Dates:
Sat, 12 Sept 2026, 20:00–21:00
MEDIUM SONORUM presents a selection of recent multichannel works chosen from the international call for contributions. Performed through the impressive Sonic Lab’s 20.4 loudspeaker system, the concert explores contemporary approaches to spatial composition in relation to the theme Audible Futures, Silent Decisions.
Program:
Xizan Liu (CN)
Devour
Devour (2024 / 15:00 min), inspired by the book Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind, is an octophonic piece that aims
to evoke a dark and intense atmosphere, allowing listeners to freely imagine and interpret it as they wish. The composition features hybrid materials, including field recordings from Aulus Les Bains and synthesizer sounds from Hordijk Modular System, Make Noise Strega and Soma Laboratory Lyra-8. Diverse microphones were used for the field recordings—lavalier mics, contact mics, hydrophones and electromagnetic mics.
Marta Zigante (IT)
Nastro Finestre
Nastro Finestre (2026 / 9:18 min) (trad. tape Windows) is a piece that explores the timbral characteristics of a cassette layer and the details of magnetic tape noise, movement and deterioration.
The work aims to open and close “windows” in which listening is filtered through the physical properties of the medium, creating a dialogue between the concrete and the artificial. The main technique used in the piece is the sound processing of samples through an Irradio RE-730 cassette player, highlighting the details—and sometimes the malfunctions—of its mechanical operation.
Another technique employed is repeated tape recording and re-digitization, in order to emphasize the deterioration of both the sound spectrum and the tape itself when subjec...
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