Ohayo Parasite (2024)

​日本語：おはようパラサイト

for kinetically enhanced drum kit and 2 wind instruments

Commissioned by TRIO "Alele" (Japan)

ca. 10 min.​

Cultura & Sustentabilidade 2024 Open Call Selected Work

Band Journal 10月号『現代音楽TRIO「あれれ」東京公演　表現の境界を越えて』

We humans may be unknowingly acting as hosts to self-replicating units of ideas and beliefs that use our brains and minds as vehicles for their own reproduction. They enter and evolve in us, not in the aim to benefit us, but to maximize their own spread. To what extent is our “self” just a collection of particularly successful memes that have colonized our minds?

Ohayo Parasite was commissioned by TRIO “Alele” (euphonium, bass clarinet, and drum kit) and was composed in Boscawen, Kamikawa, and Taipei, between February and late May of 2024. Designed to "enhance" the capabilities of both the instruments and the performers, the composition incorporates the use of tubes of varying lengths attached to the valves and mouthpiece of the instrument, connecting them with the instrumentalists and objects such as a tank filled with water.

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Although the work is not a site-specific piece, it is recommended that the performance be staged in an environment that reflects themes of destruction, pollution, or environmental degradation (the interpretation of which may be left to the performer’s discretion). During the live performance, the audience will be provided with virtual reality goggles, which will immerse them in a visual representation of the performers on a boat in the tranquil and picturesque Seto Inland Sea.​

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"Ohayo" is a polite, cheerful, routine greeting in Japanese, meaning "good morning". This work is an homage to the Memetics Theory by Richard Dawkins.

July 27, 2024
現代音楽TRIO”あれれ”盛岡公演
Morioka Kokaido, Morioka, Japan

TRIO Alele (Ayaka Sato, Jun Ishii, and Takafumi Kakizaki) ​

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July 31, 2024
現代音楽TRIO”あれれ”東京公演
Tokyo Concerts Lab., Tokyo, Japan

TRIO Alele (Ayaka Sato, Jun Ishii, and Takafumi Kakizaki) ​

August 10, 2024
現代音楽TRIO”あれれ”高松公演
Takamatsu Symbol Tower Hall, Takamatsu, Japan

TRIO Alele (Ayaka Sato, Jun Ishii, and Takafumi Kakizaki) ​