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1 | 24.2.26 | 29:20 |
Intricate, crystaline duo set from London-based musician and computer programmer, Li Song, and Paris-based musician and sound artist, Tom Soloveitzik, recorded as part of the second iteration of Regan Bowering's SPACE series at OTO in February 2026.
Seemingly emerging out of the room itself, the performance begins so quietly that at first Soloveitzik's breathy, gossamer-thin saxophone tones are barely audible over the scuffing chair legs and shifting audience members. But the effect is subtly enrapturing, drawing the listener in and tuning the ear, so that when Song's chirruping electronics tentatively join the fray the deceptively minimal sonic canvas is already as big as it needs to be.
From this starting point, the pair weave a hypnotically stark assemblage of shifting patterns and textures, which spiral out and circle back in on themselves in constantly mutating configurations. The effect is an enthralling symbiosis of electronic and acoustic sounds that reveal themselves on their own terms, allowing the listener to drift within the spaces left between.
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Recorded by Rory Salter
Mixed by Oli Barrett
Cover illustration by Yuling Huang
Li Song is a London-based musician and computer programmer. He performs improvised music with his computer and composes music using electronics and acoustic instruments. His collaborative project with Zhu Wenbo, No Performance, focuses on compositions using environment sounds, acoustic instruments, computer algorithms, and random sequence. He is also a member of computer network music ensemble and research group, [ _ _ _ ], focusing on algorithmic collaboration. Recent works include Two Snare Drums (Infant Tree 2022), [ _ _ _ ] (with Jia Liu and Shuoxin Tan, SUPERPANG 2022) and Text (with Zhu Wenbo, Zoomin' Night 2021).
For this evening, Li Song will be presenting his work Slow Software.
https://lisong.bandcamp.com/
https://notimportant.org/
https://zoominnight.com/artists/li-song/
Tom Soloveitzik is a Paris-based musician and sound artist working with saxophones, field recordings, and site-specific performance. His practice explores the materiality of sound, modes of listening, and the limits of recording through performance and writing.
Recent releases include duo albums with Sun Yizhou (Ftarri; presses précaires), releases with the Microcanonical ensemble (Wakana Ikeda, Yoko Ikeda, Takashi Masubuchi) (Sawyer Spaces; Tombed Visions), and Views from the Seven Ionian Islands (Suppedaneum).
