Tags:3D audio, Acousmatic music, Electroacoustic music, Field recording and Fixed media
Abstract:
Morphogenesis is the process through which cells differentiate to form an organism, and the genesis of this piece mirrors exactly this biological function. Starting from a limited pool of similar samples, all the sounds were crafted and organised to fit a specific place in the overarching form of the composition. As the biological process gives shape to an organism out of many unspecialised cells, similar was the compositional process, which shaped the piece using only a few samples and some of the most basic manipulation processes. The sounds employed, field recorded, fall in the category of found sounds and are usually considered noise. Important, therefore, was the minimalistic approach to the composition of this piece concerning the "poor" sonic material used, the basic manipulations employed, and the bottom-top way of working, which valued each sound object at the ground of the composition. When we look at a living organism—for example, our body—we don't think about the basic building blocks, the cells of which it is composed, somehow overlooking them. Morphogenesis is, in this sense, an attempt to blend the importance of the overall structure while recognising the fundamental role played by the atomic units of which it is composed, which are identifiable throughout the whole composition.