Tomaž Grom – double bass, electronics
"During
a performance lasting 45 minutes, Grom's double bass added more and more
sound elements, which he manipulated with authority and fused them into sound
formations with scores that not only suited the concept of prepared and extended
double bass, but supported it even more admirably. The double bass is an
infinite playground for Grom, where he finds new sounds again and again; a
piezoelectric transducer placed on the body of the double bass, allows him to
amplify even the quietest.
Thus, in the first few
compositions, we witnessed an electronically unmodified double bass, while the
classic plucking of strings and bow work was accompanied by an extensive galaxy
of intriguing techniques, from rhythmic banging on the body of the double bass
with his hands and bow, plucking strings under the bridge and expressive scraping
with the bow to rubbing strings whose sounds alluded to domestic work. [...]
Grom's intriguing and intelligent modulations, achieved by mixing sound sources
with authoritative knowledge and control of the double bass itself, made sure
that 45 minutes passed too quickly." (Seliškar
2017)
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