Composer’s note:
The idea of Stratos came from the name of the ensemble Parallel Asteroid. The piece is a largely stretched out collision. Always in the following order: Collision – Equilibrium – Vaporization. In this way all sounds are broken into smaller sounds.
The piece is partly improvised. With “Stratos” I want to collide both improvised and composed music into one in search for a sometimes freejazz-like texture in combination with sustain or “Nachklang”.
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