ONLINE

Tech Dissect w/ Astrid Sonne

29th November 2022

7.30 PM

£7 OR FREE FOR SAFFRON MEMBERS

Saffron’s monthly workshops are part of the Saffron Members Club, but non-members who are women, non-binary people, trans or gender non-conforming folks may also purchase a ticket.

EXPLORING MELODIC & HARMONIC LANGUAGE

We’re delighted to welcome Danish composer, producer and viola player, Astrid Sonne to host our November Tech Dissect session.

In this masterclass, will Astrid look at different ways of working consciously and methodically with chance, with a specific focus on exploring harmonic and melodic language. She will walk through different types of audio processing, audio to midi, sampling and various ways of tweaking original material into something else.

In Astrid’s own words: “In my practice, I always want to try and surprise myself and this masterclass is about finding and developing methods that allow you to experiment and be as intuitive as possible.”

ABOUT ASTRID SONNE

In Astrid’s music, electronic experiments breathe side by side with baroque approaches, and improvised passages are incorporated into precisely cut compositions with intuitive grace. 

Her most recent album “outside of your lifetime” was released in September 2021 (Escho). The album consists of 10 tracks appearing like sonic spaces where the individual can disintegrate into a sphere of keys, strings, voice and buttons. Many of the instruments and inputs are processed with great attention to efface their personality, so their origins are never exactly clear. 

One may follow seamless transitions between oscillating waves and organ work. Other tracks introduce fierce waveforms through heated pulse. All pieces possess their own distinct character, yet remain connected like human relations weaving in and out between each other, placing themselves in something resembling past, present and future simultaneously.   

BOOK TICKETS