Instrumental.Electroacoustic.

"...despite everything being synthetic — using no recorded material — the nature of these sounds was ambiguous: they seemed almost real, yet remained at all times in a liminal and mysterious zone. Formally, they were presented in juxtaposed blocks of different durations, like 'scenes' that followed one another. Many of these blocks shared certain similarities, so that, after a while, a suggestive narrative was created." — Jesús Castañer, Scherzo, 2023

All sounds composed from my own extensions to Xenakis's stochastic synthesis.

"Luque weaves a densely sophisticated fabric that nonetheless evokes a certain ancestral quality." — Paco Yáñez, Scherzo, 2025

In this piece, I wanted to combine two things that have fascinated me for a long time: the syncopation techniques of Central African music and Jean Tinguely's machines. I wanted each percussive hit to feel slightly off — uncomfortable, like it lands just outside its expected place in time. Following my ear, I used SuperCollider to generate slightly asymmetrical rhythms, subdividing bars according to the 'rhythmic oddity' method from Central Africa. Beneath it all, the image of a machine doing something mysterious.