WHEN THE EARTH MOURNED FOR ME
(2024)
a soundscape composition for eight
digital soundtracks
With each passing day, we see evidence of our
deteriorating environment and that evokes in us a personal and
collective
grief. We mourn for the earth, but if we listen to its cries,
does it
also
mourn for us, the instigators of its demise? This piece
invites us to
listen to
the voices of the earth that may emerge even from what we have
extracted from
it. The journey proceeds in four overlapping sections: Choir,
Lament,
Anguish, and Threnody.
When The Earth Mourned For Me
is
available on sonus.ca
Original recordings from the composer's cellphone
recordings in Palermo, Sicily. Sound processing realized with
Soundhack Convolution, with spatialization created by Harmonic
Functions’ TiMax2
matrix mixer, marketed by Outboard Inc (UK). Granulation
techniques were used once in this piece, but no vocal
materials were included.
A detailed documentation of the entire work, its sources,
processing and multi-track mixing scheme is available on the
WSP Database (truax@sfu.ca for guest access), as well as the
8-track soundfiles for performance.
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