Decryption in Three Parts (2024)

Decryption in Three Parts (2024) by Benjamin Hackbarth, commissioned by line upon line. For percussion trio, sensors, and realtime electronics.
This piece uses wireless sensors installed inside of tin cans to create controllers for each of the three percussionists. At times, the controllers act as virtual microphones, processing and filtering sounds that the percussionists are making on other instruments. At other moments, the movements of the cans generate electronic sound. The form of the work charts a journey from mostly acoustic at the start to entirely electronic at the end - the sounds of the final minutes of the piece are created entirely out of the motions of the performers. More information here: benhackbarth.com/d3p/
Performance by Adam Bedell, Cullen Faulk, and Matthew Teodori on April 26 2024 in Austin, Texas. Special thanks to Constantin Basica for their handy camera work.
Chapters:
0:00 Begin Transmission
1:48 Can(on)
3:54 Radio Active
6:40 Live Broadcast
9:44 Shell Game
10:40 Docking Sequence
12:00 Air Lock
12:44 That Sinking Feeling
13:31 Ouverture
14:19 Piano Three Hands