Within a Word (2014)

With the piece "Within a Word" I first touched base with Heidi Vierthaler's work. At the time I was supposed to be part of the choreography as a dancer but due to an injury I was unable to partake. Luckily I had been making music for a couple of years and was asked to provide a soundtrack for the creation. Somewhere down the line this was a kick start to my career as a composer I just didn't know it yet.

The soundtrack features a lot of textured sounds from pieces of fabric and little howls, moans and repetitive phrases recorded with the dancers. All is carried by a sparse, droning, musical structure and a beefy, crude yet satisfying climactic beat as finale. A rapid growth of technical skill and passion rose from this piece for me. It was truly the beginning of my career as a composer for theater,