Xavier Bonfill

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2x2 is, in itself, a riddle. Two performers play a middle C, over and over, on the instrument of their own choice. The instrumental sound is extended through the use of live electronics, exploring repetition, variation, texture, counterpoint. Originally commissioned by Christian Tscherning (trombone) and Jason Alder (bass clarinet), the piece has since been performed in a number of different instrument combinations since its 2020 premiere. Always new, yet always recognizable. To honor its many sides, I decided to present it in a studio recording with not one but two different versions, back-to-back. The 2x versions included in this release are especially contrasting. They invite us to explore the inherent dichotomy of the piece. Something akin to a developed picture and its negative. There is no need to choose a side. release date: May 31, 2024 music by Xavier Bonfill (vocal version) performed by Fei Nie & Xavier Bonfill (bell plate version) performed by Marta Soggetti & Lorenzo Colombo programming, producer, recording & mixing: Xavier Bonfill mastering: Mikael Tobias artwork: Antonio Martinez With kind support from KODAs Cultural Funds & DMF / Gramex Collective Funds

2x2 is, in itself, a riddle. Two performers play a middle C, over and over, on the instrument of their own choice. The instrumental sound is extended through the use of live electronics, exploring repetition, variation, texture, counterpoint. Originally commissioned by Christian Tscherning (trombone) and Jason Alder (bass clarinet), the piece has since been performed in a number of different instrument combinations since its 2020 premiere. Always new, yet always recognizable. To honor its many sides, I decided to present it in a studio recording with not one but two different versions, back-to-back. The 2x versions included in this release are especially contrasting. They invite us to explore the inherent dichotomy of the piece. Something akin to a developed picture and its negative. There is no need to choose a side. release date: May 31, 2024 music by Xavier Bonfill (vocal version) performed by Fei Nie & Xavier Bonfill (bell plate version) performed by Marta Soggetti & Lorenzo Colombo programming, producer, recording & mixing: Xavier Bonfill mastering: Mikael Tobias artwork: Antonio Martinez With kind support from KODAs Cultural Funds & DMF / Gramex Collective Funds

DLB2305 three_four_maybe (composed 2020-21, recorded 2023) for 3 musicians: midi controllers, prepared piano, 24 solenoids, 3 LED panels When I was a child, before I started writing my own music, I used to write short stories. My poor handwriting made it difficult for others to read, and we didn’t have a computer at home at the time. So my parents got me a typewriter for my birthday. I loved it so much. Ideas would just flow, from my mind, into printed paper. What I liked the most about the typewriter was the sound that it made. And how each word would become music as it got typed. It was an electric typewriter, so there was a little bit of delay between my key presses and the actual sound. I learnt how to work around it and I would type faster or slower in order to queue up characters and hear certain rhythms I had in my head. So that electric typewriter was, in a way, my first sequencer. I see the grand piano in “three_four_maybe” a bit like a giant typewriter that makes the most amazing sounds. Sounds... more credits released May 12, 2023 Music by Xavier Bonfill Text quotes from Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" Solenoid stands setup design by Lorenzo Colombo Producer, midi recording, mixing: Xavier Bonfill Audio recording, mastering: Mikael Tobias Cover Artwork: Antonio Martinez Performed by NEKO3: Kalle Hakosalo, Fei Nie, Lorenzo Colombo With kind support from KODAs Cultural Funds & DMF / Gramex Collective Funds

DLB2304 "I wrote "entrée / en mouvement / encore" back in 2016-17. The title reflects the starting idea for the piece, which was to reflect on the concert situation as some sort of ritual that has its entrance, which later generates movement and which keeps on moving after this energy has been thrown into the room. A ritual consisting on both artists and audience, unable to exist without each other. This idea led me to think about the popular thought experiment "if a tree falls in the forest..." which later led to reading George Berkeley's "A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710) to whom the thought is commonly (mis)attributed to. The three movements are composed from extracts from the book, translated into morse code and used as musical material. This would become my first "text based" piece, a technique that would evolve in some of my later works such as "one for two" (2018) "YES FOR NO" (2020) and "three_four_maybe" (2021)." Xavier Bonfill (april 2023) credits released April 14, 2023 Music by Xavier Bonfill Text quotes by George Berkeley "A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710) Vibraphone preparation designed by Miquel Vich Producer, audio recording, mixing: Xavier Bonfill Mastering: Mikael Tobias Cover Artwork: Antonio Martinez Performed by: Lorenzo Colombo: vibraphone (#2, #3) Xavier Bonfill: Max/MSP & Ableton Live (#1, #3) With support from KODAs Cultural Funds

