About the Piece

This delicate 作品 is full of light crackling 声音 and was made from 录音 of Charcoal crackling and fizzing away

It was composed to sparkle and glitter around the 听众 to envelop them and to clear their mind


聆听 Tip

Try to 聆听 to this in a quiet place so that you are able to 听 all of the 深度 and 细节 in these 声音


About the Composer

Iannis Xenakis was a Greek 作曲家 and architect who used 数学 to 创作 new 音乐 形式 and 质地（纹理、织体） His 作品 are 通常 considered to be some of the most adventurous and 创新 作品 创作 since 1950 He only composed a few 电子 作品 with most of his 作品 being composed for 传统 乐器 but all of his 音乐 输出 can be 描述 as 声音 基于 音乐 and 不 that of 音符 He also used 计算机 to help him 作曲 running mathematical 程序 to provide him with 观念 for 音乐 材料 and 形状


作曲 Tip

Iannis Xenakis often plays with 密度 in his 作品 创作 clouds of 声音 which change from dense to sparse as they swirl around the 听众

聆听 out for the changes in 密度 within this 作品 and think about trying to include 类似 观念 in your own 作品