digital soundtrack
Duration: 4'55"
Liasons is for computer-generated tape, with all of the sounds being sampled from oboe key clicks and multiphonics. Liasons is in the form of a traditional theme and variations, differing in that each variation contains the same material as the theme, and features a different way of electronically processing that material. Hass uses pitch shifting, spatialized reverb, elimination of the initial attack sound of notes, and time stretching. Time stretching is especially used to highlight multiphonics from the oboe, allowing the listener to hear intricacies we miss when we hear multiphonics at normal speed. Multiphonics take on a more pronounced role as the piece develops, both by becoming less processed, and through their role as ambient background material in contrast to the active foreground.
Liaisons is released on Music from Seamus, Vol. 2