These works are my first study pieces composed between 1999 and 2000 in the electroacoustic music composition class at the Conservatory of Antwerp, under the guidance of Joris De Laet. They were created in the studios of the Conservatory and represent a formative period in which experimentation and empirical methods were central to the development of my compositional practice.
Rather than working from fixed formal models or predefined structures, these pieces emerged through experiment: recording sounds, processing them in the studio, and critically listening to the results. Composition evolved step by step through empirical exploration, allowing musical form and direction to arise from the material behavior of sound itself.
The studio functioned as both instrument and laboratory. Sound fragments were captured, transformed, layered, and spatially organized, with attention to texture, timbre, density, and movement. Through repeated testing and refinement, relationships between sounds were discovered rather than planned, reinforcing an intuitive and exploratory approach to making experimental music.
Together, these early study works document the beginnings of an electroacoustic language shaped by experiment and empirical research. They reflect a learning process rooted in hands-on exploration and close listening, laying the groundwork for later developments in experimental and acousmatic composition.
