a home for demons
two
percussionists and computer (or prerecorded medium)
2008
Stefan Klaverdal
About
the piece
With a mighty voice he
shouted: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
She has become a home
for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
Book of Revelation
18:2
(New International
Version)
This piece
is a free interpretation of the Book of Revelation 18:2, where the text speaks
of how the city of Babylon has fallen and is a home for demons. In the piece I
let the percussionists play the part of the demons, or perhaps they are posessed by demons, who are forcing them to play ever
faster and more intense.
The piece
uses the very minimalistic instrument setup of drumsticks and a table or piece
of wood in combination with electronics.
First
performed October 2008 by Johan Westerberg and Per Andreasson
at Klubb C-Y, Malm
Technical
requirments
The two
players should be
placed on stage, facing each other, as shown below. If needed, they can be
amplified, and if so panned according to their
relative positioning.
In front of
each player should be placed the table or piece of wood. Preferrably
they should be of different sound character, so one can hear clearly who is
playing on what.
The
electronics are to be played back from a CD or any other fixed medium. No real
time electronics is included in the piece.
The PA
system should contain powerful bass speakers preferably.