New Release by GRIMmer: V​-​>N​-​>S (2021)

V->N->S is a work for no-input mixer, semi-modular synthesizer and live processing. The piece was first performed at the 5th Electroacoustic Music Festival at the Instituto de Música, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago following a short artist residency in the south of Chile in 2019.

G R I M M E R is an electronic duo creating experimental music through structured improvisation, unconventional usage of hardware, and live processing in Max/MSP. Composers Aaron Michael Smith and André Mestre work together to construct gridless live sets that focus on the intimate entanglement of noise.

Editing and mixing: Aaron Michael Smith
Mastering: Aaron Michael Smith and André Mestre
Funding: Instituto de Acústica, Universidad Austral de Chile
Recorded in Santiago, Chile - April 2019

A QUEDA DO CÉU (2020)

For octaphonic system and kinetic sculptures made of water, pine wood, nylon strings, acrylic mirrors, and mechanical exciters.

A sound art installation related to the Soundlapse Project, A Queda do Céu explores the acoustic features of the Valdivian wetlands and its conflicting place in the eyes of local residents. Visually, the work is reminiscent of the Arte Povera movement, and provides a minimalist display of the wetlands’ constitution, with and interplay between water, reflections, and hundreds of wooden pieces. The sculptural centerpiece is framed by a spatial and aural presentation that suggests, at the same time, both a critical and an aesthetic perspective on these fragile ecosystems.

Creative team:

André Mestre, artist
Felipe Otondo, collaborating artist
Victor Cumián, technician
Rodrigo Torres, acoustic engineer
Francisco Rios Anderson, video artist

PARTNERS:

Laboratorio de Arte y Tecnología (LATE)
Instituto de Acústica, Universidad Austral de Chile
Edificio 14k, Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería
Taller Compartido La Cisne Negro

O que vos nunca cuidei a dizer (2019)

multidisciplinary work for transducer-based interface & live electronics

video score available upon request

premiered at BIFEM on September 7, 2019, by:
Mauricio Carrasco (performance)
Claudia Núñez Pacheco (design and facilitated interaction)
André Mestre (live-electronics)

This work has been supported by a InnovING:2030 research grant at
Universidad Austral de Chile

A NEGATIVE OF KNOWLEDGE (2018)

concert work for two clarinetists and electronics  |  SCORE
premiered by David Angelo and Shannon Leigh at Marsh Chapel (Boston, United States) 

David Angelo, clarinet
Shannon Leigh, clarinet
Wee Kiat Chia, prerecorded voice
Murat Çolak, mixing and mastering

The work was recorded at the Ugly Duck Studios in Boston

LOVESONG (2017)

trio and electronics (flute, harp, and cello)  |  8'30"  |  VIDEO  | SCORE

premiere and recording by Cheung-Yu Wu, Maria Ren, and Steve Marotto

available in the album Parallaxis, by Cheng-Yu Wu.  SPOTIFY  |  iTUNES 

CORPO CONFESSO (2014-15)

string quartet  |  7 min.  

 AUDIO  |  VIDEO  |  SCORE

performances by: 
JACK Quartet (EUA), 
Amber Quartet (China), 
Cecilia String Quartet (Canada)