AETHRAKHTHON: structuring electroacoustic improvisation and performance using a game engine

AETHRAKHTHON is a game-piece using an electronically augmented drum-kit as game controller. The work explores improvised musical environments within a videogame setting, where the player navigates a 3D game-space. This presents the opportunity for a set of musical interactions, sonorities, and performance possibilities through distinct mappings and level design. The performer is free to improvise, fail, explore, and through trial and error understand what the game rules are and complete each challenge. This results in a dynamic audio-visual performance, where while the rules are fixed, each section can be completed in multitude of ways.