"I was inspired by the percussive sound of the Olivetti Calculating Machine, and thought it would be really interesting to use only that sound as the percussion in a track. I took the base sound, and applied a lot of sound distortion and filters to it, and recorded the results.
"There are actually five different Olivetti tracks playing at times concurrently during the composition. I added some ghostly vocals and a warm pad to give the chaos some structure. Everything was then compiled in Bitwig Studio 3 (the original manipulation of the Olivetti sample was done using ReSlice on the iPad)."
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
