Amour, suppôts et supplications is a representation of the different phases in a social and/or amorous relationship that we enter into all throughout our lives. Articulated around different movements connected by combinations of recurring timbres, this piece brings about numerous contrasts and emotions.
The inspiration of the piece comes from Chelsea. It is a universal subject everybody is confronted with at one moment. In order to bring this idea to life, we decided to work in two groups: electronic and acoustic. We agreed on a scale to build all our material: an acoustic mode on B. The separation of acoustic/electronic is a representation of the duality in a couple.
The first part, only acoustic, represents the time of the meeting, and the birth of emotions. Indecision and mystery are the main elements transcribed in the music by imitation between the instruments, melted in a deep reverberation. The following movements represent the battle for power, the sharing of power, the engagement, and (in our case) the distance between the couple with the presence of a perturbing element.
The formal structure of the piece is fixed. During our last working session, we finally put the different elements together: the electronic part (loops composed by Yury and Kristian using Logic Pro, Abelton and Max), and the acoustic part (Chelsea at the electric harp and Jean-Patrick at the prepared electric guitar). We took into consideration at this time the importance of staging the piece and the inclusion of a theatrical aspect to illustrate our inspiration.
The lightning is focused on the instrument in order to depersonalize the musicians, who are the actors of the performance. This depersonalization is a way to universalize the subject. The last movement of the performance is the illustration of the distance and the moment of doubt in the couple. The presence of Yury and Kristian at the end of the piece symbolizes the external factor which can create tension, doubts, and distance in a couple. The simultaneous presence of the two characters involved in the relationship and the two perturbing elements makes us question ourselves. Where are we going? What is part of the external factor in our happiness? What is really important?
