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Floy krouchi thinks of the FKbass as an instrument where technology is used as a poetic - almost magical - phenomenon revealing the inaudible.
Opening up vast spaces, "FKBass Solo I" is the first solo piece for the repertoire of this new hybrid contemporary instrument.
FKBass Solo I was premiered on October 1, 2021 at the Musique Action festival in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.
A Hémisphère son commission.
Sound artist, bassist and electroacoustic composer, Floy Krouchi questions the sound material from her instrument, the bass. Passionate about microtonality, depth and the meditative capacity of sound, she is inspired by Indian music and the Rudra Veena (a traditional Hindustani instrument) to explore the potential of the hybrid bass augmented by electronics that she has designed: the FKBass .
She explores the timbral possibilities of the augmented bass, the transpositions, the electronic holograms and the pure electricity of the instrument and searches for the link between instrumental gesture and electronic control.
Floy Krouchi profoundly renews the innumerable possibilities of her instrument in an artistic process that is as sincere as it is fascinating. Together with video artist Ursula Scherrer, she offers an immersive experience at the heart of electro-acoustic and visual vibrations, meeting their textures.
Throughout this piece, conceived as an "electronic raga", she offers us a contemplative experience, on the borders of ambient, noise, real time and electro-acoustic music.
"Opening up vast spaces, FKBass Solo I is the first solo piece for the repertoire of this new hybrid contemporary instrument.
FKBass SOLO I live @ Music Action from floy krouchi on Vimeo.
"The Rudra veena, used for meditation and microtones par excellence in the Dhrupad style, is said to have metaphysical and magical properties and to have all the sounds of the Universe heard in it since its creation."
A piece linking a work close to that of Giorgy Ligeti or Eliane Radigue to the practice and tradition of Indian "raga".
World premiere of FKBass Solo I at the festival Musique action #37 - CCAM Vandoeuvres-les nancy ; reprise at the festival Just Listen in partnership with the Gmem in Marseille. Work in process, Periscope Lyon, with the Grame.
Floy Krouchi continues the development of the FKBass project as an associate artist at Césaré - Centre national de création musical de Reims.
FLOY KROUCHI from CELINE PIERRE on Vimeo.
Production : Soluble dans l'Air , commissioned by Hémisphère Son, writing support from the state - DRAC Grand Est
Coproduction: Cesare Reims - CNCM / Support: FSIR - Arcadi Île-de-France, Collectif Sonopopée, Gmem Marseille, Institut Français, S3AM research department of Ircam