Digital liner notes: haknam.dk/twp.html "During the Christmas holidays in 2019, I went on a trip to China with Fei, my life partner. We visited her hometown Beihai and its surroundings in the Guanxi province, as well as Shanghai. I brought a sound recorder with me and did some field recordings during the trip. I decided I would make a piece based on those field recordings, where the music is built upon the original sound instead of silence. Like painting on top of an existing picture. These recordings had become precious memories for me and when I shared them with my friends from haknam, they became like little stories. I wanted them to tell those stories back at me with their instruments, in guided semi-improvised sessions. My composition process would be then to rearrange and build upon their sounds in a way I would see fit. And then, finally, each musician would retranscribe the final piece in their own way in a shared graphical score. I wanted it to feel like everything should come from each musician’s own voice. You cannot tell someone else’s story. When you do, it’s already your own." Xavier Bonfill credits released January 6, 2023 Concept, artistic direction: Xavier Bonfill I, II: music by Xavier Bonfill & haknam III, IV: music and text by Xavier Bonfill IV: translations by haknam Producer, Mixing: Xavier Bonfill Mastering: Mikael Tobias Artwork: Antonio Martinez Transcription of found texts: Fei Nie Performed by haknam: Fei Nie: op1 (I, II), Lyra-8 (II), voice (IV) Lorenzo Colombo: assorted percussion & found objects (I, II), boppad midi controller (I, II), eurorack modular (II), voice (IV) Xavier Bonfill: field recordings (I, II, III), eurorack modular (I, II, III, IV), MPC2500 (I), Roland R5 (I), voice (II, III, IV), organelle/Pure-Data (II, III), Yamaha TX802 (II), Yamaha FB-01 (II, III), Lyra-8 (III), Nord Rack 2X (III), The Pipe (III) Additional musicians: Anja Nedremo: The Pipe (I, II) Kalle Hakosalo: eurorack modular (II) With support from KODA's cultural funds.

Digital liner notes: haknam.dk/twp.html "During the Christmas holidays in 2019, I went on a trip to China with Fei, my life partner. We visited her hometown Beihai and its surroundings in the Guanxi province, as well as Shanghai. I brought a sound recorder with me and did some field recordings during the trip. I decided I would make a piece based on those field recordings, where the music is built upon the original sound instead of silence. Like painting on top of an existing picture. These recordings had become precious memories for me and when I shared them with my friends from haknam, they became like little stories. I wanted them to tell those stories back at me with their instruments, in guided semi-improvised sessions. My composition process would be then to rearrange and build upon their sounds in a way I would see fit. And then, finally, each musician would retranscribe the final piece in their own way in a shared graphical score. I wanted it to feel like everything should come from each musician’s own voice. You cannot tell someone else’s story. When you do, it’s already your own." Xavier Bonfill credits released January 6, 2023 Concept, artistic direction: Xavier Bonfill I, II: music by Xavier Bonfill & haknam III, IV: music and text by Xavier Bonfill IV: translations by haknam Producer, Mixing: Xavier Bonfill Mastering: Mikael Tobias Artwork: Antonio Martinez Transcription of found texts: Fei Nie Performed by haknam: Fei Nie: op1 (I, II), Lyra-8 (II), voice (IV) Lorenzo Colombo: assorted percussion & found objects (I, II), boppad midi controller (I, II), eurorack modular (II), voice (IV) Xavier Bonfill: field recordings (I, II, III), eurorack modular (I, II, III, IV), MPC2500 (I), Roland R5 (I), voice (II, III, IV), organelle/Pure-Data (II, III), Yamaha TX802 (II), Yamaha FB-01 (II, III), Lyra-8 (III), Nord Rack 2X (III), The Pipe (III) Additional musicians: Anja Nedremo: The Pipe (I, II) Kalle Hakosalo: eurorack modular (II) With support from KODA's cultural funds.

