Piece based on Phyllosoma by Thomas Haighton. "This piece was inspired by pictures of different types of phyllosoma by Dr. Martin W. Johnson. Phyllosoma are crustacean larvae but the still look a lot like insects. In the photo’s they where coloured with a green dye which almost gave them an alien look. This inspired my to make the piece dark in mood by using heavy base and distorted tones. This is dark base is contrasted with sound of crashing waves recorded in the ocean. On top of this, tiny grains with snippets of hydrophone recordings and synths dance, simulating the phyllosoma moving between the swell of plankton in the ocean." Part of the Smithsonian Treasures project, a collection of new sound works inspired by items from the Smithsonian Museums’ collections - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/smithsonian
