Body Waves album release on Belgian label Entr’acte. Performance recordings of Stanier Black-Five’s Christchurch earthquake soundscape mixed with my low frequency resonant feedback tuned to the acoustics of each space.
Yet Another Variation on Electroacoustic Feedback, 19/10/2012 at the Music Auditorium WAAPA Edith Cowan University, Perth West Australia.
Microphone feedback driving 48 discrete data controllers for quadraphonic panning, multichannel faders, feedback bussing and electronic processing.
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Body Waves, an infrasonic quadraphonic earthquake performance, has been accepted for the International Computer Music Conference 2012 to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia 9-15 September.
Composer: Stanier Black-Five and Dr Malcolm Riddoch Title: Body Waves Year: 2012 Instrumentation: Electroacoustic 4 channel playback Duration: 30 mins Program Note: A live infrasonic performance whose sounds go beyond the auditory system to be felt in the body. The primary sound source in this exploration of vibroacoustic perception are the unique recordings made by Stanier Black-Five at the epicentre of the recent earthquakes in New Zealand, which capture the vibrations of its massive aftershocks, collapsing buildings and subsequent demolitions. These are transformed by Riddoch to accentuate the lower frequency harmonics of the performance space to immerse its audience/participants in a dynamically visceral music of the body.
Photograph by Motoko Kikkawa
Body Waves performance, Spectrum Project Space, 18/05/2012