Please continue or Please go on. The experiment requires that you continue. It is absolutely essential that you continue. You have no other choice; you must go on. (that's fine)

make them count by Xavier Bonfill

DLB2305 three_four_maybe (composed 2020-21, recorded 2023) for 3 musicians: midi controllers, prepared piano, 24 solenoids, 3 LED panels When I was a child, before I started writing my own music, I used to write short stories. My poor handwriting made it difficult for others to read, and we didn’t have a computer at home at the time. So my parents got me a typewriter for my birthday. I loved it so much. Ideas would just flow, from my mind, into printed paper. What I liked the most about the typewriter was the sound that it made. And how each word would become music as it got typed. It was an electric typewriter, so there was a little bit of delay between my key presses and the actual sound. I learnt how to work around it and I would type faster or slower in order to queue up characters and hear certain rhythms I had in my head. So that electric typewriter was, in a way, my first sequencer. I see the grand piano in “three_four_maybe” a bit like a giant typewriter that makes the most amazing sounds. Sounds... more credits released May 12, 2023 Music by Xavier Bonfill Text quotes from Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" Solenoid stands setup design by Lorenzo Colombo Producer, midi recording, mixing: Xavier Bonfill Audio recording, mastering: Mikael Tobias Cover Artwork: Antonio Martinez Performed by NEKO3: Kalle Hakosalo, Fei Nie, Lorenzo Colombo With kind support from KODAs Cultural Funds & DMF / Gramex Collective Funds

DLB2304 "I wrote "entrée / en mouvement / encore" back in 2016-17. The title reflects the starting idea for the piece, which was to reflect on the concert situation as some sort of ritual that has its entrance, which later generates movement and which keeps on moving after this energy has been thrown into the room. A ritual consisting on both artists and audience, unable to exist without each other. This idea led me to think about the popular thought experiment "if a tree falls in the forest..." which later led to reading George Berkeley's "A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710) to whom the thought is commonly (mis)attributed to. The three movements are composed from extracts from the book, translated into morse code and used as musical material. This would become my first "text based" piece, a technique that would evolve in some of my later works such as "one for two" (2018) "YES FOR NO" (2020) and "three_four_maybe" (2021)." Xavier Bonfill (april 2023) credits released April 14, 2023 Music by Xavier Bonfill Text quotes by George Berkeley "A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710) Vibraphone preparation designed by Miquel Vich Producer, audio recording, mixing: Xavier Bonfill Mastering: Mikael Tobias Cover Artwork: Antonio Martinez Performed by: Lorenzo Colombo: vibraphone (#2, #3) Xavier Bonfill: Max/MSP & Ableton Live (#1, #3) With support from KODAs Cultural Funds

DLB2304 "I wrote "entrée / en mouvement / encore" back in 2016-17. The title reflects the starting idea for the piece, which was to reflect on the concert situation as some sort of ritual that has its entrance, which later generates movement and which keeps on moving after this energy has been thrown into the room. A ritual consisting on both artists and audience, unable to exist without each other. This idea led me to think about the popular thought experiment "if a tree falls in the forest..." which later led to reading George Berkeley's "A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710) to whom the thought is commonly (mis)attributed to. The three movements are composed from extracts from the book, translated into morse code and used as musical material. This would become my first "text based" piece, a technique that would evolve in some of my later works such as "one for two" (2018) "YES FOR NO" (2020) and "three_four_maybe" (2021)." Xavier Bonfill (april 2023) credits released April 14, 2023 Music by Xavier Bonfill Text quotes by George Berkeley "A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge" (1710) Vibraphone preparation designed by Miquel Vich Producer, audio recording, mixing: Xavier Bonfill Mastering: Mikael Tobias Cover Artwork: Antonio Martinez Performed by: Lorenzo Colombo: vibraphone (#2, #3) Xavier Bonfill: Max/MSP & Ableton Live (#1, #3) With support from KODAs Cultural Funds

