Hold your tension
Mar 23, 02:59 PM
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"I originally tried to go for a "dungeon synth" style song and wrote out the whole thing, but then decided to go a different route. In keeping with the medieval theme, I imagined a knight going into a mountain to slay a dragon and tried to capture the knight's anxiety in the various sounds that I picked.
"I've been particularly inspired by modular synthesizers for a few years now, but only recently started trying my hand at it. It's a unique form of music making that lends itself to infinite workflows, creativity, and sonic exploration. You begin with a number of modules that can be connected using patch cables in nearly any order. These cables carry control voltage to modulate various elements on different modules. The result can be slow, ambient drones or frantic, atonal blips and static, or anything in between.
In one such module, I uploaded the entire field recording and completely reshaped it by modulating different parameters. I found that it created a sort of tension with the other elements that captured a palpable sense of anxiety. It's a very dynamic field recording so its volume ebbs and flows naturally throughout the piece, simulating the push and pull of anxiety."
St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn reimagined by Molly Rix.
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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage
"I've been particularly inspired by modular synthesizers for a few years now, but only recently started trying my hand at it. It's a unique form of music making that lends itself to infinite workflows, creativity, and sonic exploration. You begin with a number of modules that can be connected using patch cables in nearly any order. These cables carry control voltage to modulate various elements on different modules. The result can be slow, ambient drones or frantic, atonal blips and static, or anything in between.
In one such module, I uploaded the entire field recording and completely reshaped it by modulating different parameters. I found that it created a sort of tension with the other elements that captured a palpable sense of anxiety. It's a very dynamic field recording so its volume ebbs and flows naturally throughout the piece, simulating the push and pull of anxiety."
St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn reimagined by Molly Rix.
———————
This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage