Melancholy of a sinister ending
Jan 16, 2023, 08:57 PM
"The thunderous sounds of the glaciers breaking and colliding with each other allow us to determine certain “important” moments in the composition. Full of serious and submersible hits within a base sound; what is running water.
"The strong blows of the icebergs were great, but by modifying them, a more serious, variable and imposing sound object was obtained that transported to a cold and enigmatic sea, where there was nothing but the giant ice falling into the darkness.
Some concrete music techniques were used to give the necessary time to each sound of the icebergs colliding, thus unleashing a symphony that emulates the rough sound of the French horns. These variations allowed the construction of a soft but exasperating soundscape, since listening to the crash of the enormous ice in the water and the melancholy sounds of a digital synthesizer that appears as a sample to rhythmically connect with the person who listens to it.
"Little by little the blows become more frequent and violent in the water, later, without warning, the digital rhythms culminate and allow the passage to the chords of the acoustic guitar recorded directly to a handheld recorder. We hear notes dancing over and over again that accompany an announced ending, while the little that was left of the icebergs and the hope of a tomorrow that will not come, fade into the depths of the dark and forgotten bottom of the sea."
Colliding icebergs reimagined by Josué Jaramillo Romero.
Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds.
"The strong blows of the icebergs were great, but by modifying them, a more serious, variable and imposing sound object was obtained that transported to a cold and enigmatic sea, where there was nothing but the giant ice falling into the darkness.
Some concrete music techniques were used to give the necessary time to each sound of the icebergs colliding, thus unleashing a symphony that emulates the rough sound of the French horns. These variations allowed the construction of a soft but exasperating soundscape, since listening to the crash of the enormous ice in the water and the melancholy sounds of a digital synthesizer that appears as a sample to rhythmically connect with the person who listens to it.
"Little by little the blows become more frequent and violent in the water, later, without warning, the digital rhythms culminate and allow the passage to the chords of the acoustic guitar recorded directly to a handheld recorder. We hear notes dancing over and over again that accompany an announced ending, while the little that was left of the icebergs and the hope of a tomorrow that will not come, fade into the depths of the dark and forgotten bottom of the sea."
Colliding icebergs reimagined by Josué Jaramillo Romero.
Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds.