Davismoon, SM
2015,
Cobalt waters run... beneath cobalt skies
[Composition].
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| Authors: | Davismoon, SM |
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| Abstract: | A soundscape composition gathered from several soundwalks around Austin Texas. I composed Coloured Waters Run…Beneath Cobalt Skies (2015) as a result of several soundwalks around ‘Music City’ Austin Texas. It stands as a multi-movement work characterized by sonic memories gathered beneath the city’s cobalt skies and along the banks of its coloured (Colorado) river. I wanted to compose a piece that would celebrate Austin’s sonic diversity: birdsong, street musicians, sirens and a busy vibrant diner as well as attempting to capture aspects of its past – the Alamo memorial and the other environs and gardens of the stunning Capitol building. Given the contemporary reputation of Austin as (live) ‘Music City’ I wanted this piece to dance, to groove even. I strove to achieve this through very careful and gradual control of the gating and micro-spatialisation simultaneously across the many layers of very the small loops that make up the work’s fabric. As with some of the other pieces that I mentioned above – through the use of microsound techniques – I attempted to blur sonic boundaries, locations and histories; celebrating diversity but hopefully bringing a sense of monism to the listening experience along the way. |
| Item Type: | Composition |
| Schools: | Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre |
| Date: | 18 October 2015 |
| Funders: | Metanast, University of Manchester |
| Projects: | MANTIS Festival |
| ID Code: | 37412 |
| Depositing User: | Professor Stephen Davismoon |
| Deposited On: | 09 Dec 2015 12:22 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 20:23 |
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