Alto saxophone, electric guitar and accordion
✉️ If you wish to perform the piece, please contact me
Duration: 7′
Year: 2025
Premiered by Vertixe Sonora at Museo Verbum in Vigo
It should be performed with three separate click tracks.
Each performer chooses their own effects.
Punge is a fusion of punk energy and contemporary composition, where raw intensity meets precise structuring. Inspired by the urgency and directness of punk music, the piece explores polytempo, microtonal harmonies, and bold instrumental techniques within a meticulously notated framework, colliding harmonic series techniques with distorted, amplified noise. Structured like a punk album, Punge allows performers to determine the order of its pieces. The music pulses with rhythmic dissonance, driving repetitions, and sharp contrasts. Electric guitar, accordion, saxophone, and vocals push their sonic limits, amplified by effects that shape the sound in real time. While deeply rooted in notated music, Punge embraces the spontaneity of performance, offering space for individual expression within its defined structure. The result is raw, forceful, and unapologetically direct—an exploration of control and freedom, precision and noise.
Luís Neto da Costa 