Name: and the surrounding area (stereo version) by Chapman Welch
Duration: 7 min 36 s
Description: and the surrounding area combines recordings of idyllic scenes of suburban life with analog synthesis. Recorded and combined using ambisonics, the two worlds interrupt, augment, and ultimately melt into one another. Thus, the ‘surrounding area’ is both a literal description of the source material as well as a metaphor for how the two sound worlds are combined.

"Have You Ever Been"
is based on the melody of "Have You Ever Been (to Electric Lady Land)". 
It is an homage to Jimi Hendrix, premiered on his 69th birthday on November 27 2011.

On the basis of auxiliary sounds from Jimi Hendrix' recordings (mainly noise and hums) and the notes of the melody of "Have you ever been (to Electric Lady Land)" the cello explores the regions between noise and feedback.

This solo piece for prepared cello and electronics is dedicated to my friend and older brother Christof Hartmann.

This piece contains samples from the following Jimi Hendrix recordings:
Red House
Have You Ever Been (to Electric Lady Land)
Purple Haze
Are You Experienced
Can You See Me
Stone Free
Voodoo Child
Rainy Day, Dream Away
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This is a live recording of the premier in Reiffenhausen, Germany on November 27 2011 

Have you ever been

and the surrounding area combines recordings of idyllic scenes of suburban life with analog synthesis. Recorded and combined using ambisonics, the two worlds interrupt, augment, and ultimately melt into one another. Thus, the ‘surrounding area’ is both a literal description of the source material as well as a metaphor for how the two sound worlds are combined.

and the surrounding area (stereo version)

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Evolutionary Algorithmic Granulation based on three motives from the 1981 game "Galaga," realized in Pd (PureData). All pitched materials are based on the first 16 partials of the overtone series.

The evolutionary algorithm used here is also known as the "Dawkins Weasel" or "Methinks it is like a weasel" algorithm, in which the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins posits that "the preservation of small changes in an evolving string of characters (or genes) can produce meaningful combinations in a relatively short time as long as there is some mechanism to select cumulative changes, whether it is a person identifying which traits are desirable (in the case of artificial selection) or a criterion of survival ("fitness") imposed by the environment (in the case of natural selection)."  

The characters in this composition, consist of the sound particles generated from the aforementioned three Galaga motives, and the performer is the artificial selector. Written in Lewiston, ME.

and the surrounding area (stereo version)

Chapman Welch

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