Back in July, we premiered our commission for Abstruckt percussion quartet: Baby Lexicon by Ben Nobuto.
"I typed the word ‘baby’ into Splice, a sample library, and started scrolling through hundreds of different singers singing the word. It was like a little dictionary of ‘babies,’ so many variations of the same sound, kind of generic but also evocative in a weird way. I put them all in a sampler and started playing around with it - reminded me of those old school keyboards that had samples of people shouting ‘DJ’ and ‘C’mon!’ and other random things. Something so joyful and silly about being able to play with voices like that." – Ben Nobuto
Watch the video premiere now!