Fo(u)r Cellos (A homage to Tony Conrad) explores how sounds that are usually considered disruptive or incidental can be transformed into music. Rather than separating noise and music, the piece asks the listener to hear both as part of the same spectrum, where order and structure can emerge from what first seems chaotic.

The work begins with the sounds of a gate—the creak of its hinges, the metallic rasp of a latch. Normally these noises would be ignored as background, but here they are isolated, examined, and reimagined through harmony. In this way, what was once “just noise” becomes part of a carefully constructed composition.

The composition suggests an attempt to transform the unwanted, the disruptive, the chaotic, into something aesthetically pleasing, something structured and meaningful. It implies a subjective experience, a listener’s willingness to perceive order where previously only disorder existed.

This transformation points toward the idea of utopian music: a soundscape that transcends mere entertainment, aiming to evoke feelings of peace, unity, and perhaps even social cohesion.

Fo(u)r Cellos (A homage to Tony Conrad) will be premiered at the season opening event of Under Szubcult online on my YouTube channel on Saturday, August 23, 2025. The link will be posted here later this week.