'Music for Harp and Tape' (1990) was commissioned by and written for the harpist Masumi Nagasawa and was premiered at the Ueno Cultural Center, Tokyo in March of 1990 by Miss Nagasawa. The tape part was created using the program Max, developed by Miller Puckett - whose technical advice made this piece possible; and the digital mix, of the final tape version was done at IRC AM, Paris with the valuable assistance of Xavier Bordelais. The piece is divided into four main sections.
The tape part is made up entirely of digitally transformed and processed harp sounds. All the sounds used are from the composed instrumental part. Thus the musical and sound material for the instrumental and tape parts are one and the same. The instrument/machine relationship is entirely symbiotic - the instrument and tape are equals in the musical dialogue.