gasoline: refined petroleum.

gasoline: more volatile than diesel oil, Jet-A, or kerosene.

gasoline: tickled laughter, ukelele.

gasoline: shimmer.

gasoline: in the mood for love.

This piece is a meditation on our current relationship with gasoline: a kind of grotesque dance. The string quartet becomes a vehicle for sound montage, from vicious and raw, to tender and colourful, to humorous and macabre.

Instrumentation:

for string quartet

Performances:

  • Bozzini Composer's Kitchen 2012 -- August 10th, 2012 -- SFU Woodwards, Vancouver BC