Details

Field of Interest

Popular Music

Description

Live Archive Volume 6: A shimmering improvisatory sound environment, where harmonics blur into waves of pure abstraction, performed live with multiple projections of films by Paul Clipson.

Paul's films are difficult to describe. They shimmer and vibrate. They are both abstract and figurative at the same time. The camera moves slowly while the light moves quickly, burning and flashing brightly at times from the saturated grainy/smooth surface, to remind the viewer that the film itself has become the canvas, as the reflections of projected light act directly upon the retina.

During this performance I ventured into the chaotic realm of live feedback loops, using delays and modulation to build up clouds of re-circulating texture. This technique creates sonic structures that resemble slow arcs, growing and collapsing like organisms, or like melting glaciers. An implied harmonic cloud hovers at the edge of dissonance, much like the reflecting beams of color glancing from the films' vibrating multiple projections. The air is energized by the resonance of sound and light.

Content Type

Music recording

Duration

1 hour 4 mins

Format

Audio

Sub Genre

Ambient, New Age

Label

Robert Rich

Performer

Robert Rich

Date Recorded

2008

Release Date

2009-07-03

Subject

Popular Music, Music & Performing Arts, Contemporary Music, Música Contemporánea, Música Contemporânea

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Música Contemporánea, Música Contemporânea