Aethernal Score (Live with the BBC Concert Orchestra)
Devi's most ambitious project to date, 'Aethernal Score' is the result of a commission from the BBC Concert Orchestra that dissolves her back catalog into bold new compositions - a near mixtape of psychoacoustic "orchestral rave".
Devi was right to be cautious when she was approached by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Classical-electronic hybrids are a risky proposition, so she surveyed her canon and figured out which compositions might make most sense contextually, while simultaneously developing a way to develop her storied psychoacoustic techniques for this new setting. She began to think of each sound in the ensemble as a frequency rather than an instrument, allowing her to play with the elements as freely as she does with electronic devices. And the end product is typically out on its own, with strings, operatic voice, brass and booming orchestral percussion interlacing with Devi's signature electronic elements and pitch-warped vocals.
It's like listening to a narrative piece almost that drags you from the concert hall to the movie theater and then the club afterwards - pounding electronic beats are neatly disregarded, but the dancefloor's movement is realized by the ensemble, who sound as if they're having a blast. There's the full BBC Concert Orchestra recording included here, and Devi's original "solo computer" version that she used to guide the players.
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Devi's most ambitious project to date, 'Aethernal Score' is the result of a commission from the BBC Concert Orchestra that dissolves her back catalog into bold new compositions - a near mixtape of psychoacoustic "orchestral rave".
Devi was right to be cautious when she was approached by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Classical-electronic hybrids are a risky proposition, so she surveyed her canon and figured out which compositions might make most sense contextually, while simultaneously developing a way to develop her storied psychoacoustic techniques for this new setting. She began to think of each sound in the ensemble as a frequency rather than an instrument, allowing her to play with the elements as freely as she does with electronic devices. And the end product is typically out on its own, with strings, operatic voice, brass and booming orchestral percussion interlacing with Devi's signature electronic elements and pitch-warped vocals.
It's like listening to a narrative piece almost that drags you from the concert hall to the movie theater and then the club afterwards - pounding electronic beats are neatly disregarded, but the dancefloor's movement is realized by the ensemble, who sound as if they're having a blast. There's the full BBC Concert Orchestra recording included here, and Devi's original "solo computer" version that she used to guide the players.