Work
8 x ∞
for mixed octet and fixed 8-channel audio
About
8x8 Inc. is a United States communications technology company that provides VoIP telephony services. 8x8 services include cloud-based voice, call center, video, mobile and unified communications solutions for medium to enterprise-sized businesses and multinational distributed enterprise customers. Some of 8x8's services are offered under the brand Packet8.
8x∞ is a chamber work for mixed octet with fixed eight-channel audio. The score comprises eight unique audio-video tracks which provide each musician with demonstrative prompts for their actions. All sound media heard in the concert performance has been individually pre-recorded by the eight musicians who appear live onstage; eight full takes of the score by each of the eight instruments (i.e. 64 tracks) are superimposed directly over one another.
8x∞ is about the idea of unison.
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Performance history
22 Oct 2015: Performed by the Callithumpian Consort, at Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA.