Luca Forcucci, Electronics

The foundational material for this electroacoustic composition is rooted in long-term fieldwork conducted in Southern and Western Africa. The sonic material is based on three instruments, a Kalimba and a Kudu Horn, both acquired during a visit to an archive of Sub-Saharan recorded music in South Africa in 2023 and a mamokhorong from Lesotho crafted in Berlin. I played and recorded these instruments and blended them with live electronics. This synthesis of acoustic and electronic elements involves artificial agents bridging ancestral knowledge and modern technology, inviting reflections on how such agents can shape our future sonic landscapes, enhance our perception and propose the conceptual idea of augmentation. This composition synthesizes fieldwork, traditional instruments, and machine learning systems into a cohesive musical narrative. This approach resonates with Achille Mbembe’s assertion that “we must take on the neuro-turn and accept that we are all cyborgs now, this also presents an opportunity to employ African knowledge to rethink the human” (Mbembe 2021).

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