This improvisation was formed out of a playful exploration of my most recent hybrid analogue/digital performance system, where an excessive number of hardware components mutually affect each other through a network of sound analysis and digital signal processing. Often engaging with different parts of the instrument through a simple controller, I bring a sense of immediacy into my hands: the slightest movement may trigger a mechanical relay bank, which in turn may set a digital process in motion. In Contactor I attempt to portray some of what I find most joyous about both the analogue and digital sonic domains.

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