Mobius Fragments

Mobius Fragments

Duration: 10:52

Instrumentation: Bass Clarinet, Live Electronics

Technical Specifications: .wav 48kHz stereo audio

Performer: Anthony Thompson

Year: 2017

An early exploration of mine into combining a solo instrument with live electronics, Mobius Fragments examines the sonic textures and spectral multiphonics found in the bass clarinet and amplifies them through distortion and delay processing. The piece should be played freely and not bound by any sort of metric time structure.

A Mobius Strip is a shape with only one side and one boundary and has the mathematical property of being unorientable. The piece attempts to explore this strange symmetrical property sonically, by exploring symmetrical melodic figures, patterns, and formal design.