Digital liner notes: haknam.dk/twp.html "During the Christmas holidays in 2019, I went on a trip to China with Fei, my life partner. We visited her hometown Beihai and its surroundings in the Guanxi province, as well as Shanghai. I brought a sound recorder with me and did some field recordings during the trip. I decided I would make a piece based on those field recordings, where the music is built upon the original sound instead of silence. Like painting on top of an existing picture. These recordings had become precious memories for me and when I shared them with my friends from haknam, they became like little stories. I wanted them to tell those stories back at me with their instruments, in guided semi-improvised sessions. My composition process would be then to rearrange and build upon their sounds in a way I would see fit. And then, finally, each musician would retranscribe the final piece in their own way in a shared graphical score. I wanted it to feel like everything should come from each musician’s own voice. You cannot tell someone else’s story. When you do, it’s already your own." Xavier Bonfill credits released January 6, 2023 Concept, artistic direction: Xavier Bonfill I, II: music by Xavier Bonfill & haknam III, IV: music and text by Xavier Bonfill IV: translations by haknam Producer, Mixing: Xavier Bonfill Mastering: Mikael Tobias Artwork: Antonio Martinez Transcription of found texts: Fei Nie Performed by haknam: Fei Nie: op1 (I, II), Lyra-8 (II), voice (IV) Lorenzo Colombo: assorted percussion & found objects (I, II), boppad midi controller (I, II), eurorack modular (II), voice (IV) Xavier Bonfill: field recordings (I, II, III), eurorack modular (I, II, III, IV), MPC2500 (I), Roland R5 (I), voice (II, III, IV), organelle/Pure-Data (II, III), Yamaha TX802 (II), Yamaha FB-01 (II, III), Lyra-8 (III), Nord Rack 2X (III), The Pipe (III) Additional musicians: Anja Nedremo: The Pipe (I, II) Kalle Hakosalo: eurorack modular (II) With support from KODA's cultural funds.

Does anyone remember how to party? I clearly don't...

Trying to start 2021 right. Just a little improv on the modular, hope you enjoy :)

This is some sort of "official bootleg" from a live-streaming event on Instagram. Mikrofoodie is a special performance created in collaboration with Fei Nie and Lorenzo Colombo. Vaguely inspired in Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mikrophonie and meant as a celebration of friendship and being together in these strange times, the piece consists on a "chef" (Fei Nie) making dinner, a microphonist (Lorenzo Colombo) capturing the sounds and an electronic musician (Xavier Bonfill) processing and manipulating the sounds in real-time. The recording is presented in an edited version (30 minutes instead of 44 in the original performance) focused on the listening experience. Some headphone candy for your hungry ears. credits released May 18, 2020 Recorded live at home, in the kitchen, on an Instagram Live streaming event on May, the 16th, 2020, 19h (CET). Mixed & mastered from a Zoom H6 recording. Fei Nie: chef Lorenzo Colombo: microphonist Xavier Bonfill: electronics

This is some sort of "official bootleg". Recorded live at home, on an Instagram Live streaming concert on May, the 2nd, 2020, 19h (CET). FREE DOWNLOAD / NAME YOUR PRICE ON BANDCAMP Check the link! :) Mixed & mastered from a Zoom H6 multi-track recording. credits released May 4, 2020 Music composed & performed by Xavier Bonfill on modular synthesizer, op1 & organelle.

Recorded live at Konservatoriets Koncertsal, Frederiksberg, DK Pulsar Festival 2019. Conductor: Jean Thorel Musicians: Solveig Kaae: a fl Inga Bøe: cl Ole Vetle Johansen: tbn Kalle Hakosalo: perc Rasmus Sørensen: pn Thea Jørgensen: vla Lars-Bo Hermansen: cb

16 in c minor I never totally understood the attraction towards the c minor key in a lot of electronic music. But hey, I fall for that too sometimes. Just a Mutable Instruments Rings setting the tone for a party in a distopian future. A happy ending? --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

15 fosc The title means “dark” in Catalan. It is like the goth sister of the second track of the album, “four_part_drone”. Also featuring the Mutable Instruments Tides module. In a dizzier way though… --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

14 beskidt og roligt The title means “dirty and quiet” in Danish (and it is a not-so-smart word play with the expression “stille og roligt”). But it is indeed dirty, and it is indeed quiet… for the most part. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

13 piano chords I wrote “YES FOR NO” for 3 soloists, symphony orchestra, electronics and light; all based on some strummed piano chords (playing inside the instrument) and the polyrhythms inside those chord frequencies. This is just me taking those samples out for a spin on the STS sampler by 4ms. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

12 a bit wired There were not a lot of wires on this track. But it got a bit wired, or weird. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

11 1825 days a very short op1 beat. Sample hint: how many years is 1825 days? --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

10 still there? (early demo) February 2018: I was biking on my way back home passing the harbour by Refshalevej. There was snow all around. I stopped by, took the op-1 out and recorded the vocals for this song. I still love pop songs. This one might be rearranged into something bigger at some point. But I also like it as a lo-fi sketch. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

9 choir music If this were a tape, the “B-side” of the record would start with this track. A little choir music to start things up again. It is early in the morning and the tape speed is a bit wobbly, so the singers don’t sound much in tune. Performed on the op-1. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

