ensemble 0 performing "Open Symmetry"
Open Symmetry, Tristan Perich’s first release on Erased Tapes Records, is a 50-minute work for 3 vibraphones and 20-channel 1-bit electronics is performed by the dynamic French group, ensemble 0.
Perich’s music spans the electronic/classical divide, with explorations that pair string instruments, piano, organ, and other acoustic instrumentation with custom-built 1-bit electronics. This newest release, Open Symmetry, pares the ensemble down to just 3 musicians playing the resonant metal bars of 3 vibraphones in concert with a glistening ensemble of 20 speakers. The work was commissioned by ensemble 0 with support from Le Lieu Unique’s Variations Festival, where it premiered in 2019. The recording opens with a rapid and stereophonic hocket of a single pitch passed between the three percussionists of ensemble 0: Stéphane Garin, Julien Garin, and Alexandre Babel, and as the piece progresses and becomes more complex, the layers of 1-bit electronics and percussion grow into a bursting accumulation.
Available now for streaming, or on CD and limited-edition clear vinyl:
