Event 11: Underscore

Gregory Emfietzis and Nicholas Peters

Underscore aim to generate projects which invite collaboration and artistic dialogue with composers, musicians and artists. Through a positive, open space for ideas we hope to explore a variety of approaches to a core concept.

Analogue is the first of such endeavours. By using three different reel-to-reel tape machines as our focus, we have produced a touring programme of classic and new pieces for tape. In some sort of a radio broadcast, the pieces are introduced by short talks in regards to the history of the machines being used, the aims and the motives of the composers and their pieces, as well as our conceptual thinking behind the project. Thus, an underlying narrative is leading the audience on a path to the appreciation of the function of early acoustic technological equipment.