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12 August 2007

Zugzwang

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A movement for string quartet. Demo features robot string players. Please spare a thought for the robots as they saw sadly at their instruments. Human musicians interested in playing it, please email me for the score.

  • gestroud

    Not bad at all.

  • Macy

    Who are the robots?

  • http://stevenpoole.net/ Steven

    Thanks gestroud!

    Macy: the robots used here are those of the Synful Orchestra plugin. Not to be confused with the Existential Robots of Supreme Ultimate Fist.

  • http://MSBPodcast.com Charles-A. Rovira

    Would you mind if I played this music on my podcast?

    If you have to power to let me do so, please contact me: charles (at) MSBPodcast.com

    I found the music quite fascinating.

    I’d love to know how you composed it (and with what hardware etc.)

    (I’m listening to the Existential Robots as I type this. :-)

  • http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/ Conor

    Just awesome. And not to detract from my praise for your musicianship, but that plugin seems really impressive!

  • Kate Woodhouse

    Steve

    I think this might be excellent for wind ensemble if you’re happy for us to transcribe and perhaps transpose?

    EVOL and Zugswang made a beautiful interlude in a working day – thank you.

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