Sylvain Darrifourcq
Selma Namata Doyen
Toma Gouband
Yuko Oshima

The ensemble is structured around four distinct and complementary sonic entities. Each carries specific instrumental practices, unique gestures, and singular timbral research. This diversity is not envisioned as a juxtaposition of styles or approaches, but as an active principle of creation: the music emerges from the connecting of these identities in a constant interplay of tension, balance, and transformation.

The work of √17 centers on research into repetition envisioned as a generative process of transformation.

Starting from elementary rhythmic cells, the ensemble implements processes of phasing, shifting, layering, and variation. These operations, often minimal on a gestural scale, produce significant perceptual effects: shifting accents, the appearance of emergent patterns, instability of temporal anchors, and phenomena of continuity or rupture.