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Floy krouchi sees the FKbass as an instrument in which 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.
FKBassSolo I was premiered on October 1, 2021 at the Musique Action festival in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.
A Hémisphère son commission.
Floy Krouchi is a sound artist, bassist and electroacoustic composer who questions sound matter from the perspective of her instrument, the bass. Fascinated by microtonality, depth and the meditative capacity of sound, she draws inspiration from Indian music and the Rudra Veena (a traditional Hindustani instrument) to explore the potential of the electronically augmented hybrid bass she has designed: the FKBass .
She explores the timbral possibilities of the augmented bass, transpositions, electronic holograms and the pure electricity of the instrument, and investigates the link between instrumental gesture and electronic control.
Floy Krouchi profoundly renews the countless possibilities of her instrument in an artistic approach that is as sincere as it is fascinating. With video artist Ursula Scherrer, she offers an immersive experience at the heart of electro-acoustic and visual vibrations, encountering their textures.
In this piece, conceived as an "electronic raga", she offers us a contemplative experience, on the borders of ambient, noise, real-time and electroacoustic 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 contain all the sounds of the Universe since its creation."
A piece linking 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 Musique action #37 festival - CCAM Vandoeuvres-les nancy; revival at the Just Listen festival in partnership with Gmem in Marseille. Work in process, Periscope Lyon, with Grame.
Floy Krouchi continues to develop the FKBass project as 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, with writing support from the state- DRAC Grand Est
Coproduction: Cesare Reims - CNCM / Support: FSIR - Arcadi Île-de-France, Collectif Sonopopée, Gmem Marseille, Institut Français, Ircam S3AM research department
