Composed as part of a portfolio for a module, exploring formalistic compositional procedures, at Newcastle University.

The 12-tone series is designed to be able to work initially outward from, and eventually back inwards towards, a single pitch. This provides a tonal centre, in this case, beginning on C.

Primary features include: an extremely wanky, yet descriptive, title; along with the mixed blood, sweat and tears of an impending deadline. And the crusty remains of a sausage roll. It all tastes the same at the end of the day.

A Divergent Oscillation about C

Composed as part of a portfolio for a composition module, at Edinburgh College.

Initially the idea was to explore the effect of 'traditionally' melodic instruments, in a texture which would more commonly be made up of non-melodic percussion instruments. The cheesy melody section in the middle (functioning as a context for the non-traditional percussive type elements) was added later, along with the befittingly cheesy title.

Kind of reminds me of the catchy soundtracks of the Donkey Kong Country games. On reflection, perhaps that's just the midi talking.

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