Sⁿ: Live at ESS, by Christopher Riggs and Carl Testa

Sⁿ: Live at ESS

by Christopher Riggs and Carl Testa

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Sⁿ 43:09

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In June of 2016, Carl Testa traveled to Chicago to perform in the only live performance of the Christopher Riggs/Carl Testa collaborative piece Sⁿ. For this performance, a quad-speaker setup was put around the audience and the live performance was immaculately captured by Experimental Sound Studio engineer Alex Inglizian.

While the studio recording of Sⁿ was a composite of multiple takes, this live performance conveys the intention of the piece as an experience that continually folds the past into the present in different spaces within a continuous live performance.

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released February 7, 2020

Christopher Riggs - guitar
Carl Testa - live processing electronics

Composition by Christopher Riggs and Carl Testa

Recorded by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio on 13 June 2016 as part of the ESS Option Series
Mixed by Alex Inglizian
Photos by Dan Mohr / yesisaid.design

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Bassist, electronicist, and composer. Currently working on Sway, an interactive live processing environment for any number of musicians. sway.carltesta.net

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