Campbell, M.-Descansos (SP)-V/Cro./M/P

Across both rural highways and urban intersections, handmade memorials appear: white crosses, wilted flowers, photographs behind glass. My inspiration among these is ghost bikes, bicycles painted entirely white and chained where cyclists have passed. These are Descansos, from the Spanish word for “rest,” marking sudden loss in places of transit. Whether a roadside shrine in the desert or a spectral bike on a city street, each is an altar of absence: a silent pause in the landscape and a trace of lives carried by the transient vessels we call our bodies.

- Mat Campbell

Additional Information:

• Number of players: 4
• Difficulty: Intermediate/advanced


• Instrumentation:
• Player 1: Key chimes, bicycle wheel (mounted), vibraphone, small shaker, bongos
• Player 2: Bell tree. 3 crotales (High F, G, A-flat), high woodblock, low tom, multi-bass drum, splash cymbal
• Player 3: Tenor pan, sizzle cymbal, cajon
• Player 4: Marimba (5 octave), Aztec death whistle