Sputter (PLUGS IN THE) Box

Sputter (PLUGS IN THE) Box is Sputter Box’s first concert with electronics and video projections featuring four world premieres by composers DM R, Nolan Hildebrand, X. Lee, and Tania Cortés Becerra. Using clarinet, bass clarinet, voice, percussion, electronics, and video art, each composer is writing about a topic they relate to, including Colombian popular music, noise music, the dangers of grind culture, and the mysterious death of migratory birds, known as cuvivíes, in the lagoons of Ozogoche, Ecuador. The electronics components will include recorded tracks and live electronics.

The premiere performance of this program will be in December 2024. After the premiere concert, the program is available for touring dates.

Sample Program and Recordings

when telekinetic teenagers telephone ghosts^ (2024) Nolan Hildebrand // 15 minutes

mensaje en las nubes^ (2024) Tania Cortés Becerra // 15 minutes

Untitled Premiere^ (2024) X. Lee // 15 minutes

Untitled Premiere* (2024) DM R // 30 minutes

Total: 75 minutes of music

^Works funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council

*Work funded by the FROMM Foundation

Touring and Tech

Four separate works for clarinet/bass clarinet, soprano voice, percussion, and electronics, with team of 7, 3 musicians, 4 composers/technicians

Length: 90 minutes

Preferred venue: concert hall with speakers, tech capabilities (see tech rider), and lighting rig

Tech rider and lighting plot are available upon request