An exploration of form and tension in the absence of meter, beat, and harmonic progression.

Churn

Blowers and Punchdowns is a fixed media piece composed from sound objects which were harvested during the course of work installing, troubleshooting, and tuning a pipe organ. Workaday consultations and din pepper the piece and outline a bit of the story of the tasks at hand. A second thread is book-ended by the audible ramp-up and ramp-down of the organ blower which serves the foundational function of creating air pressure to make the pipes speak. I found it was also an excellent noise generator and, wanting to celebrate the voice of the blower in its own right, used it as a seed for spectral play.

Yohn Blowers And Punchdowns

A consideration of technique 'mongst the mechanical and artistical

Earthquacks

An homage to Tod Dockstader in response to his Quatermass-Tango. Collage from field recordings - Alvira Pennsylvania, Astoria New York. Binaural processing - listen on headphones.

Matthew Yohn

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