Segmentation Fault Beta 1.1
Cultural Interference – 1996
Figure 1: Segmentation Fault Sonogram
Segmentation Fault Beta 1.1 is a composition recorded at CCRMA,
Stanford University in 1996 as a result of a collaboration with
composer and friend Michael Edwards.
Marco Trevisani playing prepared piano. More info about prepared
piano are available here
Michael Edwards playing ArtiMix
ArtiMix is a custom program we wrote for Silicon Graphics Computers,
that allows triggering sounds from the computer keyboard (with
extremely low latency).
The piano is reverberated "naturally" exploiting the resonance of its
sound box "stimulated" with a monitor placed under the piano facing
upward with a return of the sound of the piano itself. In addition, 4
microphones are placed in the high corners (facing the corners) of the
studio to capture the resonances.
Below the link to the original recording
Segmentation Fault Beta 1.1 is a research on sound,
Creating conceptual mistakes a sort of rupture with the conventional
and expected piano sound. A research to its primitive being as a
percussive instrument. Thus resurfaces in dominant manner the
percussive characteristic of the piano, at the expense of of the
harmonic one. Nevertheless in this search for rupture, there is a
historical path, a line that somehow way unites the research with the
past and is never abandoned. Some musical elements are inspired and
taken from traditional African music .
As an experiment, i took the original track that inspired this
composition, from a old vinyl, and i mix together 1'24" of the two
tracks. Below you can see the sonogram wit the result of the
mixing. They quite overlap, in a interesting way, also considering that
it was an inspiration and I had not taken with me in California when
we did the recording.
Figure 2: Segmentation Fault Mixed Sample
1'24" Mix between Segmentation Fault (80%left channel) and
traditional song (80% right channel)
- First 10 seconds are both mixed together. Segmentation Fault 80% on left the folk song 80% on the right.
- From10" to 24" just Segmentation Fault.
- From 24" to 40" just the folk song and then, to the end, they are mixed again.
Segmentation Fault, from Apagón
by Marco Trevisani & Michel Edwards
Stanford, Usa / La Habana, Cuba
or follow this link if you have problem with the embedded code:
https://open.spotify.com/track/169IMWN1yPyjbgPFHz9Dke?si=13c4e0ef98294a43
(this link points to Spotify but the recording is available on all major Streaming channels)
alternative (most probably with some annoying advertising)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KqjWsjitA8s&feature=share