Solo for bandoneon and Logelloop

From Spanish tocar, ‘to play’ and from the Italian toccata, ‘played’.

Toco la Toccata is a piece for bandoneon and real-time audio treatments.

Philippe Ollivier is at the same time the composer of the music, its interpreter and the designer of the Logelloop software which is used for the production of the electronic sounds. Computer programming is in this case an integral part of the musical composition. Counterpoints are provided by the computer, sometimes the software is even improvising!

Philippe Ollivier also uses a 3D analysis of his hands to control the computer, just like one uses a Theremin. The sound processing is then very close to a form of sound sculpture, and the performer goes deep into the organic sound matter.

In this jubilant musical piece, we ask ourselves whether a machine can in real time compose counterpoints that will come to make an orchestral part of the improvisations played with the bandoneon. More than ever at the center of the sound restitute in hexaphony, the spectator is weightless in a sound.

Toco la Toccata is a work in permanent progress, Philippe Ollivier develops Logelloop and composes his music simultaneously. Thus new ideas for musical compositions inspire new functions in the software. In 2020, Philippe Ollivier composes new pieces that will be based on different paradigms from what he did until then. While the writing of Toco la Toccata was based on music composed of deconstructed and non-repetitive loops, there were still treatments that were done in a repetitive way. The programming of new tools in Logelloop now allows the circular recording of loops (loops recorded in separate tracks can replace the previous ones before the listener has even noticed the repetition of these loops) and then the use of a graphical time line interface allows writing loop transformations and sound treatments.

Audience : Everyone from 6 years old
Concert possible  indoor or outdoor
Sound diffusion possible in Quadriphony, Hexaphony or Octophony (depending on the case)
Possible Duration : 20 mn / 30 mn / 40 mn

“Almost a show of chamber music with bandoneón and electroacoustic” – “Un espectáculo casi de música de cámara con bandoneón y electroacústica” (El diario NTR – Guadalajara)

“A skilfully orchestrated game of improvisation. The spectator is weightless in a wave of soundA cleverly orchestrated improvisation game. The spectator is floating in a wave of sound.”  – “Un jeu d’improvisation savamment orchestré. Le spectateur est en apesanteur dans une vague sonore.” (Le journal du centre)