higher order ambisonics
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Lightness in Transit (LIT) derives sound archetypes from subway and commuter train recordings made in Oslo. The sonic residue of metal, wind, engines, and movement contribute to the sensual, corporeal experience of the music. Against this backdrop, a voice continually emerges and recedes, oscillating between song-like utterance and digital stasis. Sources were recorded from Nationaltheatret Station, Holstein, and mezzo-soprano, Marika Schultze.
After an initial period of experimentation, my intention for LIT became to mirror the visual and vibrational pulses of trains from different sonic perspectives—as an observer and as a traveler: enclosed, underground, or emerging—and in ways that traverse between fantasy and hyperreality. In the latter case, sound field recordings are presented in raw states, with subtle additions to enhance the scenes such as ephemeral strata in air or sub registers.
ROBERT SEABACK 