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Fractured Fields

8.1 Channel Fixed Media
(2018)
duration: 6:00
Fractured Fields (Stereo)
00:00 / 06:03

This is a stereo mix-down of the original 8.1 channel piece.

World Premiere
May 2018
Center for Electronic and Computer Music
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington IN

 
Program Note:
Fractured Fields explores the kinetic energy of sounds in three dimensional spaces. The sounds in Fractured Fields inherently imply several different types of kinetic energies, each of which moves through a diverse collection of spatial fields. These sounds are fractured in several ways, as are the spatial fields through which they move. Many of the sound sources are samples of metal, wood, or glass objects being struck, cracked, or shattered. These samples are then fractured further through a variety of techniques involving granulation, filtration, and analysis and re-synthesis. Throughout Fractured Fields, processed samples are layered with algorithmically synthesized sounds to create an abstract impression of three contrasting spatial environments. At times, individual sound sources can be heard moving through these spatial fields, or resonating from different locations within the implied environments. At other times several sound sources act together, combining their kinetic energies to create larger, more complex spatial gestures.
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