NoiseGate #155
3rd Order Ambisonics
Duration: 9 min 18 s
Collaborative work by Jiaye Wang, Riccardo Boiteux, Xiaoya Zhao and Peifeng Cai
Please listen with headphones.
Aesthetically speaking, our experimental ambisonic composition opens with the multiple and varied languages at our team’s disposal. We proceeded to build on these resources by interweaving electroacoustic techniques and field recordings in order to essentially create a piece which we believe lies within Musique Concrète’s contextual framework. On the other hand, the concept of our piece strives to juxtapose the vastness of the cosmos with the intimacy of everyday life. We have done this by investigating the subject from both a holistic point of view as well as zooming into its most granular components, and by blurring the lines between the literal and abstract portrayal of our materials.
By interlacing live microphone inputs with Ambisonic spatialization, the composition turns performance itself into a site of translation and transformation. Fragments of language, technology, and natural environments are transformed into floating sonic textures that resonate through infinite space. Layers of reality and illusion overlap to create fleeting, elusive echoes—footnotes of lived experience inscribed against the boundless backdrop of the universe.
Special Thanks:
Dirty Deal Studio, Laidi Palace, State Culture Capital Foundation (SCCF) and Kuldīga Municipality.