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I am interested in how time intersects with nearly everything, but especially sound at the moment. As Georges Didi-Huberman observed, ‘time, like mind, is not knowable as such.’ Perhaps insight can be gained asymmetrically. To this end I have begun recording small patches of familiar sound, such as a simple melody played on an acoustic instrument or sung. In this recording Chad Parks and Jeff Frost improvised for under a minute in an abandoned water tower. The audio was then slowed down to 20 times it’s original length to nearly 12 minutes long while maintaining the same pitch.

The result shifts the emotional state of the original music and has a deep meditative effect on the listener.

PRELUDE TO A SOUNDTRACK 2017

This release consists of layered traditional field recordings and electromagnetic spectrum recordings from three different wildfires in California, including the worst in the state’s history: the Tubbs Fire (EDIT: was the worst as of 2017, now it’s the Camp Fire which destroyed over 19,000). Over a dozen fires started simultaneously on October 8th, 2017 due to low humidity and 70 mph winds. Over 8,400 structures were destroyed and 42 people were killed in this series of fires referred to as the Central LNU Complex which burned over 250,000 acres.

A special device was used to record the electromagnetic spectrum (the actual sounds of electricity and circuits). What you hear may sound like synthesizers or drum beats, but it is not. The airy pad synth sound is the LED control panel on the side of a fire engine near the hose couplings. The rhythmic sounds are the rhythmic blinking lights of various emergency vehicles.    

As of 2017 these recordings can be read as soundtrack work to a film not yet in existence.