15 Morphing trios - introduction

[Phil Morton]

Morphing Trios - using System 50:50 -

Instrument design

2 x percussionist / `drummers`
2 x guitar
2 x reeds

To create an ensemble, a sextet, consisting of two trios, with a shared instrumentation [instrument category].

To select players, in each category with contrasting styles or to reject that thinking and accept all `free improvisers` are unique.

To employ `System 50:50` - to research the outcomes; morphing trios, duos, total-collective playing, group silence.

For this project the introduction of System 50:50, and lets say it is a 50:50 ratio, the statistical average may lead us to speculate, that there will be three players in action at any one time, but the impact of system 50:50 may indicate that the personnel of that trio will `morph` or vary.

The sound stage may be percussion, guitar, reeds: the personnel or personal voices delivering that outcome, will vary or morph. However the trio’s instrumental configuration is not the target sound stage or aim or required/desired musical aesthetic: any combination can happen and probaly will.
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A proposal: The M62 sextet [ temp name ] - a proposal made by Nick Branton

Johnny Hunter, Metty Metcalfe - percussion
Mark Hanslip, Nick Branton - reeds
Phil Morton, David Birchall - guitar

Play System 50:50

A proposal made by Nick Branton, without System 50:50 in mind. An example of synchronicity
This sextet has not yet happened, but has some traction.

end and send

[Phil Morton]

The original post, and the instrumentation and the personel is very focused and specific. As it happens, at the time of writing this project did not progress.

Now in April 2020, during Covid-19 this could be revisted, with different instrumentation and personel, as a 50:50 online project.

So the line up maybe

2 x bass clarinet
2 x `electronics` - is electronics an instrument, he thinks to himself
2 x guitar

In fact, in this 50:50 online context, we could drop the numeration to 4, a quartet.

LMKWYT - let me know what you think

PM