This ensemble emerged during the writing process for my trio with Carlo Costa and Todd Neufeld (Noumenon). I was looking to explore a broader frequency spectrum and extend the possibilities of register. Gradually, I began inviting musicians whose work I had been following for some time, and started composing specifically for them.The music combines graphic and traditional notation, along with game-based structures, to create a space where improvisers retain their individual freedom while being gently guided toward a shared musical direction. I aim to strike a balance between the openness of improvisation and the focus of composition, leaving certain parameters intentionally undefined.
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At the same time I try to break up the traditional visual representation of this ensemble and approach every player more as actors coming on and leaving the stage for different scenes. In some scenes I work with spatializing and the acoustic projection of sound and the perception of fore and background.


"This music is a single-minded immersion into the sound of each instrument of the ensemble, including those which remain silent. The sound is the sum of what is being played and the breathing, vibrating presence of those who stay ‘at the edge of darkness’, as Sciarrino would say. This is austere music, but very hedonistic nonetheless, with a granular surface and occasional hints of a Scelsian drive, and is beautifully recorded.

Never giving in to predictable behaviors or obvious arches, the ensemble illustrates each individual gesture in its transformation into a collective action. Not your typical ‘trombones will be trombones’ kind of record."
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- Giacomo Merega, electric bassist and composer

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