WHEN THE EARTH MOURNED FOR ME
(2024)
a soundscape composition for eight
digital soundtracks
With
each passing day, we see evidence of our deteriorating
environment and that evokes in us a personal and collective
grief. We mourn for the earth, but if we listen to its cries,
does it also mourn for us, the instigators of its demise? This
piece invites us to listen to the voices of the earth that may
emerge even from what we have extracted from it. The journey
proceeds in four overlapping sections: Choir, Lament, Anguish,
and Threnody. The last two sections can be performed as Threnody
For The Earth.
When The Earth Mourned For Me is available
on
Original recordings from the composer's cellphone
recordings in Palermo, Sicily. Sound processing realized with
Soundhack Convolution, with spatialization created by Harmonic
Functions�
matrix mixer, marketed by Outboard Inc (UK). Granulation
techniques were used once in this piece, but no vocal
materials were included.
A detailed documentation of the entire work, its sources,
processing and multi-track mixing scheme is available on the
WSP Database (truax@sfu.ca for guest access), as well as the
8-track soundfiles for performance.
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