Sublimate is a piece for fixed media that I composed in the spring of 2013. The focus of this piece is to make something beautiful out of something ordinary. The sounds in the work come from two samples of a simple object—a vase. I extensively processed these sounds in order to construct the piece. The entire work consists of these two sounds, with the exception of a single synthesized sound that provides low frequency at one point in the work. The overall style of the piece is that of a sound mass composition. The piece starts very slow and simple and adds layers of sound, culminating in a complex and agitated section. The final sound mass resolves to a low drone, a peaceful sound that, for me, resembles Indian music sonorities and reinforces the concept of sublimation.

Irving Angulo Luna