Hentai Beetle (2022) for kinetically enhanced contrabass and percussions / Chatori Shimizu

Описание: Hentai Beetle (2022)
​日本語：変態ビートル
for kinetically enhanced contrabass and percussion

Commissioned by Seiya Kondoh (Japan)
Produced by Japan Society for Contemporary Music
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ca. 12 min.​

Program Note

One morning a few years ago, I suddenly could not get out of bed. To look back at the situation now, perhaps I was a little tired with simultaneously undertaking multiple projects, as well as moving and applying for an extension of my visa in a foreign land. Fortunately, the condition did not last long for me. However, while lying on bed, I scanned my eyes across the ceiling, and felt like this situation would continue in eternity.
There are many analyses of Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”. However, this experience has made me realize that this phenomenon of turning into an insect just may be more common and familiar to us than we imagine it to be.

"Hentai" is a Japanese word meaning "metamorphosis" or "change of form".

https://www.chatorishimizu.com/hentai...

About the Composer
Chatori Shimizu (b. 1990) is a Hokkaido-based composer, sound artist, and shō performer, who constructs his works for a wide range of mediums concerning space and movement. He plays with the theme of "perspective", often incorporating camerawork in his instrumental compositions to present non-conventional viewpoints in his music.

​https://www.chatorishimizu.com