Decibel new music ensemble returns to Perth in November to perform Inland Lake (le lac intérieur) – a 45-minute electroacoustic work composed in 2022 by French Composer Lionel Marchetti. 

The piece is written for ensemble and partition concrète – a fixed media component that acts simultaneously as score, ensemble member and sound track.

Decibel is a six-piece ensemble integrating acoustic and electronic music – and this work creates a new ‘acoustic ambient’ genre in which instruments weave in and out of the sound track, oscillating focus between the performers and the rich sound world radiating from multiple speakers in the space. Threading string, wind and percussion with more unusual instruments such as ocarinas, singing bowls and harmonicas, the concert provides a lush and imaginative listening and viewing experience.

Sohan Ariel Hayes’ projection design is built around the film by Karl Ockelford, made for the Room 40 CD release of Inland Lake in 2023, being shown in Perth for the first time. The concert will begin with Marchetti’s 2 Minutes from Home piece, La Patience, which also features a film by Karl Ockelford.

One performance only
Doors 7pm | Performance 7:30– 8:30pm

Performed by Decibel new music ensemble
Composed by Lionel Marchetti and Decibel
Cinematography by Karl Ockelford
3D projection design by Sohan Ariel Hayes

With support from the WA Government