GRAINS
The finest sonic details are made audible through prepared techniques, sensitive miking and real-time processing - overtones, textures and resonances that remain hidden in normal playing.
From minimal acoustic impulses - a single grain of sound - a multi-layered, growing cosmos of sound is created through improvisation and live-controlled transformation. The aim is to make it possible to experience the boundaries between hearing a single sound and perceiving a complex soundscape.
The piece is realised using a multi-channel setup with 6 to 12 loudspeakers, which are arranged in a circle or as a distributed "forest of loudspeakers" in the room. The listeners move freely around the room or linger while the sound perspectives change continuously.
The performance space is incorporated into the sound event as a resonating body, so that space, sound and physical perception are combined.
GRAINS is a further development of my previous work Deep Space Dome. While the physical effect of low frequencies was in the foreground there, the focus is now on the microscopic unfolding and condensation of sound.
The work creates an immersive sound environment that invites you to experience the nuances as well as the more complex structures of a living sound organism.