For this performance we created five short puddles of sound that were pre-planned and structured. Each puddle was driven in some manner by the sound of the viola. The pitch, amplitude, and tonal qualities of the viola were analyzed live to shape performance parameters in the accompanying laptop instrument comprised primarily of sin tone oscillators. Recorded live on October 19th, 2022 at the Wild Beast Concert Hall at CalArts.

SPIDERS WITH KALASHNIKOVS is a duo featuring Heather Lockie (viola, voice, & electronics) and Clay Chaplin (laptop) that makes electroacoustic experiments. Their sounds can include: tonally ambivalent layers in deep space – annoying, relentless patterns of noises and bleeps – somewhat formal electroacoustic compositional stylings influenced by analysis algorithms – sampled-based obliterations of field recordings or viola loops – the occasional blanket of noise with a hint of a song – and many other rogue rarefactions.

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