The Replication Crisis

The sonic possibilities of the electric guitar have long been a source of inspiration in my work. I am fascinated by the instrument’s “analog” nature - its ability to produce complex, controlled sonorities while retaining the human inaccuracy and nuance often absent in computer-generated sound. I also strive to make the sound of electricity itself perceptible.

A central element of this piece is its scoring for four electric guitars. Together they form, on one hand, a meta-instrument that seems to speak, morph, and dance; yet at the same time they remain distinct - like four people attempting to reproduce the same gesture but never quite succeeding. The result is a granular, finely shaded texture born from imperfection and individuality.

The title refers to the recent “replication crisis” in the social sciences, in which researchers revisited foundational experiments only to discover that their results could not be reproduced. I find beauty in this failure - the way reality and human behavior resist rigid, statistically significant conclusions. In that resistance, the uniqueness of the individual prevails.