Rotations is a contemporary piece written or virtuoso performers Michelle O’Rourke (voice), Kate Ellis (Cello), and Alex Petcu (Percussion). The electronic component is a homemade Theremin built from an Arduino. The piece explores how the same material can be altered depending on the instrumental source. The piece focuses on a theme which then rotates around to different performers to represent the individuality of each instrument and musician. Variations are specific to highlight the abilities and characteristics of each element.

Rotations - Elle Wadding

Submerged (2018), for solo digital media, is a play between the real world chaos with battling of aural space and the escape to a fantasy or foreign place. It is solely based from a set of short recordings taken across one hour in St. Patrick’s Cathedral Park in Dublin during mid autumn. The piece takes you on a short journey from a park in Dublin on a rainy day, engulfed in rush hour traffic, through to an underwater escape via a fountain situated in the centre of the park. Enjoying the peacefulness and the muffled sound of civilization in the background before it begins to get eerie with the realisation that it’s time to return to the surface. The piece is reminiscent of the final line in Westerkemp’s ‘Kits Beach Soundwalk’ “Then I feel the strength to face the city again, even be playful with it.”

Submerged - Elle Wadding

Rush (2018), for solo digital media, was inspired by witnessing the actions undertaken by cyclists in Dublin City. The piece is based on a short set of recordings of interacting unusually with an old rusty bicycle that have been manipulated to project a reaction against the dangers imagined whilst witnessing the common occurrence of cyclists rushing around Dublin city amidst a host of obstacles, interweaving between large busses, cars, and pedestrians in all weather conditions or ignoring traffic lights, in all weathers. The piece is not intended at a literal interpretation, nor is it a play by play of one’s journey, rather a view of one witnessing these actions with unease and concern. The piece ends with the very same heart beat it begins with, making a seamless loop possible, or simply moving to the next day's journey all over again. A repeatable process, happening again and again, until the day it doesn’t.

Rush - Elle Wadding

Original song by Cal McGrath a.k.a. Cal Pacino.
Cal McGrath - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Conor Walsh - Drums
Killian Brown - Piano
Alana Keating - Violin
Elle Wadding - Recording Engineer, Producer, Mixing, Mastering.

Who Sold You the Gold - Cal McGrath

Mount Prospect(2018)sound design playlist
Mount Prospect:
Written by Una Troy (Elizabeth O'Connor)
Directed by Jim Nolan
Sound design by Emmelle Wadding
Staged in Garter Lane

Cue 2 A1S1

Cue 1 Open

Prelude - For You [Extended Version]

Elecroacoustic piece which blends musique concrète instrumentale and live electronics. The piece is an experimental investigation into sound creation. The instrument is a Stratocaster laid flat on a table and attached to a Max freeze patch which is used to create the long drones. The guitar is played with a variety of objects including, a violin bow, coin, hands, nails, movable pick-ups, and has a cylinder wedged between the strings and the fretboard converting it into a form similar to that of the Chinese Guzheng.

Étude for Abused Guitar - Elle Wadding

Programme (Part 1 - Read before/during listening. Read Part 2 when finished listening)
As a rather technological composer, I yearn to morph, and develop subtractively-orchestral echoes, an approach that features prominently in my recent stereophonic works. The pursuit of sonic tessitura-forces to develop the mostly-contemporary paradigm is a key focus of my almost-electronic study. My approach to sound is predicated upon perceiving the connection between the 'absolute-solo' and harmonic octave-silences. My latest composition explores the boundaries between phrases and imitations, whilst utilising a highly multi-timbral attitude to a traditional, melodic resonator. My newest piece repeats, performs and uniquely seeks a massive variety of polyrhythmic chord-structure-pieces. In simple terms, performing idiom-aerophones (in addition to creating electronic intricacies) is one of my most radical approaches to Wagnerian composition.
Programme (Part 2)*
*[Read ONLY after listening to the composition]
Ineptias [Translation: Nonsense] – The previous programme note is randomly generated nonsense using an online programme note generator. The intention was to then try and create an experimental piece that would match the nonsensical programme note. The intention is to poke a little fun at overly ambitious and pretentious programme notes that often accompany contemporary and experimental music.

Ineptias [Part 1 of 72 hour composition] - Elle Wadding

Original composition in an Irish traditional style for Mount Prospect at Garter Lane.
Recorded live harp & flute.

Beyond

LYB [2019] 
Introduction for Losing Your Body, Premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival (2019).
Sample at intro 'I Can't Stand the Rain' - Ann Peebles.
Sample at Outro 'Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage'.

This piece was created as the introduction to the performance and accompany the vertical dance of the play, preceding the first monologue. The performance and audio help portray the struggle of mental turmoil, stress, and self development and expression.

LYB_Cue 1 - Thread 1

Multi-genre composer, instrumentalist, & Audio Engineer

Elle Wadding

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