Tapage

States grew from a live-electronics setup developed by Tijs Ham (Tapage) in 2016: analogue feedback routed through digital manipulation to form a self-balancing, self-generating chaotic system, capable of producing its own deep melodic and textured material once the performer steps back. The 2017 sessions at Steim with bass clarinetist Gareth Davis insert a reed voice into this recursive system, opening it to spacious interplay between acoustic gesture and the autonomy of the patch.