BOHEMIAN CRISTAL INSTRUMENT

“"The inspiration for the score started with the Cristal Baschet, which is an instrument invented by the Baschet brothers in France in the 50s. It sounds incredible, and I’ve been interested in them for years, but they’re quite hard to come by. I learned about Lenka Moravkova, a Czech player of her unique version of Cristal Baschet, Bohemian Cristal Instrument, that happened to be traveling through LA. She has a beautiful sounding instrument and she allowed me to play it for a while the first time we met. That night I came up with the main theme for the show, which I then took home and extended into a few pieces that she later played for a recording session a few weeks later. That became Henry’s theme for when she teleports. The Bohemian Cristal Instrument really became the sound world with which I composed the other music around. I love the control over sound that electronic music provides, and I also love the sound of acoustic instruments and human players. So hybrid electro-acoustic scores are what I most like to compose. It’s the best of both worlds for me.” - Deru