This piece was created on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the so-called Carnation Revolution which in 1974 brought democracy to Portugal after decades of dictatorship, and broadcast on Portuguese radio RTP, Antena 2, on 17 January 2015. In today’s political climate, revolution seems to many nothing more but a nostalgic dream from a long-gone era, like a bittersweet childhood memory evoked by the sound of a musical toy. This is why the piece is based on a music-box rendition of what is possibly still the best-known revolutionary song, “The Internationale”. After the exposition, it speeds up frantically and then gets stuck, subsequently falling apart into isolated tones – a sonic metaphor of the manic enthusiasm of revolutionary periods that all too often gets replaced by a feeling of stagnation when the everyday routine of a new political regime solidifies. But by picking out certain elements and repeating them across the stereo field, the piece regains a certain dynamism towards the end. The original song is not recognisable anymore, but some of its notes have metamorphosed into a more open, contemporary musical structure. This can be read as a metaphor for attempts at a ‘reincarnation’ of progressive politics beyond, or outside, the paradigm of revolution – for example on a local level, in small communities analogous to the small tone-cells picked out of the larger melody of the classic song. Reference to this ‘reincarnation’ in the title leaves a blank in place of the ‘in’ for several reasons: It leaves room for some doubt as to whether these new political approaches can completely fulfill the desire for a truly revolutionary change, it alludes to the doubts regarding violent revolution expressed in the Beatles’ “Revolution,” where various vocalists simultaneously sing “You can count me in/out”, and it visually draws attention to the carnations that were the symbol of the last revolution that took place in Western Europe.