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Airing on May 23rd 20:00 CEST
A Hybrid Mind
Genre: Electroacoustic music
Duration: 15 min
As the technology improves at a rapid rate, promising a change in the way of
living and even the essence of what is human (for the human species to be able
to catch up with the artificial intelligence), it is now more than necessary to ask
if as a species are we ready for a radical and possibly an irreversible jump?
The Transhuman trilogy, consisting of three electroacoustic metal hybrid pieces,
focuses on finding certain methods to create balanced hybrid pieces with the
aesthetic of dystopian futurism. The main aim behind this form of hybridity is to
create narrative-focused (cinematic) hybrid pieces which have aggressiveness,
heaviness, and darkness of metal mixed with endless timbral possibilities,
spectromorphological thinking, and abstractness of electroacoustic music.
‘A Hybrid Mind’ being the second of the trilogy of the pieces, this piece explores
the process of merging human minds with computers. It also reflects the possible
horrific (even haunting) experiences that a person can go through if he/she
decides to turn back to normal/if such technology is used maliciously.

Featuring:

Berk Yagli

Berk Yagli (born 1999) is a Cypriot guitarist, composer, and producer. His mission with his music has been to talk about social, political, and philosophical matters interestingly to invite the listeners into reflecting on the topics. He has been active in the UK since 2017. He studied Music and Sound Technology (University of Portsmouth), Masters in Composition (University of Sheffield), and currently at the University of the Arts London working under Adam Stanovic for his Ph.D. topic hybridity between metal and electroacoustic music. His works have been presented internationally including Argentina (Salta), UK (Leicester, Plymouth, Sheffield, London, Staffordshire), US (New York City, Indianapolis, Georgia, Utah, Kansas City, Missouri), Taiwan (Taipei), South Korea (Seoul), Poland (Krakow), Switzerland (Zurich), Ireland (Limerick), Italy (Padova), Mexico (Morelia), Austria (Linz), Australia (Sydney), China (Shenzhen) and more. He is regularly invited to compose in studios including VICC (Visby, Sweden), CMMAS (Morelia, Mexico), ACA-Atlantic Center for the Arts (Florida, USA), EMS (Stockholm, Sweden), NOVARS Research Center (Manchester United Kingdom),Mediawave International Film Festival (Gyor, Hungary) and Studio Kura (Fukuoka, Japan). He won numerous awards for his compositions in international music competitions including Musica Nova (Prague, Czech Republic), IYMC (Atlanta, US), Penn State International Call for Scores (Pennsylvania, US), WOCMAT (Taipei, Taiwan), ULJUS (Smederevo, Serbia), Erik Satie International Music Competition, and more.  

Website: http://berkyagli.me/portfolio/

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/berk.yagli/