Pulsating skin (2021) back in NY
Saturday, March 14, 2026 at the So Percussion Studio
20 Grand Ave - Brooklyn, NY 11205
exact time tbd
Recah Pecahan - Dewa Alit
Made in Canada - Erin Rogers
Pulsating skin - Justina Repečkaitė
***Popebama set tba***
Talujon percussion group first performed Pulsating Skin (2021) for 4 snare drums and electronics back in 2024. Described by the New York Times as possessing an "edgy, unflagging energy," Talujon is dedicated to advancing contemporary percussion music through a variety of performances, commissions, educational programs, and outreach activities. The ensemble consists of percussionists Ian Antonio, Caitlin Cawley, David Cossin, Matthew Gold, Tom Kolor, Michael Lipsey, and Matt Ward.
Pulsating Skin premiered at the Darmstadt Summer Course in 2021 and has since been performed in Basel (CH), Shanghai (CN), Feldafing (DE), Paris (FR), Cracow-Warszawa (PL) and NY (USA).
Program note of Pulsating skin 13″-17″
4 snare drums have transducers – small loud-speakers that transmit sound towards the interior of the instrument, attached to their skin. Sound is being sent to drums that act like resonating bodies manipulated by human touch. These harmonies are inspired by the physical models, the resonance of a circular membrane tuned to a snare drum frequency. Performers illuminate the sounds they are hearing (and feeling!) with no score to follow. The pulses that guide musicians are created from a superposition of slightly different frequencies as the sound alternately interfere constructively and destructively thus creating pulsation (beats). Snare drums radiate mechanical pulses characteristic to the city combined with allusions to the nature still present in urban surroundings.
