Submersion study (the water remembers)

This is a process-based piece, exploiting the conceptual connection with water. I applied a series of transformations to the original cassette recording, beginning with chopping and looping fragments of the sample, which I "played" back on a MIDI keyboard. I then collage the results, recording them on a multitrack cassette tape, next playing back and manipulating those recordings via a variable speed tape deck. Finally, those recordings were played back via a transducer affixed to a jug of water, and recorded with a hydrophone. 

The final composition slowly brings in various iterations towards the end of my composition, ending with a small unprocessed fragment of the original.

Bayaka group water drumming reimagined by Joseph Sannicandro.

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Part of the project A Century of Sounds, reimagining 100 sounds covering 100 years from the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. Explore the full project at citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds