Devil's engine
May 12, 2023, 03:09 PM
"I didn’t have any preconceptions or ideas for the piece I would like to make prior to listening to the sound, as I wanted to avoid confining the piece within any predefined structure, theme or vibe.
"Listening to the sound of the boat motor changing pitch, density and volume, interspersed by conversations in a language unknown to me, I decided to temporally stretch the sound, i.e. make it several times slower than the original recording. I wanted to see how the sound itself would change by this, and how that would affect my perception of the sound.
"The result of the temporal stretching was a rather ominous, dark, demonic-like rumble, which I cut into different pieces, shuffled randomly and non-chronologically across different channels and positions between 2 speakers, and edited with reverb and delay. This became a music backdrop, to which I added funny, satirical lyrics and vocalizations, spoken/sung in 3 different vocal lines: church-like reverberated, distorted and child-like.
"The aim of this piece was to play around with contrasts and seemingly disparate sonic/music elements, to create a parody. The deliberately obscured, seemingly dismal lyrics are a parodic metaphor for making whipped cream with a mixer, as a spontaneous tribute to one of my favorite bands, Tool. The line “O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my bowl, if I have a bowl” is a parody of Ernest Renan’s quote: “O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my soul, if I have a soul”."
Nile boat ride reimagined by Jelena Perišić.
"Listening to the sound of the boat motor changing pitch, density and volume, interspersed by conversations in a language unknown to me, I decided to temporally stretch the sound, i.e. make it several times slower than the original recording. I wanted to see how the sound itself would change by this, and how that would affect my perception of the sound.
"The result of the temporal stretching was a rather ominous, dark, demonic-like rumble, which I cut into different pieces, shuffled randomly and non-chronologically across different channels and positions between 2 speakers, and edited with reverb and delay. This became a music backdrop, to which I added funny, satirical lyrics and vocalizations, spoken/sung in 3 different vocal lines: church-like reverberated, distorted and child-like.
"The aim of this piece was to play around with contrasts and seemingly disparate sonic/music elements, to create a parody. The deliberately obscured, seemingly dismal lyrics are a parodic metaphor for making whipped cream with a mixer, as a spontaneous tribute to one of my favorite bands, Tool. The line “O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my bowl, if I have a bowl” is a parody of Ernest Renan’s quote: “O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my soul, if I have a soul”."
Nile boat ride reimagined by Jelena Perišić.