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Composition (A play on words) Opus: 23c Length: 16 minutes Instruments: Human voice (processed) Composed: 1983 Download the whole Rebus Suite album free as an Albumwrapped mp3 file from Megaupload. |
| Composition (A play on words) |
Another concréte piece, this time all derived from a single spoken word. NO synthesisers were used here, just simple editing and processing effects. Inspired by the works of Ilhan Mimaroglu, especially Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe. I started by recording myself speaking just the single word: "Composition". I then used the very limited resources I had (basically a couple of cassette recorders and a LOT of inspiration!) to build up a collection of sounds all derived from that single spoken word. Not content with that, I then subjected these new sounds to even more processing, combining and repeating them in as many patterns as I could manage. You can hear the progression in the work. It starts off with quite simple manipulations and gradually builds up to much more complex combinations of sounds. Remember - EVERY single sound you hear is derived from that initial word, believe it or not. And all without the benefit of modern sound processing techniques. |
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