Pair (even): the balance between opposites (left/right, high/low, dry/resonant); equilibrium; the concept of stasis.

Impair (odd): the contradiction of pair; the element of imbalance which carries us out of stasis; the dynamic concept.

Pair / Impair: an extension of the relationship between dynamic and static musics (and their confusion) — a relationship which in itself can fluctuate between the dynamic and the static.

Pair / Impair was realized in 1978 in the Electroacoustic Music Studio of the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) and first performed on May 17, 1978 in Norwich. It received a Mention in the Analogue Category of the 1980 Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France).

Premiere

• May 17, 1978, Electro-Acoustic Music at UEA, Lower Common Room — University House — University of East Anglia, Norwich (England, UK)

Awards

• Mention, Analogue Music Prize, 8th Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition 1980, Bourges (Cher, France)