This lot have delivered a 22-track double CD which expresses a familiar concern with shifting texture, deregulated rhythm and pure sound.
During one section of "Fuga Ladino," the shifting texture of the ensemble suggested not Masada but Zooid, a signature ensemble of the multireedist and composer Henry Threadgill.
Affdex also scans for the shifting texture of skin — the distribution of wrinkles around an eye, or the furrow of a brow — and combines that information with the deformable points to build detailed models of the face as it reacts.
Ms. Oliveros's half of the program began with "The Heart of Tones" (1999), in which a small ensemble of strings, flute and piano played a single, unison note but varied the dynamics, timbre, mode of attack (bowed or pizzicato, for example) and balances to create a constantly shifting texture.
It's often hazy and atmospheric, but also gets tough and aggressive whenever you get lulled into a trance by the subtly shifting texture, perfect for five AM in a pitch black warehouse.
The shifting textures and relentless momentum were beautifully judged throughout.
The shifting textures of wall-mould are "a cackling witch; an awful, leprous face".
Mr. Hurst explored some interesting ideas about shifting textures and large and small groupings within the orchestral fabric.
It was almost faultless execution, if a bit monochrome, as they shifted textures through subtle gradations, without grand gestures.
They recur in shifting textures, shades and ratios of black and dark red (or sanguine) — the classic colors of old master drawings — but the basic image never flinches.
