This track was made entirely through audio synthesis with a Korg mini synthesizer. Edited in Audition. 2014. 

Whirlagig

Sound piece made in Audition with a compilation of field recordings. 

Scratching Constellations Into Broken Concrete

Missed Connections consists of samples of the composer’s voice reading from the missed connections section of Craigslist for Richmond, VA. By the appropriation of sounds and words, the piece evokes the humor, subversiveness, and yearning that is expressed through platforms in the digital realm. Making this work was an experiment of cutting up samples, splicing words and sounds, transposing sounds, overlapping sentences and phrases, and putting emphasis on certain words and phrases to find strange moments within the endless narrative of missed connections. 

Missed Connections

Ghost City was created using sound recordings from 2,220 acres of land in Henrico County, Virginia called Elko Tract. During WWII, it was used as a “decoy city” to evade Japanese and German bombers targeting Richmond. The structure of this piece of land closely resembles Richmond City, with false roads and landing strip identical to the nearby airport.
 
This work was created with atmospheric recordings of the Elko Tract, from above ground and in the sewers. Interwoven with the ambient recordings are short wave number stations, sourced from the Conet Project, as well as an excerpt from a 1945 presidential address from Harry S. Truman. The intent for this work was to bridge the past and present, and to explore Elko Tract in a way that accentuates the emptiness of a space that’s purpose was imbued with destruction and ruin. 

A visual component to this soundscape is currently being worked on using found footage as well as current documentation of the landscape. It is a process of collecting material from the past and present, and how we convey information in times that are seemingly on the verge of crisis. 

This piece is best experienced with headphones.

lurkinglapin