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a monthly newsletter — 2026

after a first year of joyful writing on dis ce que, i've decided to continue sending out a monthly, informal (/unhinged) newsletter focusing on experimental/contemporary music, composing, listening, and analysing all kinds of works and portraits. you'll find below a list of articles published in 2026, with a short description.

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• feb. 26

- lines and clouds (2): on Chiyoko Szlavnics' work, part 2 — an introduction to her piece Oracles I-V composed for Ensemble Contrechamps

- sonic heights, permeable horizons — a post commissioned by Sonic Acts — a review of the ‘Listening Room’#1 at Zone2Source featuring 8.2 pieces by Espen Sommer Eide, Signe Lidén, Clara de Asís, and BJ Nilsen

2026

for ensemble — variable

( writing more essays on music )

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2025

for quatuor bozzini

for string quartet — ± 15'00"

a cycle of short pieces for piano/keyboard — 40'00" [in-progress]

for HSO (a chord)

5-8 instrumentalists, <2'00" [in progress]

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at the Institute of Sonology (Royal Conservatory of the Hague)

2024

a piece for vl, vc, fl, cl, harm, pn, and/or computer — 30'00"

recording for siblings

for pf solo, gtr solo, pf & 2 gtrs, and 2 gtrs — ± 60'00"

Für Simon-Jonassohn Stein for Orgelpark

for two programmable organs — 5'00"

(± one year of assisting other composers)

including Cat Lamb, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Arnold Dreyblatt

2023

for siblings (tempered)

for pf and/or gtr(s) — between 8'00-60'00"

for experiencers (modelo62)

for 2 gtr, vln, vc, cb, fl, cl, trp, pf, harm, perc &computer — ±30'00"

untitled electronic studies

variable combination — 30'00"

until counterfeiting

a talk & a text

approximation pieces

a talk comparing pieces based on 'approximation' & maths

music & the wende, now

a collective endeavor in Latvia

2022

for experiencers

for harp, gtr, cl, vl, tbn, 2 fl, sax, acc, perc, & computer — ± 18'30"

for blandine & maciej

for harpsichord & computer, 17'00"

reconstruction of J. Tenney's Arbor Vitae for sine tones

a programming endeavor —13'00"

an academic experiment

..d'une fenêtre au-dessus

an aside with the rain — 2,30"

2021

36 forms (1024)

for organ (3 organists) —12'00"

untitled collaboration w/ tony guarino

for small sized percussions & field recording — 20'00"

for electric guitar & computer —12'00"

a radio podcast with diverse pieces & personal recordings — 60'00"

for inis:eto series — 45'00"

2020

harbor vite, haye

fixed media (stereo) — 11'00"

for clarinet & computer — 7'00"

2019

untitled something for two organs

for two programmable organs — 5'00"

once racing ceased, essentially the old 166 renumbered

fixed media (8 channels) — 8'00"

a cage through which to listen

fixed media & text — 6'00"

fixed media & text — 6'00"

a solo upper-body dance piece, ± 10'00"

1998

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