Release date: October 4, 2024
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Apps that will endlessly compose and perform the piece in realtime. They are generative but have nothing to do with AI. See the about page for more info.
PLAY IN BROWSER (Wave Memory 2) (coming soon)
PLAY IN BROWSER (Wave Memory 3) (coming soon)
DESKTOP APPS
Wave Memory 2 — MacOs — Windows — Linux
Wave Memory 3 — MacOs — Windows — Linux
MOBILE APPS — iOS — Android (coming soon)
Three different immersions in the same sonic material, each progressively deeper into a dream state. Calming and concentraing. Sound environments to immerse in - leave them on, forget they're on. They go like this:
"Wave Memory 1: Ultraspa, eraser" is a spa for the ears and mind, erasing the noise. Known to put babies to sleep, and everyone else where they might like to be. Part 1 in the journey into dreams, musically this maintains the logic of the world, using equal temperament and conventionally pleasing intervals, easing in.
"Wave Memory 2: Clearlight, plastic", who remembers clearlight? Dreams are only really experienced as memories. Plastic sounds, ever mellower, but so clear. That phase of sleep where it all makes so much sense, but it's really ridiculous. Musically, Part 2 reflects this, the bells (the sounds from Part 1, effected) playing microtones while the chords (also the same sounds) play equal temperament, an anchor to the real world.
"Wave Memory 3: Buried, very deep" is immersed deep, deep into the dreamworld, with no trace of the waking state. A massive journey in very low frequencies, you'll need headphones. Bass and sub-bass (the same sounds from Part 1, effected) playing microtones, chords, moving around the stereo field, with reverb—uh-oh, a deep, deep dream.
The immersive virtual environments we built to play these pieces are inspired by the pre-digital Pachinko machines of Japan, the self-playing music machines of the Fluxus artist Joe Jones, the Musical Tower installed in the Eames Office, Wind Chimes and Aeolian Harps.
#ambient, #generative, #experimental, #sub-bass