Composer and sound artist Adam Basanta has joined matralab. He recently received several prizes and an invitation to perform at the Vancouver New Music Festival:

– “a glass is not a glass (mov I to VI)”, Honourable Mention, 11th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Música Viva 2010, Portugal.

– “a glass is not a glass (mov I to XI)”, 2nd prize, JTTP competition (CEC, Montreal Canada)

– Live audiovisual improv collaboration with Sammy Chien accepted for the Vancouver New Music Festival (http://newmusic.org/TFTE.htm).

Basanta will travel to Vancouver to perform on October 23. Link to the “demo reel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qct3bmz-p4I