I am in a port city. Containers are stacked up in primary colours, cranes lift the sky. A low piano vibes. The space is large, reverberative. The piano is under a concrete overpass.
Close-mic-ed spoon, bowl, and crunching sounds are heard. 
I look around, immersed by a high, almost vocal sounding texture that engulfs a theme on the piano. Low tones ring out in the bass and other mid-granular textures join.
Text-to-speech voice announces itself in shwoop-y waves. Textures are ghosts in the background. 
The atmosphere shifts. Instead of diesel and petrol I smell malaleuca and eucalyptus. There is an ibis and a dove picking out reverbed piano in the mix. High piano stings strum like a zither in a riff. I look toward the saltbush that grows in the wetland near the traintracks. Otherworldly vocals hide.
Zither-piano and textures continue to the end-world.

Ways In

Sound sources: piano, Japanese saw and ply wood. Software processing: Max/MSP

Where oak root fungus is present in the soil

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Days of Our Lives

This sketch is made entirely from samples from an improvised flute solo, generously given to me by anbis (see http://soundcloud.com/anbis). Engaging with someone else’s improvised language, phrase lengths, tone and breath punctuations is like playing with another musician in slow motion. There is listening, and after a time, there is responding or the improvised composing. 
More info at http://melchil.wordpress.com

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Burrow-live dsp improvisation

The live tracks were recorded in the inspiring surroundings and spaces Hub Feenix residency in Finland (1,2,3 and 4). The prepared audio for electronic tracks was also collected there. 
Track 3 and 4 -- an improvised performance with Clint Sleeper, 3 synth, 4 percussion.
Track 5 -- unprepared performance with anonymous driller near the boiler room

Performance with Drill

The live tracks were recorded in the inspiring surroundings and spaces Hub Feenix residency in Finland (1,2,3 and 4). The prepared audio for electronic tracks was also collected there. 
Track 3 and 4 -- an improvised performance with Clint Sleeper, 3 synth, 4 percussion. https://www.clintsleeper.com/
Track 5 -- unprepared performance with anonymous driller near the boiler room

Silo performance - Mel and Clint

Duo performance -- Mel & Clint Basement

The live tracks were recorded in the inspiring surroundings and spaces Hub Feenix residency in Finland (1,2,3 and 4). The prepared audio for track 1 was also collected there. 
Track 3 and 4 -- an improvised performance with Clint Sleeper, 3 synth, 4 percussion.
Track 5 -- unprepared performance with anonymous driller near the boiler room

and the ants carried wonder

Composition 1--Atefeh-Melanie - MA

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Sound & music. Rhythm & air. 

bios: Mel's compositions have been performed in Australia, Italy and the USA and many of her pieces have been released through Move Records (Australia). She has contributed her work - as music composition or sound installation - to museum alcoves and gallery installations in Australia, the USA, Denmark and Italy. Mel started her music journey performing avant garde flute pieces by local and international composers. Her recent music explores the tension between interruption and a desire for continuity.

https://melchilianis.com/

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