"Perfectly Voiceless" by Devonté Hynes

"Perfectly Voiceless" by Devonté Hynes
Video by Four/Ten Media
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‪@devhynes‬ is a British singer, songwriter, composer, producer, and author, now residing in New York City. He has released five studio albums under the name “Blood Orange,” and previously released two albums as “Lightspeed Champion.” He has produced for artists such as Solange Knowles, Sky Ferreira, and Carly Rae Jepsen, and has made his own solo appearances on the Pitchfork and Coachella Music Festivals. Hynes plays cello and piano, and recently performed some of Philip Glass’s etudes as part of an all-star lineup for Glass concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Hynes also has a background in dance and has worked with ballet dancer Maria Kochetkova and choreographer Emma Portner in his own music videos.
Hynes composed the music for an entire evening-length program featuring Third Coast Percussion and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, with new choreography created by Emma Portner, Jon Boogz, and Lil Buck, which premiered in Chicago in September 2018. To create this 75-minute opus, Hynes composed music with synthesized and sampled sounds, which he then sent to Third Coast Percussion. TCP experimented with instruments to create a live performance version of the music, which they then recorded and sent back to Hynes for feedback, then eventually to the choreographers to create the dance. This piece, "Perfectly Voiceless", served as a musical interlude between choreographed pieces.
Third Coast Percussion’s album “Fields,” which includes all of the music composed by Hynes as part of the project with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago was released on Cedille Records in October 2019, and was nominated for two Grammy Awards for “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” and “Best Engineered Album, Classical.”
This work was commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. The project was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Third Coast Percussion New Works Fund, and the Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation.
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[@corysimonavice2770]

Such cool timbres from techniques I’ve never seen before and mallet changes. Loved it!

[@thirdcoastpercussion]

Thanks for watching, Cory!

[@jasonarkis8086]

Great Performance Third Coast!
Inspiring as always!

[@thirdcoastpercussion]

Thanks for listening!

[@movingforwardLDTH]

Loved this piece!!
(Is it just me, or was that a nod to Children of Sanchez when the vibes came in just after 4:10? Either way, !)

[@machida5114]

minimalism...