capricho 21capricho [ka'priSo] nm whim, caprice;~so, a a capricious(collins spanish dictionary)
(...) every few seconds a ravenous beast would
rip off a decaying arm and make off with it over
the desert in front of us, dead fingers trailing
through the sand, the remains of the burned
military sleeve flapping in the wind.
"just for the record,'' the cameraman said to me.
(...) to die benignly and without obvious wounds,
without any kind of squalor, without a trace of shit
or mucus or congealed blood, if they wanted to make it
on to the morning news programmes.
(...) a piece of steel in his forehead, howling
like an animal which is, of course, what we all are,
before he died.it's about surgical strikes, collateral damage (...)(robert fisk)(...) it is from rage that thought is born, not from the pose of reason.(john holloway);;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; capricho 21 (csound orchestra)sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 2instr 1 ;7cap panned sample playback
idur = p3
asig1 soundin "7capl.wav", p4
asig2 soundin "7capr.wav", p4
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/24, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/24, 2
outs (asig1*kpan1)/5,(asig2*kpan2)/5
endininstr 21 ;7cap vdelay
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
imsdel = p4
krate oscil 40, 1/24, 3
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav", .25, p5
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav", .25, p5
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 3
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/12, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/12, 1
kfade expseg iamp, 88.33, iamp, 499.22, .001
outs (kfade*adel1*kpan1)/7,(kfade*adel2*kpan2)/7
display kfade, idur
endininstr 22
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
imsdel = p4
krate oscil 40, 1/24, 3
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav", .25, p5
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav", .25, p5
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 3
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/12, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/12, 1
kfade expseg iamp, 154.27, iamp, 463.38, .001
outs (kfade*adel1*kpan1)/7,(kfade*adel2*kpan2)/7
endininstr 23
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
imsdel = p4
krate oscil 40, 1/24, 3
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav", .25, p5
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav", .25, p5
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 3
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/12, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/12, 1
kfade expseg iamp, 189.47, iamp, 428.18, .001
outs (kfade*adel1*kpan1)/7,(kfade*adel2*kpan2)/7
endininstr 24
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
imsdel = p4
krate oscil 40, 1/24, 3
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav", .25, p5
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav", .25, p5
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 3
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/12, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/12, 1
kfade expseg iamp, 241.39, iamp, 376.26, .001
outs (kfade*adel1*kpan1)/7,(kfade*adel2*kpan2)/7
endininstr 25
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
imsdel = p4
krate oscil 40, 1/24, 3
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav", .25, p5
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav", .25, p5
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 3
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/12, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/12, 1
kfade expseg iamp, 350.1, iamp, 267.55, .001
outs (kfade*adel1*kpan1)/7,(kfade*adel2*kpan2)/7
endininstr 26
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
imsdel = p4
krate oscil 40, 1/24, 3
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav", .25, p5
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav", .25, p5
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 3
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/12, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/12, 1
kfade expseg iamp, 459.75, iamp, 157.9, .001
outs (kfade*adel1*kpan1)/7,(kfade*adel2*kpan2)/7
display kfade, idur
endininstr 27
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
imsdel = p4
krate oscil 40, 1/24, 3
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav", .25, p5
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav", .25, p5
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 3
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/12, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/12, 1
kfade expseg iamp, 157.9, .01
outs (kfade*adel1*kpan1)/7,(kfade*adel2*kpan2)/7
endininstr 30 ;7cap comb
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade expon iamp, idur, .01
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/2,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/2
endin endininstr 31
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade linen iamp, 18.14, idur, 529.32
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/3.5,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/3.5
display kfade, idur
endininstr 32
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade linen iamp, 18.14, idur, 463.38
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/2,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/2
endininstr 33
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade linen iamp, 18.14, idur, 428.18
