The Gamble

This is my final project Acousmatic Music Etude for the Sonic invention module of my uni course - enjoy.

Final Project -  Acousmatic Music Etude

Brief: Using 2 non-instrumental sound sources, compose a work that explores and extends the original sound/timbral world into greater and richer complexity and language. 

The Flush

Washing Machine Express (2017), for solo digital media, is a soundscape that experiments with elements of electronic depth. Using sounds taken solely from a washing machine, the composer has explored a variety of timbres transforming electronically generated 'beeps' into resonant metallic motifs and manually generated 'clicks' into cranking cog-like gestures to create a dynamic work with three distinct movements. The piece somewhat nebulously alludes to the atmosphere experienced at a train station with a variety of textures and timbres explored and created.

Washing Machine Express

‘The Creature down the Plughole’ (2017), for solo digital media, depicts a deceptive and strange world in which the concept of time is alienated and mythical cyber-plug-creatures come to life! Beginning with the familiar and journeying into the unknown, this soundscape takes the listener on a journey from normality into hysteria.

Sam Saunders