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‘Musical Noises: Luigi Russolo &amp; The Evolution Sound’ is a collection of audio soundscapes influenced by the Italian ‘Futurista’ composer Luigi Russolo. In a letter sent to a fellow composer in 1913, he discusses the effect of noise pollution and its impact on musicians in the future.
‘Ancient life was all silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of the machine, Noise was born’ Russolo. 1913
Sound has always been a product of its environment. In it’s most practical form it serves as a method of communication; a by-product of life itself. During our evolution as a species we have developed a clear distinction between the world of sound and music. Our expression of music was viewed as sacred, a product of human ingenuity. Sound as a whole was no longer a means of communication; it was now the product of our own evolution and intelligence.
‘And so was born the concept of sound as a thing in itself, distinct and independent of life, and the result was music, a fantastic world superimposed on the real one, an involatable and sacred world‘ (Russolo 1913)
Music’s development has always been the subject of influence from technology. From the invention of tuned drums and wind instrument, to the use
of computers in modern recording - technology continues to be a catalyst for new music. The invention of industrial machinery has undoubtedly changed the world around us. Throughout the 19th century the industrialization of our societies not only affected the physical but the sonic matter of our environment. Sound was no longer considered sacred but became the by-product of a machines physical process, nothing more than pollution in our sonic landscape, unappreciated for it’s inherent sonic qualities. Noise had been created.
Russolo claimed that musicians of the future would use noise as means to further their own musical repertoire and expand our collective musical consciousness. My audio compositions relate to the ages of sound outlined by Russolo in his letter and plot our sonic evolution through silence, sound, noise and its integration into our musical construct.


Mike Cridland