Uroboro Close Position
label Disasters By Choice
Cat. Number CDNUY026
formats CD
Release date 28/11/2025
“Close Position” is the first release by Pierluigi Foschi, percussionist, improviser, and composer.Spanning approximately 38 minutes, the core of the compositional idea stems from a timbral exploration: isolating as many sounds as possible by bowing a gong with a double bass bow. The piece is a re-composition based on recordings made throughout 2024 in Santa Colomba (SI), using the same instrument, in the same room, and with the same technique. The process features recorded sounds of soprano saxophone and reed trumpet made by Cosimo Fiaschi, aiming for a sonic sameness or mimicry with the gong. This timbral proximity between the instruments draws the listener’s attention to the resulting composite sound — a long texture rich in beating effects created by neighboring frequencies — which slowly transforms over time.
MOORE:
The concept is therefore to propose an immersive type of listening, in which the rather extended durations of sustained and seemingly static sounds create a certain tension generated by the anticipation of variation. The live performance involves the use of samples, as the composed balances require multiple timbral layers to be active simultaneously. The closeness in pitch and the mimicry between instruments highlight the psychoacoustic phenomenon of beating: in fact, our auditory system does not allow us to hear two very close frequencies at the same time, but rather perceives first one and then the other, generating actual pulsations that exist only within the perceptual system of the listeners. The live performance therefore offers a subjective and unique experience for each individual, as it depends on the listener’s position in space, as well as their focus and sensitivity.
