Dexba’s Granulated Gestures

Jamuary is the gift that keeps on regifting — that’s a poor joke in an attempt at commenting on sampling and resampling, and delays and and the like, all of which are part and parcel in the synth realm of this ongoing month-long engagement in making new music every single day (or doing our best). Vietnam-based Dexba posted this solo piece, a video in which simple keyboard gestures are reworked live through granular synthesis, little wisps of notes left to hover, tonalities held in place, all while a slow rhythmic pattern emerges.