8 sketch #2 (live remix) Another live remix from the “travel light” EP (2018). Some samples from the original track are pitched down rather extremely and played back from the STS (Stereo Triggered Sample) module by 4ms. The two independent samplers trigger each other automatically after the current sample has finished playing.. so altering the sample length of any of them causes the tempo to shake a little bit. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

7 sketch #1 (live remix) This is a live remix of “sketch #1” from the EP “travel light” (2018) which I did on one take on the op1. I like to think of it like dreaming and floating on air, yet slowly rocking your body slightly back and forth. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

6 sweep dreams I honestly don’t remember where I got that sound from. But you know: sweep dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree? --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

5 eat your pills Please ignore the title, is the first thing that came into my mind. This is just an op1 beat you can dance to. Now: start going around in circles in that little room where you have been sitting for these last couple weeks. You are welcome to scream your lungs out or just randomly hit on the walls. You can have it. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

soundcloud Refshaleøen Tapes vol. I -> out on Bandcamp 4 (interlude_a) Just a 40 second interruption for disrupting purposes. Enjoy it while it lasts. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

soundcloud Refshaleøen Tapes vol. I -> out on Bandcamp 3 #32_mindf***_b A wonky beat with some eurorack stuff and a Teenage Engineering PO-32. The PO-32 is a little drum machine that plays 16-step patterns. It is cool but everything ends up being music in 4/4. I found out that if I triggered it manually (from the modular) then I could f*** up with its timing. That made it much more fun. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

Refshaleøen Tapes vol. I -> out on Bandcamp 2 four_part_drone This is a 10+ minute drone, perfect for staring at the walls. It features the Mutable Instruments Tides module: here used as an oscillator with 4 different variations, that can be multiples or subdivisions of its original frequency, creating beautiful chords (in just intonation) that correspond to polyrhythms. This was a big inspiration for me when I was writing YES FOR NO for symphony orchestra and 3 soloists. --- about the album: Denmark, like most european countries, is currently on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All this time indoors brought me to check into some archive recordings. Mostly, live-recordings and improvisations from my home studio in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The recordings span from early 2018 until a few days ago and most of them were never meant to be "pieces" or "tracks". Yet there is something appealing about them, just because of that. Here, you will find some possible ideas for future tracks, "live-remixes" of previously released tracks, improvisations and some bleep bloop just-testing stuff. Listening back to all this music, I can't honestly remember how I did half of it. It almost feels like someone else's music. I like that. I hope you like it too. credits released March 20, 2020 Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill between January 2018 and March 2020. Instruments: assorted Eurorack Synth modules, Teenage Engineering Op1 & PO32, voice, maybe something else that was lying around.

Heptagon is a short electronic piece, in two movements, that is inspired in Else Marie Pade's tape music piece "syv cirkler" from 1958. It was premiered in a concert by the group Neko3 organised by "Moderne Mandag". All sounds were generated with a Make Noise "0Coast" semi-modular analog synth (with some other eurorack modules modulating it) and a Music Thing "Spring Reverb". This is an UHJ stereo mix, which is a reduction from the original surround ambisonic mix. credits released February 22, 2019 composed, produced, performed, mixed, mastered and illustrated by Xavier Bonfill, Copenhagen, January 2019. Special thanks to: Jens Rossel (Moderne Mandag), Neko3, Tony Martínez

Heptagon is a short electronic piece, in two movements, that is inspired in Else Marie Pade's tape music piece "syv cirkler" from 1958. It was premiered in a concert by the group Neko3 organised by "Moderne Mandag". All sounds were generated with a Make Noise "0Coast" semi-modular analog synth (with some other eurorack modules modulating it) and a Music Thing "Spring Reverb". This is an UHJ stereo mix, which is a reduction from the original surround ambisonic mix. credits releases February 22, 2019 composed, produced, performed, mixed, mastered and illustrated by Xavier Bonfill, Copenhagen, January 2019. Special thanks to: Jens Rossel (Moderne Mandag), Neko3, Tony Martínez

Composed, performed & produced while travelling around the south of China and Hong Kong (March-April 2018) on a Teenage Engineering OP-1. Mixed in Copenhagen (May 2018) in UHJ Stereo. Composed, performed, produced, mixed & mastered by Xavier Bonfill

