An acousmatic composition that I made for one of my classes. My goal was to recreate a rainy forest sound scape, incorporating some guitar feedback and experimental effects. 

Rustic Rain

My personal goal was to explore soothing and interesting sounds on a micro level using a contact microphone; capture any fine sonic details that would normally be missed, and bring them to light. I wanted these sounds to be familiar, but I wanted my audience to experience them in a fun, and perhaps unheard new way. Basically I wanted to take a natural sound, and record it on such a level that it seemed almost un-natural. 

For my source material, I recorded the sounds of percolation in a collection of water-pipes (bongs) of various types. These were of interest to me because while they all provide the same function and purpose, these pipes come in a multitude of sizes and designs- and therefore produce many different sounds. These noises are normally overlooked/ hard to hear, but they are very interesting when heard on such a close level.

Effervescence

Multimedia student currently studying at McMaster University.

Jeff van Leeuwen