Roberto Alonso Trillo + Marek Poliks

Music for violin, percussion, and machine learning environment.

NEOS Records #12312

Archon is an open source data interface. It provides an interactive layer to Demiurge, a deep learning audio synthesis engine developed by Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso. Archon, working in concert with Demiurge, makes most of the music on this record.

Archon was developed with the belief that the future of music will replace (and is replacing) instruments and instrumentality with algorithmic verticalities capable of deploying and recombining the literal historical entirety of recorded audio according to affect-based macrocategories. Making music will need to change from a realtime experience to one of prompt-based audio generation, results management, and readymade conformity-driven refinement operations. In response, Archon facilitates a dynamic, behaviorally-adaptive, interpretive relationship between a musician and a data entity – reinjecting intimacy, proximity, and instrumentality into the higher-level data management activities that will constitute the future of music-making.

Roberto Alonso Trillo + Marek Poliks

Mariam Gviniashvili, Kyoka, Dariush Derakhshani, David Q. Nguyen, Bihe Wen, Stylianos Dimou, Iván Ferrer Orozco 

Creotz Ediciones

A set of electronic compositions based on the materials generated by the Demiurge synthesis engine, a music machine-learning platform comprising a tripartite neural network architecture developed by Roberto Alonso, Marek Poliks and a team of collaborators at the Hong Kong Baptist University. 

The fluid boundaries of the Debris move between linked theoretical discussions that range from archaeomusicology to new materialism, from the consideration of agency and mediation to an understanding of Debris as a Deleuzian assemblage, as an Adornian constellation, as an exemplification of swarm intelligence, or as a platform with its own network topology.These human-in-the-loop interactions, devised as overlapping narratives, offsprings of what we see as ubiquitous forms of xenobestiality, have been begotten by Didem Coskunseven (France/Turkey) / Mariam Gviniashvili (Georgia/Norway) / Kyoka  (Japan/Germany) / Dariush Derakhshani (Germany/Iran) / David Q. Nguyen (USA) /Bihe Wen (China) / Stylianos Dimou  (Greece) / Iván Ferrer Orozco (Mexico/Spain).

Roberto Alonso Trillo + Vertixe Sonora Ensemble

NEOS Records #12222

The music of Camilo Méndez is a melting pot in which an apparent mix of disparate influences fuses into harmonious, cohesive works of monumental proportions. She draws her inspiration from literature and the visual arts, from geography and philosophy, and from experiences gained on several continents. While Méndez’s sonic world has an undeniable affinity with that of European composers such as Helmut Lachenmann and his mentors Pierluigi Billone and Rebecca Saunders, the conceptual basis of his works is filled with allusions to composers, writers and visual artists from his native Latin America, and with subtle references to his own professional endeavors and artistic collaborations in North America and Southeast Asia.

Roberto Alonso Trillo + Aglaya González + Brais González

IBS Records

This recording charts a path through the sonatas for violin and basso continuo composed in the epicentre of the genre’s experimentation (Italy) during the Baroque period. Most of these composers were also violin virtuosos, true explorers and connoisseurs of their instrument, and several enjoyed an international career that led them to publish beyond the Alps. One of the recording’s key unifying elements is the exploration of the D minor key, with the only exception of two sonatas in the neighbouring D major and A major keys, three particularly idiomatic tonalities favouring the instrument’s natural resonance.

Roberto Alonso Trillo + Vertixe Sonora Ensemble + Nacho de Paz

NEOS Records #12001

Victor Ibarra’s music disrupts traditional listening experiences through the extensive exploration of of cuts, cracks, outbursts, and eruptions. This music is marked by abrupt shifts and stark contrasts yet unified by a palpable, vigorous energy. Ibarra serves as a composition professor at the University of Guanajuato in his native Mexico. His career has led him to many prominent European centers for New Music, earning him several awards along the way. Ensemble Vertixe Sonora’s recording, conducted by Nacho de Paz, presents a monographic CD that showcases the exceptional talent of this notable Mexican composer.

Roberto Alonso Trillo

Ouvirmos Ediciones

This project delves into one of the aspects of the ongoing quest that shapes my interaction with the violin on multiple levels. Rather than starting from a specific concrete idea, the project aims to showcase compositions (with the sole exception of “O Pulcre Facies”) that were created in a spirit of absolute freedom. This freedom allows composers to explore their own creative paths, their concerns, their distinctive traits, and their yet-to-be-discovered commonalities. Furthermore, the project mirrors facets of my professional journey over recent years. It highlights the efforts of young Galician (Fernando Buide, Eduardo Soutullo, and Octavio Vázquez), Spanish (Tomás Marco and David Gálvez), and Latin-American (Samuel Robles) composers. These artists, through their significant international presence, are actively shaping the living history of contemporary music.