Paul & Kl-Ex-Ensemble Pankert

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The use of live electronics has characterised my composition process over the last years. This should not be surprising, given that digitalisation is a defining element of our time in all areas of society, including art and compositional technique. It is impossible for me, however, to contemplate doing without the sound of instru- ments played live; for me, the performer's expressivity will always be a central aspect of musical expression. The sounds created, however, are also fed into a computer via microphones on the instruments; they are then electronically trans- posed, modulated, delayed, filtered, looped... and then played back in real time via loudspeakers.

The programming of the electronics is therefore a fundamental part of the composition. Several of these compositions were created in collaboration with the Studio Centre Henri Pousseur in Liège.