Friday, November 22nd, 2013, 19.30
SHUT UP AND LISTEN! AWARD 2013
Felipe Otondo (CL/UK): Night Study No. 1
Night Study No. 1
Our bike is the color of the night.
Our bike is a black donkey dawning 
Through lands of Curiosity.
[Roberto Bolaño]
The idea behind this work stems from a poem by Roberto Bolaño describing a night
motorcycle journey across the Mexican desert. The piece explores the nocturnal sonic
landscape of urban and rural locations and is structured as a sonic journey exploring real
and abstract soundscapes linked to various stages of an endless imaginary trip. The work
was composed mostly using environmental recordings captured in various urban and
rural locations and synthesized timbral and rhythmic material generated using gamelan
sounds.
Felipe Otondo
Felipe studied acoustics in Chile where he started composing and performing music for
experimental theatre developing several performance projects with actors and
musicians. In 1999 he moved to Denmark to do post‐graduate studies in sound
perception at Aalborg University focusing on spatial sound and timbre perception. In
2005 he pursued his composition studies at the University of York in England with
Ambrose Field and Roger Marsh focusing in electroacoustic composition and music
theatre. His music has been widely played in festivals across Europe, North and South
America, as well as in Australia. He composed the music for the BAFTA‐award winning
radio drama The glassman in collaboration with Neil Sorrell and has received awards in
Brazil, Bulgaria, France and Italy. Felipe is currently a lecturer at the Lancaster Institute
for the Contemporary Arts at Lancaster University and his music is released by the
British label Sargasso.
http://www.otondo.net
Through lands of Curiosity.
[Roberto Bolaño]
The idea behind this work stems from a poem by Roberto Bolaño describing a night
motorcycle journey across the Mexican desert. The piece explores the nocturnal sonic
landscape of urban and rural locations and is structured as a sonic journey exploring real
and abstract soundscapes linked to various stages of an endless imaginary trip. The work
was composed mostly using environmental recordings captured in various urban and
rural locations and synthesized timbral and rhythmic material generated using gamelan
sounds.
Felipe Otondo
Felipe studied acoustics in Chile where he started composing and performing music for
experimental theatre developing several performance projects with actors and
musicians. In 1999 he moved to Denmark to do post‐graduate studies in sound
perception at Aalborg University focusing on spatial sound and timbre perception. In
2005 he pursued his composition studies at the University of York in England with
Ambrose Field and Roger Marsh focusing in electroacoustic composition and music
theatre. His music has been widely played in festivals across Europe, North and South
America, as well as in Australia. He composed the music for the BAFTA‐award winning
radio drama The glassman in collaboration with Neil Sorrell and has received awards in
Brazil, Bulgaria, France and Italy. Felipe is currently a lecturer at the Lancaster Institute
for the Contemporary Arts at Lancaster University and his music is released by the
British label Sargasso.
http://www.otondo.net
