Tempered Tempus

Cello and electronic tape

Through the works Schisma and Solipse, composer Rytis Mažulis continues a specific theme of his creative exploration – the investigation of generating and utilising micro-intervallic structures in music. Both compositions are based on a similar concept: a half-tone is equally divided into the smallest audible intervals, and time units are subdivided similarly (Schisma), or a sequence of increasing micro-intervals is derived statistically according to an arithmetic progression (Solipse). This results in a polyphonic micro-tempo texture, where each individual part or track moves at its own tempo, slightly differing from the others.

Anton Lukoszevieze – cello

Recorded at: Music Innovation Studies Centre of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, 2025
Sound engineer: Julius Aglinskas
Designer: Jonė Mažulytė
Photographer: Anton Lukoszevieze
Translator: Brendan Harding
Editors & Producers: Marija Astromskaitė, Radvilė Buivydienė

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Financed by Lithuanian Council for Culture

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