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light n

recorder

heavy noise

wind

quick rotating

breathing forest

This sound piece is the completed version of my first project for FND 112 Experimental Audio. What my intention is to create a sense of satire which expresses the comparison and contrast between the mother nature and modern human society. The whole piece contains three sections, horses vs cars, farm animals vs restaurant and forest vs battlefield. Honestly, the three sections and the subjects that each section includes are actually irrelevant to each other; however, the only connection which interlaces all the activities together is the various similarities of sound. For example, the sound of F1 race car's engine is similar to the sound of horse‘s whinny, the burp sound is close to the frog's croak, and the buzz of bees and the sound of helicopter's screw propeller are also similar in the same frequency, etc. The whole soundtrack presents an imaginary montage which is based on similarities of the sounds from natural environment and human social activities. The series of events is  like how my brain functions and connects things when I think of nature and modern society. I hope the nonsense and the ridiculousness from this piece can not only make people laugh but also make people rethink about the essence the reality which we've been living in with a different perspective.

List of materials (all from Freesound.org):
15691__reinsamba__tree-frog-duett                                                                                          9674__dobroide__car-horn
32807__daveincamas__200703101950pacificchorusfrogssolonr                                                18074__acclivity__berberfarmyard2
41171__nofeedbak__helicoptermix1                                                                                           36734__sagetyrtle__citystreet3
4237__noisecollector__soopastarlaugh                                                                                       32679__prosounder__galloping-horse
15294__hell-quote-s-sound-guy__small-group-laughter                                                          33392__digifishmusic__resturant-ambience-tandoori
37239__shades__laugh-child                                                                                                      43661__dobroide__20071104-forest-04-binaural
30749__matt-g__m240                                                                                                               59569__3bagbrew__horse
34111__dobroide__20070418-hoverflies                                                                                     7737__noisecollector__pigtoy
9429__thanvannispen__women-scream-aaa                                                                                33447__dobroide__20070407-slaughter-04
9432__thanvannispen__male-thijs-loud-scream                                                                          33449__dobroide__20070407-slaughter-06
7876__sazman__train-passing-2                                                                                                 44273__erdie__pig04
30628__herbertboland__doublesteamwhistle                                                                               44275__erdie__pig06
39065__alienbomb__battlefield-1                                                                                                76796__robinhood76__01161-boar-oink-3
39066__alienbomb__battlefield-2                                                                                                35089__erdie__bee-colony
56900__syna-max__war                                                                                                               22885__corsica-s__truck-brakes
32655__greysound__frogsandcrickets-excerptb-jma-24bit-48k                                                  71741__audible-edge__nissan-maxima-handbrake-turn-04-25-2009
33245__ljudman__grenade                                                                                                           76806__audible-edge__ae0092-volvo-740-gle-handbrake-turn-03
41739__digifishmusic__infinite-storm                                                                                          92019__fatlane__1004-crash
43807__daveincamas__ww2airplaneflyover                                                                                   96345__omar-alvarado__car-travel-accident
62176__robinhood76__00504-brass-fanfare-4                                                                            99960__cgeffex__large-crash
67466__qubodup__grenade-explosion-1                                                                                      44289__rfhache__f1-br-07-2pms-breaking-1turn
93741__omar-alvarado__explosion                                                                                               20784__wanna73__crowd-cheering-football-01
15377__m-colon-o__g-w-bush-the-us-has-no-rights                                                                 9695__suonho__suonho-scaryscape-01
31644__erh__hiroshima                                                                                                                 26723__leady__worried-breathing-reverb
33939__scarbelly25__breathing                                                                                                     17548__dynamicell__fire-forest-inferno
131553__shaynecantly__sizzling-steak                                                                                          18765__reinsamba__evening-in-the-forest
32739__hardpcm__burp002                                                                                                           32655__greysound__frogsandcrickets-excerptb-jma-24bit-48k
32744__hardpcm__burp007                                                                                                           60393__uwesoundboiz__fridge-open-and-close-with-hum

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