Rakkad

5 ‘ 48



(3 mB)

Rakkad is written with an unusual combination of soothing environmental ambience along side rapid abrasive sound-objects. Said sound-objects are applied through generative algorithms designed by Nick Collins. The long ambience sweep provides an underlay to the spikes of discord. These two sources provide the instrumentation of the work and over the period seem to resolve, though never in intentional consonance. While the generative section runs of its own accord, the ambient section is performed “live” – by a computer musician. The structure of the piece takes on a subtle golden section, but does not develop to be any more climatic at one point than another. In some ways Rakkad is a corroboration of Musique Concrète with Spectral Music. The overall musical feeling of the piece is something of a psychotically prompt movement from one idea to the next, while simultaneously remaining almost boringly static. There is no decent explanation as to why this feels like the psyche of our age.


Rakkad.mp3 (8 mB) | Documentation (Rakkad).zip (56 kB) | SuperCollider Patch.zip (4.1 mB)

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