Shades of Blue

Shades of Blue is an a/v live written in collaboration with pianist Fabrizio Rat. In this live, Fabrizio leaves the techno and rigorous rhythms of his first albums behind, in order to experiment with repetition and phase cycles from a new melodic angle” (Friction Magazine) with a so-called ​“prepared” piano that produces altered sounds.

Together we jam on stage like musicians would with each other, but whilst Fabrizio plays the piano, I, exclusively play visuals on a wide screen behind the both us. The theme of Fabrizio's eponym album being the ocean, we both play with repetitions and romantic fleeting structures, both visually and musically.

For this project I coded a custom kinetic instrument where I use my body movements as the main input.
The color and movement of my hands are encoded into the Navier Stokes fluid dynamics equations which
describe the motion of fluid substances. The math is then visually added to an on-screen simulation
that I can then tweak through midi signals sent by the rythmic instruments.

To hear me and Fabrizio talk about our collaboration you can check this video interview we did for Multiplica 2021.

Credits

Shades of Blue is also the name of Fabrizio Rat's album released on the 14th of february 2020 on the Airfono label.
The A/V live is produced by Cavalcade Music.


For booking enquiries please contact booking@cavalcade-music.com.