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laughing matter

from A Portfolio of Compositions by Lina Alexaki

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The inspiration for the creation of this composition came to me one afternoon while strolling the streets of Corfu, the town of the Greek island where I spent my undergraduate years. The sudden spontaneity of male laughter sounding out of nowhere, echoing around the park near the seaport, and the amusement it evoked, gave me the idea to create a piece of sound art, composed primarily of a variety of laughing sounds.

The piece concludes in a circle, coming back to the very first sound of the beginning, the female laugh that started it all. It may be interpreted as realising it was all just a dream, or even as awakening to the real sounds around the protagonist, the listener. It is a journey from the known to the unknown and back. Long pauses and use of silence and single sounds contribute to an overall sense of emptiness.

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from A Portfolio of Compositions, released March 31, 2020

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Lina Alexaki holds a Master of Arts by Research from the University of Birmingham and an Integrated Master of Music from the Ionian University. Her compositional focus is electroacoustic music, using the voice as the primary sound source and improvisation, narrative and worldbuilding techniques as structural elements. She is currently exploring the narrative aspects of non-linear composition. ... more

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