Thomas Olbrechts, alto saxophone player & instant composer, has developed a strong individual musical discourse that plays off rigid saxophonetechniques and compositionsystems against each other. Olbrechts has endeavoured to ‘theatricalise’ the operation of this system within a number of experiments: elements such as live sampling, live television, live cam are brought into musical performances. The question is what the impact of such systems will be on the meaning of music and of the performance, what influence they will have on the performer and on the audience.