Composed, performed & produced while travelling around the south of China and Hong Kong (March-April 2018) on a Teenage Engineering OP-1. Mixed in Copenhagen (May 2018) in UHJ Stereo. Composed, performed, produced, mixed & mastered by Xavier Bonfill

Composed, performed & produced while travelling around the south of China and Hong Kong (March-April 2018) on a Teenage Engineering OP-1. Mixed in Copenhagen (May 2018) in UHJ Stereo. Composed, performed, produced, mixed & mastered by Xavier Bonfill

Composed, performed & produced while travelling around the south of China and Hong Kong (March-April 2018) on a Teenage Engineering OP-1. Mixed in Copenhagen (May 2018) in UHJ Stereo. Composed, performed, produced, mixed & mastered by Xavier Bonfill

Composed, performed & produced while travelling around the south of China and Hong Kong (March-April 2018) on a Teenage Engineering OP-1. Mixed in Copenhagen (May 2018) in UHJ Stereo. Composed, performed, produced, mixed & mastered by Xavier Bonfill

Some short electronic pieces from my back catalogue slightly revised and newly mixed in UHJ Stereo. UHJ stereo sounds broader than regular stereo and "almost surround-like" without needing to use more than two speakers (or headphones). Composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill. Artwork by Tony Martinez

Some short electronic pieces from my back catalogue slightly revised and newly mixed in UHJ Stereo. UHJ stereo sounds broader than regular stereo and "almost surround-like" without needing to use more than two speakers (or headphones). Composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill. Artwork by Tony Martinez

Some short electronic pieces from my back catalogue slightly revised and newly mixed in UHJ Stereo. UHJ stereo sounds broader than regular stereo and "almost surround-like" without needing to use more than two speakers (or headphones). Composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Xavier Bonfill. Artwork by Tony Martinez

7_7_7: for string quartet. Composed in Copenhagen between September and October 2016. Recorded live atThe Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) (Premiere) October 28, 2016. Nysal. Performed by Quatour Diotima.

7_7_7: for string quartet. Composed in Copenhagen between September and October 2016. Recorded live atThe Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) (Premiere) October 28, 2016. Nysal. Performed by Quatour Diotima.

7_7_7: for string quartet. Composed in Copenhagen between September and October 2016. Recorded live atThe Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) (Premiere) October 28, 2016. Nysal. Performed by Quatour Diotima.

Interludes #1 and #4 performed live at a "SOUNDS kollektiv" concert in Koncertkirken (Copenhagen, DK) on Oct 1, 2016. Xavier Bonfill: modular synthesizer. Using samples from Esben Nordborg Møller's "trio" and Mads Emil Dreyer "Vidder 3". You can see a video recording of this performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6wAHtZCqx8

Kein Bruit Brut: for two string quartets and one string quintet. Composed in Barcelona between October 2013 and January 2014. Recorded live at PULSAR Festival, Copenhagen. (Premiere) March 13, 2016. Konservatoriets Koncertsal. Conductor: Jean Thorel Performers: Heiðrun Petersen, Mirjam Petersson, Astrid Mikaelyan, Pauline Storbacka, Zane Kalnina, Anastasia Andreatta, violin Victor Sørensen, Line Fafner og Tyler Quinn Frazee, viola Chenoa Orme-Stone, Ragnar Jónsson, Vida de Leon, cello Lorenzo Botti: contrabass Tonmeister: Daniel Davidsen

Interactive game music piece. Composed between 2014 - 2016 in Barcelona and Copenhagen. Live-version was premiered in Copenhagen, Dk. March 11, 2016. Installation -> Eufònic Festival. Sep 2, 2016. Terres de l'Ebre, Cat. iOS app + webaudio app + album release -> Nov 14, 2016. With the support of Fundació Phonos & OSIC (Generalitat de Catalunya). Artwork based on a design by EgyptianCatFood.com

Go, Æneas, Go! Winner of the Berliner Opernpreis 2014. A collaborative opera by Raquel García Tomás (PI&III), Octavi Rumbau (PII, IV, VI&VIII) & Xavier Bonfill (pV&VII). Libretto by SpinOff Collective. Premiered in Russisches Haus, Berlin, May 2014. Live-recording from Teatre Lliure Barcelona, November 2014. Performed by: Anna Alàs (ms), Joan Ribalta (t), Víctor de la Rosa (cl), Cèlia Torres (vc) + tape (composer)