When the Machine Rhymes With My Body

for the Kukuruz Quartet, Innova Records (2023)

A body synchronizes different senses of time. Fleeting biorhythms of breath and pulse combine to create long-form tempos of minutes, hours, and weeks. In this piece, players first attune to the tempo of their heartbeat. Each pulse played on the keys incites the hammers like mechanical fingers. They join in a canon based on the tempo of breath and reunite in shared musical rhythm. Moving through internal and collective senses of time, the piano connects the bodies that play it.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zach Miley with support from the American Composers Forum Bay Area Pilot Project.