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/2,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/2
endininstr 34
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade linen iamp, 18.14, idur, 376.26
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/2,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/2
endininstr 35
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade linen iamp, 18.14, idur, 267.55
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/2.5,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/2.5
endininstr 36
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade linen iamp, 18.14, idur, 157.9
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/3,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/3
endininstr 37
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "7capl.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "7capr.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/18, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/18, 2
kfade linen iamp, 18.14, idur, 3.76
outs (kfade*acomb1*kpan1)/2.5,(kfade*acomb2*kpan2)/2.5
display kfade, idur
endininstr 4 ;puke panned sample playback
idur = p3
asig1 soundin "pukel.wav", p4
asig2 soundin "puker.wav", p4
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/3, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/3, 2
outs (asig1*kpan1)/2,(asig2*kpan2)/2
endininstr 5 ;puke vdelay
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(p4)
imsdel = p5
krate oscil 40, 1/12, 3
asig1 diskin "pukel.wav", .125, p6
asig2 diskin "puker.wav", .125, p6
alfo oscil imsdel, krate, 1
adel1 vdelay asig1, alfo, imsdel
adel2 vdelay asig2, alfo, imsdel
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/5, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/5, 1
kenv envlpx iamp, idur/1000, idur, idur/.7, 3, .7, .01
outs (adel1*kpan1*kenv)/5,(adel2*kpan2*kenv)/5
endininstr 6 ;puke comb
idur = p3
iamp = ampdb(0)
irvt = p4
iloopt = p5
asig1 diskin "pukel.wav",.5, p6
asig2 diskin "puker.wav",.5, p6
acomb1 comb asig1, irvt, iloopt, 0
acomb2 comb asig2, irvt, iloopt, 0
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/9, 1
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/9, 2
kfade expon iamp, idur, 0.01
outs (acomb1*kpan1*kfade)/12,(acomb2*kpan2*kfade)/12
endin
instr 7 ;7cap butterworth filtered
idur = p3
asig1 soundin "7capl.wav", p4
asig2 soundin "7capr.wav", p4
klp oscil 250, 66, 4
alp1 butlp asig1, klp
alp2 butlp asig2, klp
khp oscil 20000, 1/24, 3
ahp1 buthp asig1, khp
ahp2 buthp asig2, khp
kfr oscil 10000, 1/5, 3
kbp oscil 10000, 1/5, 3
abp1 butbp asig1, kfr, kbp
abp2 butbp asig2, kfr, kbp
amix1 = ahp1+(abp1)/3.5+alp1/14
amix2 = ahp1+(abp2)/3.5+alp2/14
kpan1 oscil 1, 1/24, 2
kpan2 oscil 1, 1/24, 1
outs (amix1*kpan1)*4,(amix2*kpan2)*4
endin;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; capricho 21 (csound score)f1 0 4096 9 1 1 0
f2 0 4096 9 1 1 90
f3 0 4096 19 1 1 0 1.5
f4 0 4096 19 1 1 90 1.5;7cap start dur sigskpt
i1 0 617.65 0;7capvdly start dur imsdly sigskpt
;i21 30.10 587.55 40 30.10
;i22 88.33 529.32 40 88.33
;i23 154.27 463.38 40 154.27
;i24 189.47 428.18 40 189.47
;i25 241.39 376.26 40 41.39
;i26 350.1 267.55 40 350.1
;i27 459.75 157.9 40 459.75;7capcomb start dur irvt iloopt sigskpt
i30 0 60.2 3 .09 0
i31 30.1 587.55 3 .09 30.1
i32 88.33 529.32 3 .09 88.33
i33 154.27 463.38 3 .09 154.27
i34 189.47 428.18 3 .09 189.47
i35 241.39 376.26 3 .09 241.39
i36 350.1 267.55 3 .09 350.1
i37 459.75 157.9 3 .09 459.75;puke start dur sigskpt
;i4 30.1 2 3.86
;i. 88.33 . .
i. 154.27 3.7 2.16
i. 241.39 5.21 3.86
i. 350.10 6.91 2.16
i. 459.75 9.07 .16;pkvdly start dur amp imsdly sigskpt
;i5 30.1 16 1 60 3.86
i. 88.33 . . . .
;i. 154.27 29.6 . . 2.16
i. 241.39 41.68 . . 3.86
;i. 350.10 55.28 . . 2.16
i. 459.75 72.56 . . .16;pkcomb start dur irvt iloopt sigskpt
i6 30.1 18.14 3 .095 .16
i. 88.33 . . . .
i. 154.27 . . . .
i. 241.39 . . . .
i. 350.10 . . . .
i. 459.5 . . . .;7capbut start dur sigskpt
i7 0 617.65 0
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ay'tik (we)
strategies, tactics and an arbitrary metaphor for active screamingay'tikprogramme note(...) the two-dimensionality of the "no";
my previous piece (7 caprichos, for electric guitar alone)
is already a long, loud scream written while the american
b-52s pulverised what was left of one of the poorest nations
on the planet. that piece is a scream, but a scream articulated
like that of a suicide bomber: the discourse is clearly stated,
but everything disappears during the articulation of that scream,
performer and composer included (...)when I got the commission from COMA I felt I needed,
without losing that negativity, to take further steps
open the scream to the future, make it active, start
from that same anger, but pointing towards hope (...)how much can I compose the scream; how much can I
manhandle it for it to become music whilst still being
a scream? the scream is un-scientific; the scream is un-musical.
but if we compose it, we negate it and lose its subjectivity:
it's no longer scream, its composition, score (...)the scream negates, the word doesn't;
and the song, if we are not careful, doesn't negate either (...)the force of the scream, its necessity,
comes from my own existential loathing.
the theoretical mechanisms to make it active
are offered to us in your work;
a hope, a real way of doing still shines
in the indigenous struggles of the mexican southeast (...)I still believe that in a world governed by stupidity,
beauty is a way of fighting back (...)reynaldo young
(from an e-mail to john holloway, 17/5/2002)
click for full score
(edited with thomas' myspace editor V3.6 )