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Manuella Blackburn (16/1)
The Visual Sound-Shapes of Spectromorphology: An illustrative guide to composition
10 Sound examples and 3 Movie examples
Sound example 1: Start (metronome ping) – 0′07″
Sound example 2: Middle (glass rim) – 0′05″
Sound example 3: End (Clothes line twang) – 0′06″
Sound example 4: Ascend – 0′02″
Sound example 5: Agglomeration – extract from Cajón! (2008) – 0′04″
Sound example 6: Micro-composite attack – extract from Cajón! (2008) – 0′10″
Sound example 7: Dissipation – 0′16″
Sound example 8: Pericentral extract from The Goldfish miniature, Origami (2007) – 0′09″
Sound example 9: Multidirectional texture extract from The Crane, Origami (2007) – 0′32″
Sound example 10: Layered streams – extract from Spectral Spaces (2008) – 0′52″
Movie example 1: Sound sculpting – extract from Kitchen Alchemy (2007) – 0′12″
Movie example 2: Sound unit – extract from Cajón! (2008) – 0′33″
Movie example 3: Morphological stringing – extract from Kitchen Alchemy (2007) – 0′30″
Erik Nyström (16/1)
Textons and the Propagation of Space in Acousmatic Music
15 Sound examples
Sound example 1: Wind Chimes by Denis Smalley (excerpt: 1′57″–2′55″) – 0′57″
Sound example 2: 24 Variations by Horacio Vaggione (excerpt: 0′51″–1′15″) – 0′23″
Sound example 3: 24 Variations by Horacio Vaggione (excerpt: 1′44″–2′08″) – 0′24″
Sound example 4: Wind Chimes by Denis Smalley (excerpt: 1′07″–1′24″) – 0′17″
Sound example 5: Elemental Chemistry by Erik Nyström (excerpt: 4′27″–5′16″) – 0′49″
Sound example 6: Elemental Chemistry by Erik Nyström (excerpt: 10′05″–10′41″) – 0′36″
Sound example 7: Gwerz by Elsa Justel (excerpt: 0′00″–0′56″) – 0′56″
Sound example 8: Pentes by Denis Smalley (excerpt: 2′00″–2′57″) – 0′57″
Sound example 9: Far-from-equilibrium by Erik Nyström (excerpt: 0′00″–0′46″) – 0′46″
Sound example 10: Pentes by Denis Smalley (excerpt: 6′20–8′22″) – 2′02″
Sound example 11: Far-from-equilibrium by Erik Nyström (excerpt: 8′20″–0′04″) – 1′44″
Sound example 12: Danses Acousmatiques: Swarm by Andrew Lewis (excerpt: 0′35″–1′20″) – 0′45″
Sound example 13: 24 Variations by Horacio Vaggione (excerpt: 8′17″–8′35″) – 0′18″
Sound example 14: Far-from-equilibrium by Erik Nyström (excerpt: 1′09″–1′37″) – 0′27″
Sound example 15: Valley Flow by Denis Smalley (excerpt: 0′44″–1′39″) – 0′55″
Examples 1, 4, 8, 10 and 15 are reproduced with permission from Denis Smalley and Empreintes Digitales. Examples 2, 3, and 13 are reproduced with permission from Horacio Vaggione and Mnémosyne Musique Media. Examples 5 and 6 are reproduced with permission from Musique & Recherches. Example 7 is reproduced with permission from Elsa Justel and Empreintes Digitales. Example 12 reproduced with permission from Andrew Lewis and Empreintes Digitales.
Aki Pasoulas (16/1)
Temporal Associations, Semantic Content and Source Bonding
6 Sound examples
Sound example 1: Original cricket recording – 0′13″
Sound example 2: Cricket with environment removed – 0′08″
Sound example 3: Stereo reduction of Vessel@Anchor (unpublished work by Aki Pasoulas), excerpt – 4′58″ (duration of work 11′38″)
Sound example 4: Broadband noise – 0′01″
Sound example 5: Broadband noise and impact – 0′01″
Sound example 6: Broadband noise, impact and voice – 0′01″
Dan Overholt, Edgar Berdahl, Robert Hamilton (16/2)
Advancements in Actuated Musical Instruments
1 Movie example and 3 Sound examples
Movie example 1: An Evening of Actuated Musical Instruments (2010) – 7′15″
Sound example 1: …of giants by Robert Hamilton (2010) – 6′17″
Sound example 2: Excerpt from When The Robots Get Loose by Edgar Berdahl (2010) – 4′33″
Sound example 3: Excerpt from It's Like A Carby Edgar Berdahl – 3′37″
Phivos-Angelos Kollias (16/2)
The Self-Organising Work of Music
1 Sound example (both 8-channel and stereo versions – stereo only online)
Sound example: Sur la Construction de Réalités (2010 – 9′56″):
• Organism 1: between 20′44″ and 20′51″, 26 February 2010, ZKM, Germany
• Organism 2: between 20′18″ and 20′23″, 7 May 2009, De Montfort University, UK
Composer: Phivos-Angelos Kollias
David Michael (16/3)
Toward a Dark Nature Recording
1 Sound example
Sound example 1: Dolphins No More by Martyn Stewart (2010) – 4′18″
Dolphins No More is reproduced with permission: http://naturesound.org.
Michelle Nagai (16/3)
Listen Compose Listen: A study of perception, process and the spaces between in two works made from listening
8 Sound examples
Sound example 1: Excerpt from electronic accompaniment to Centre Bridge by Frances White (2009) – 1′24″
Sound example 2: Bridge Absorbed by the Surrounding Landscape, excerpt from Centre Bridge by Frances White (2009) – 2′21″
Sound example 3: Calling Across the River, excerpt from Centre Bridge by Frances White (2009) – 1′30″
Sound example 4: The River has Agency, excerpt from A Sound Map of the Danube: Popina to Rasova (disc 3, track 2) by Annea Lockwood (2008) – 1′00″
Sound example 5: Rounding a Bend in the River, excerpt from A Sound Map of the Danube: Bregquelle to Immendingen and Fridingen to Ulm (disc 1, track 1, into track 2) by Annea Lockwood (2008) – 1′35″
Sound example 6: Passau, excerpt from A Sound Map of the Danube: Passau to Jochenstein Dam (disc 1, track 4) by Annea Lockwood (2008) – 1′30″
Sound example 7: Luise Reissner – the Flood of 1999, excerpt from A Sound Map of the Danube: Lauingen to Weltenburg (disc 1, track 3) by Annea Lockwood (2008) – 1′01″
Sound example 8: Janós Horvát – Too Old to Fish, excerpt from A Sound Map of the Danube: Batina to Vukovar (disc 2, track 3) by Annea Lockwood (2008) – 1′14″
Centre Bridge is composed by Frances White, published by Rose White Music, ASCAP. Recorded on the album Centre Bridge, © 2007 Mode Records (mode 184). A Sound Map of the Danube is composed by Annea Lockwood and published on CD by Lovely Music, Ltd (CD 2083). All excerpts used with permission.
Jason Freeman, Carl DiSalvo, Michael Nitsche, Stephen Garrett (16/3)
Soundscape Composition and Field Recording as a Platform for Collaborative Creativity
1 Movie example
Movie example 1: UrbanRemix video overview (2010) – 4′32″
