Parham Behzad overcomplication (2025) for piano and midi keyboard A simple premise spirals – caught between control and its own undoing. The piece unfolds in two recursive layers: one where a slowing pulse meets increasingly fine subdivisions, locking tempo and rhythm in paradoxical stasis. The other dives into the fractal interior of sound itself—live electronics accelerate samples into pitch, then stretch them until buried textures escape. Overcomplication is not chaos; it’s precision tangled in its own reflection, playfully chasing clarity through excess. The piece is written for the peerless piano duo Esther Ropón & Ernst Surberg.