Conus Textile II: Rule 86, 135

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The second movement of Conus Textile by Sophie-Florence Greant. Conus Textile is named for a species of venomous sea snail. The material in the composition is based on a cellular automata that models the patterns in the snail’s shell, while pace and feel are inspired by the snail’s movements and environment. (Cellular automata are a type of computing model where simple rules are applied to the contents of a grid. These models can generate very complex patterns from very simple rules.)

Most of the electronic sounds are processed pre-recordings of the solo cello parts while a few others are selected samples giving the feeling of water-movement. It was important to articulate the illusion of a vast space that includes movements which might be encountered in deep water: still, slow, echoing, suddenly agitated. Cello and electronics are usually both concerned with motion of time and space. No cello sounds are electronically processed live.

Cello: Alina Müller-Chebotarova
Sound Engineer: Yero Nyberg
Composer: Sophie-Florence Gréant

Recorded at the City of Basel Music Academy on May 30, 2021

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