"Luque weaves a densely sophisticated fabric that nonetheless evokes a certain ancestral quality." — Paco Yáñez, Scherzo, 2025
In this piece, I wanted to combine two things that have fascinated me for a long time: the syncopation techniques of Central African music and Jean Tinguely's machines. I wanted each percussive hit to feel slightly off — uncomfortable, like it lands just outside its expected place in time. Following my ear, I used SuperCollider to generate slightly asymmetrical rhythms, subdividing bars according to the 'rhythmic oddity' method from Central Africa. Beneath it all, the image of a machine doing something mysterious.
