don't go!

*Stereo reduction

‘Steel Wool’ is a 2 minute 3 second etude-based point-source Electroacoustic piece composed for 5.1 surround sound orientation. The compositional choices and form were instigated by a ‘scaffolding’ of speech to be replaced with sounds manipulated to share similar parametric qualities and changes. 

The primary sound sources featured are field recordings of a groaning metal seesaw, a wooden bench, jangling keys, an indoor fountain, a toy gong, and a Roland Juno-106. ‘Steel Wool’ was processed and mixed entirely in Logic Pro, using a range of plugins, namely a noise-gate, reverb, echo, compression, distortion and pitch, EQ and volume automation to enrich the timbre and spatial depth enabled by five channel composition, while allowing for an accurate reinterpretation of speech parameters. 

The piece constitutes four movements: groan, tumble, rest, and groan II, each containing their own iterations of different parameters of speech.

steel wool

*Stereo reduction

‘There is an ocean underground’ is a five-minute, six-second point-source, acousmatic composition in 5.1 surround orientation. Built entirely using processed field recordings, analog modular synthesis, and Alchemy - a sample-manipulation virtual synthesizer - the piece serves as an etude in texture-lead composition, agglomeration, and tension and release. It features iterative moments of stasis that crescendo into immersive sound masses. 

Field recording samples consist of metal sheets, a seesaw, chains, marbles, glass cups, running water, mechanical drones from escalators and generators, and horse hooves. Each was selected for its distinct timbre and granular character, then paired with complementary synth patches to accentuate its innate spectral qualities. Many sounds were sculpted to evoke the sensation of rippling and splashing water, contributing to the piece’s submerged and tactile atmosphere. 

All processing was done in Logic Pro X, using reverb, distortion, echo, and precise EQ and automation to enhance the spatial depth and timbral richness of each sound and their collective Gestalt in the five-channel space.

there's an ocean underground

Game music loop sketch for village/safezone area.

village/safezone

the glove

Laid out your name on a blanket of snow,
the pale long veil of the bride.
An endless train full of favourite things
you forgot throughout the passage of the time.

Darning out my favourite pack
Lookout from Fort Howe stoned as heck
This oily waters my smoking gun
You can cross me out just for fun

Havering shame as I take William’s Road
towards the place where a friend once had died.
Wavering pain in the blood in my veins,
burnt the canoe in the garage but the stove survived.

Cross Me Out

Has it ever been a bad thing to call your buddy up?
Has it ever been a bad thing?
Has it ever been a bad thing to chuck your deuces up?
Has it ever been a bad thing?
Has it ever been a bad thing to get yourself and go
all out if that is what you need?
Has it ever been a bad thing to let yourself go
and take another for the team?

harvey lake

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