The composers write that this piece, “is built up of sounds from a number of different acoustic instruments, computer-processed and then re-mixed in the studios of EMS (Institute for Electroacoustic Music in Sweden) in Stockholm… we tried out a particular acoustic idea, that of a continually varying acoustic space, where no sound stays at any fixed point. Anchorings / Arrows may be seen as a tribute to music, anchored in music’s history but, we hope, also pointing forwards to the wonderfully mysterious and mythical future.”

[source: Réseaux des arts médiatiques]

Awards

• 1st prize, Studio Electroacoustic Music Prize, 21th Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition 1993, Bourges (Cher, France)
• Honorable Mention, Computer Music, Prix Ars Electronica 1993, Linz (Austria)