These audio pieces were commissioned by Liquid Architecture as part of Unheard Festival in 2021 for the launch of their Machine Listening platform. These works were the product of dialogue sampled from online media that was then filtered by word and vowel sound, then re-arranged.

Miles - Taken from a YouTube clip made by a sub-micro internet celebrity with an interesting vocal fry.

Insectquack - The above sample, but sped up and rhythmically toyed with. 

Torab - Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character at his sharpest pitch.

Ringo - Acapella and harmonies taken from The Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden” and toyed with. Interesting harmonies emerge.

Spiros - Taken from Scatman John acapellas and a video titled “Man Goes Crazy and Rips Shirt Off in Street Interview”. Gradually speeds up before forming a weird gelatinou

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