COMPOSER

Breath V, for amplified flute and electronics, embodies my vision of using live electronics to enhance the capabilities of the solo acoustic instrument, thereby elevating the traditional flute to the status of a “super-flute” within the electronic music domain. Through the integration of electronics, noise-like effects gain additional layers that become more expressive and enable the creation of varied multi-voiced gestures for increasing the depth of voices. Furthermore, the amplification process makes the subtle timbral movements more discernible with audible resonance and vibration. As the performance instructions demonstrate, I aim to delve into a variety of sounds with undefined pitch, including wind, air, and percussion sounds. Furthermore, I envision modulating and enhancing these sounds by changing the air pressure and the position of the embouchure hole. To ideally perceive the sonic migration from one state, I intend not only to amplify the sound in terms of volume but also to increase its intensity by adding layers of voices. As the excerpt from the piece’s beginning demonstrates, the sound pattern initiates with noise-like effects: key clicks combined with voice, and the timbre modulates through the transition between the embouchure hole being uncovered and blocked by lips or tongue. This subtle sound effect gains depth through amplification and reverberation, and notably, with the application of a delay effect. Integrated with the live performance and the delayed, fragmented sounds over varied durations, an imitation texture is created with linearly moving sound, which enriches additional layers and momentum to the original noise-like gestures.