creation : 02.11.1991 – Festival Inventionen Berlin (State command)
musicians : 6 drummers
duration : 15′
publisher : Zerboni/Leduc
“Two premises are at the origin of this work: the wish to write for percussion instruments in a logic of homogeneity of realization (i.e. as if all the elements of percussion were only integral parts of a single instrument, played by several musicians) as well as at the same time the will to deepen data inherent to “chamber music”, in such a sound constellation.
In the first movement, the instrumental sounds merge with those generated by the use of the voice and various ways of playing (with fingers or nails).
The second movement, a kind of short rhythmic burlesque, creates a sensation of “walking-walk”, regular and inexorable.
In the third part, an ostinato movement sets the basis for a rhythmic and harmonic development. »
Carlos Roqué Alsina (September 1990)