New release by inkilino records (August 2020).
Primeval Sonic Atoms is a series of sound works in which the intrinsic nature of digital technology becomes a metaphor for the origins of the universe. The series is inspired by ancient and modern theories about the genesis of the cosmos, which inform the structure and sonorities of the compositions, as well as the concept and design of the computational system used to create them.
The pieces are performed on a self-crafted, live electronics instrument that operates using principles of chaos theory and complexity science. The instrument is based on digital feedback; it is designed as an open cybernetic system for creating, evolving, and destroying sonic worlds in real-time through virtuosic performance. These worlds are set in motion by the primeval atom of digital technology: a single bit, which corresponds to the softest sound the computer can produce – billions of times below the threshold of hearing. As if in a particle accelerator, energy is fed into the system to make this atom bounce around a multi-dimensional space in constant flux. It floats, collides, fuses and splits from clones of itself, building up sonic molecules, organisms and celestial bodies.
All sounds in the album are produced by manipulating the bit’s path and the space’s configuration. Manousakis steers the system into states of equilibrium, oscillation, chaotic behavior, noise and silence, drawing from the guts of the machine an intense, visceral stream of bursts, turbulences, rhythms and drones. Best experienced at a high volume.
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| Year: | 2009-2019 |
| Type: | Release |
| Description: | 2 channel live and fixed medium sound works for digital feedback |
| Duration: | 62 minutes |
| Materials/Media: | Sound, speakers |
| Software: | SuperCollider |
| Publication: | Released by inkilino records in 2020, in Stelios Manousakis: Primeval Sonic Atoms |
Individual works of the series:
Snow
A fixed medium sound composition for dance, contemplating the noise of being as a cosmology of the inner self. Part of Primeval Sonic Atoms.
A fixed medium sound composition for dance, contemplating the noise of being as a cosmology of the inner self. Part of Primeval Sonic Atoms.
Megas Diakosmos
Fixed medium digital feedback piece named after Leukippos lost cosmological treatise from the 5th century BCE. Part of the suite Primeval Sonic Atoms.
Fixed medium digital feedback piece named after Leukippos lost cosmological treatise from the 5th century BCE. Part of the suite Primeval Sonic Atoms.
L’ Hypothèse de l’ Atome Primitif Sonore
Open composition / live set for digital feedback named after Georges Lemaître’s cosmological treatise mockingly dubbed the ‘Big Bang’ theory by its opponents. Part of Primeval Sonic Atoms.
Open composition / live set for digital feedback named after Georges Lemaître’s cosmological treatise mockingly dubbed the ‘Big Bang’ theory by its opponents. Part of Primeval Sonic Atoms.
Fantasia On A Single Number
A digital feedback open composition / live set taking its final form in live performance and reclaiming the idea of virtuosic performance for electronic music. Part of Primeval Sonic Atoms.
A digital feedback open composition / live set taking its final form in live performance and reclaiming the idea of virtuosic performance for electronic music. Part of Primeval Sonic Atoms.