating pitch bending and envelope shaping through bowing, borrow from the language of audio synthesis. Meanwhile, the electronic accompaniment, at times barely present, other times aggressively glitchy, reflects back distorted shards and discarded fragments of the live performance’s musical material.

Video by Ancel Neeley | ancelneeleymusic.com
Audio by Gavin Ryan and Olivia Cirisan | gavinryan.com | oliviacirisan.com