Duration: 8:38Sound diffusion: 4th order ambisonics / binaural fixed media

PNX is an ambisonic acousmatic composition made using only accordion samples. No signal manipulation or synthesis techniques have been used to modify the concrete starting material, except for sound editing techniques. The sampling process and the organization of the material were based on an equal relationship between the traditional sound of the accordion and the noisy components of the instrument mechanics, investigating the very first timbral expression on the borderline between breath and the exact origin of the sound, uniting them in a single sound stream. A process of osmosis, a breath that originates from a central space and develops tension towards an external one, defining a listening perspective inside the acoustic instrument as a living space. PNX is the acronym of “pneumothorax”, a traumatic lung compression that distorts the relationship between the inner and outer pressure, and suggests a parallel with a mechanical investigation, a form of diagnostic examination, exploring all the potential of the instrument. The acoustic space is then defined through the alteration of the mechanical principle underlying the breath of the accordion bellows, building a new dimension according to the assumption of a very close listening point of view to reconstruct an ideal space of timbral exploration. Composed and produced by Nicola Cappelletti and Nicola Fumo FrattegianiAccordion: Samuele Telari