Aphasia is a 12-minute-long piece for multi-percussion and electronics, commissioned by Spanish percussionist Miquel Bernat (of the Ictus Ensemble). According to the US Aphasia Association, the word aphasia refers to a medical condition defined as ‘an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write’. According to the same source, Wernicke’s Aphasia is a particular form of aphasia in which ‘the ability to grasp the meaning of spoken wor...