Fire was commissioned by the Nation Multimedia Group for the Concert for the Green Global Village. The piece is based on a sound synthesis concept called granular synthesis, where sound is spliced into small grains which in turn are recombined to create clouds of new timbre. A performance by saxophonist Shyen Lee was recorded and cut up into small bits. These grains are controlled in realtime by the algorithm coded in Actionscript and has a general tendency of moving from the first stage to the last. This however is offset by the controlled probability that at times reverts the direction. The score, a translation into graphic symbols of selected passages from Mark Z. Danielewski's experimental novel "House of Leaves", is likewise controlled at runtime by the script and is dependent on which grains are selected. A performer can either resist or support the progression of the piece by tapping various keys on a computer keyboard, an analogy to adding combustibles or water to the fire.

Fire

Thai composer who loves noise as much as the Beatles.

Kittiphan (Ice) Janbuala, interactive sonic, visualizing experiments and contemporary music. My current compositional ideas are based on Audio-Visual, Soundscape, Sonification Rhythmic Composition, Sound Distortion, Improvisation and also Pop Music influence.

Hi, everyone. I'm a Thai tradition musician who fall in love with the sound and algorithmic composition. My material is from all around myself such as Thai music instruments, soundscape, mathematics and programming. Hope you enjoy my piece, thank you.

This is the page for sharing some ideas I fell in love with. All commercial use of my music is prohibited.

Fire

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