Chimaera (1998)
Tape
The name Chimaera has two definitions: firstly, an organism which consists of two genetically distinct tissues (in much the same manner as this piece); secondly, the creature of Greek mythology with a lion's head, a serpent's tail and a goat's body — an apt metaphor for the strange half-worlds realised through the techniques of electroacoustic composition.
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