Case study · Music / Art
A digital home worthy of his work.
For Sergio Luque —composer of electroacoustic music and computer-music researcher— we built a custom editorial platform: a high-fidelity audio player, a curated catalogue of works, and a design that mirrors how he composes: in code.
- 2026Launch
- 100%Custom-built
- LosslessPro audio
- GlobalOn Cloudflare
The client
A composer who researches sound through code.
Sergio Luque (b. 1976) composes vocal, instrumental and electroacoustic music, and researches computer sound synthesis. His electroacoustic works are built from his own extensions to Iannis Xenakis's stochastic synthesis, developed in SuperCollider and C.
His work has been performed across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia —at festivals such as the Xenakis centenary (X100) at Kraftwerk Berlin, Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam and Stanford University's CCRMA. A client like this needed a site worthy of his work.
- MIT Press · Leonardo Music Journal
- The SuperCollider Book
- Xenakis 100 · Berlin
- Stanford CCRMA
- 4 continents
The challenge
He had a website. He didn't have a home for his work.
Sergio came to us with a WordPress site that looked dated and didn't do justice to an international career. Few visits, poorly ranked on Google, and no metrics to understand why. And above all, his music —his most important asset— lived in commercial-grade audio, not professional.
A dated image
A WordPress site that felt outdated and generic —light-years from the rigor and sophistication of his work. The first impression worked against him.
Invisible and blind
Poorly ranked on Google, with few visits and no advanced analytics: impossible to know who found him, from where, or which works they listened to.
Sub-professional audio
His pieces played back in commercial quality, not professional. For a composer who selects each sound among hundreds, the lost detail was unacceptable.
Before / After
Same work. A different league.
On the left, the previous WordPress site: a white background, a photo and a text list with generic players. On the right, the platform we built.
What we built
An editorial platform, not a template.
Every piece of the site was built around how Sergio wants the world to hear and read his work.
Custom audio player
We built the player from scratch —no generic libraries— with lossless audio, a progress bar, timestamps and share-per-work. Listening is part of the piece, not an accessory.
Browsable catalogue of works
A catalogue filterable by type (vocal, instrumental, mixed, electroacoustic) with instrumentation, year and notes for each work. Curated, ordered and ready to grow with his output.
A design that sounds like code
Monospace type, a restrained palette and one live accent: the aesthetic of a code editor, in tune with work composed in SuperCollider. Form communicates substance.
Multi-section architecture
Listen, news, biography, catalogue, research and contact —each section with its own role, connected by clear navigation that serves festival programmers and listeners alike.
Fast, visible and measurable
On Cloudflare: fast loads from any continent, a technical foundation built to rank on Google —where it was once nearly invisible— and advanced analytics to finally understand his audience.
Built to maintain
Structured so adding a new work, a concert or a publication is simple —without rebuilding the site every season.
The site
Every screen, in service of the work.
The process
Three stages. From the work to the site.
Understand the work
Before designing, we listen. We map the catalogue, the audio needs and who the site speaks to: festivals, performers, researchers and listeners.
An identity of its own
We define a visual language that communicates rigor and authorship from the code. Typography, rhythm and color decisions in service of listening, not decoration.
Build and launch
Custom player, catalogue and sections on global infrastructure. Tested, optimized and delivered ready to grow with every premiere.
The result
From a dated WordPress to a professional platform.
Professional audio
His pieces went from commercial quality to lossless fidelity, in a custom player that respects every sonic decision.
Visible on Google
A technical and speed foundation built to rank and grow traffic —where the previous site was nearly invisible.
Decisions with data
For the first time, advanced analytics to understand his global audience: who finds him, from where, and what they listen to.
The technical proof
Fast, accessible and well built —measured by Google.
Not our opinion. These are Google Lighthouse scores, the standard Google uses to assess a site's quality.
Performance
Load speed
Accessibility
Usable by everyone
Best Practices
Code & security
SEO
Ready for Google
Google Lighthouse · desktop · sergioluque.com
Reserved for Sergio Luque's testimonial —his experience working with Cero Studio and what changed with the new site.
— Sergio Luque · Composer
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