"This piece uses a variation of some code that I wrote previously for processing audio files. For this version the computer takes several small clips of audio from the original. These clips last for 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 or 34 seconds. The piece lasts for 8 minutes and I wanted a process to run throughout. During the first minute the clips are sparse and quiet and will only be selected from the 1 second clips. As the piece progresses, the clips get longer, louder and closer together until by the end there are multiple, overlapping clips."
Composition by Simon Belshaw.
This is part of the Obsolete Sounds project, the world’s biggest collection of disappearing sounds and sounds that have become extinct – remixed and reimagined to create a brand new form of listening. Explore the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-sounds
