World Machine (Particle EP)

ELECTRONIC

World Machine, the second track from Particle EP, experiments with a variety of techno influences, ultimately creating an atmosphere of its own.

Shores of Acheron

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

Shores of Acheron, written for violin and piano, is named after the river which takes people through the depths of hell in Dante’s Inferno.

Alive

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

Alive is a piece composed for full orchestra. The compositional ideas expressed in this work were influenced by composers such as John Williams and Danny Elfman.  

Spark and the Digital Daydream

SOUNDTRACK

Original complete soundtrack for the 2019 release of Spark and the Digital Daydream. See Projects for more info.

185

VIBRAPHONE + FIXED MEDIA

185 explores interactions between vibraphone sounds and sine tone frequencies, notably the frequency of 185 Hz. The most prominently featured element of this piece is acoustic beating. What interests me about this phenomenon is how pitch can be perceived harmonically as well as rhythmically. 185 utilizes the motor of the vibraphone, pulsations of the mallets, micro-variations, and dynamics in order to sonically manipulate this acoustic phenomenon, playing with the listener’s perceptions of amplitude, frequency, and time.

performed by Zach Masri

0101: A Study on Binary Systems

SKELETON ORCHESTRA

0101 earns its name from the five-note pattern that is outstanding throughout the majority of the piece, in addition to referencing 0101’s formal sections ABAB. When writing this piece, I was heavily influenced by compositional elements commonly found in techno music. A major focus of 0101 is the exploration of transformations, particularly of musical elements found in techno, such as driving repetitive forces, gradual shifts in timbre, and periods of metric ambiguity. Often, a goal of these transformations is to distort the listener’s perception of meter, instrumentation, and characterization of the piece as whole.

performed by Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble

soft as she is

CHAMBER CHOIR

Borrowing from ancient Mesopotamian texts and Greek poetry, “soft as she is” focuses on themes of femininity, virginity, and sexuality.

performed by The Renaissance Singers

An experimental techno track composed in 2019 as a part of Northwestern University’s Summer Research Grant. See Projects for more info.

Music created as a part of the zomorocks26 project. 2013

Released in 2017, Particle is an experimental electronic EP which aims to build a contained world in each track.

Music created as a part of the zomorocks26 project. 2019