Star Networks at the Singing Point

by Dimitri Georgaras

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A realization of 'Star Networks at the Singing Point' was conducted as part of my summer research project 'Taming the Ghost in the Machine' which explored the history and practice of electronic feedback as a compositional technique.

'Star Networks at the Singing Point' is a live, group performance created by composer Ralph Jones (1978). Feedback is generated by connecting an amplifier’s input and output across passive electrical components configured in a star network, which is described as having three or more components connected at a single node. By increasing the gain of the amplifier, the sound, “changes intermittently and unpredictably such that the circuit begins ‘singing’ of its own accord," (Jones). These sounds are unstable, randomly jumping across paths in the star network, and can sound like crickets, balloons rubbing against each other or jackhammers, for example.

During a performance, musicians independently create ‘singing’ sounds and then release them to the audience, adding to the density of chaotic sounds created by the other performers. This process is staggered and repeated amongst performers such that more than one networks are ‘singing’ at any given time.

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released September 7, 2018

Two performances were recorded on June 6th at the Isabel Bader Centre of Performing Arts by performers:
Dr. Matt Rogalsky
Dr. Roel Vertegaal
Jeremy Kerr
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Dimitri Georgaras Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa-born composer, sound artist, and instrument builder. Dimitri's compositional voice is informed by deconstructing the fundamentals, limitations, and chaotic behaviours of analog electronics and digital signal processing, creatively exposing their musical potential through composition and performance. ... more

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