Soegaard Ensemble

Soegaard Ensemble: Soundmapping The Genes

by Glenn Astarita
April 16, 2010

The premise for this electronics-based engagement is not steeped in customary backdrops, such as phantasmagorical space travel or existential musings of a divine entity. Conversely, the foundation for this trio's excursion relates to morphing DNA code-sequencing into music. The DNA modeled here emanates from the protein of the rainbow trout and is transformed into MIDI language, featuring 642 notes amid real-time music frameworks.

DNA is elevated into a mesmeric showcase, where Frederick Soegaard intermixes psycho-rock guitar with the ...