Contrechamps

The title for this disc — Contrechamps — attempts to sum up how I view my most basic approach to sound transformation. Often, when I hear a sound, I identify a number of features. These features are usually prominent because they tend towards one end of a spectrum. My choice of transform is often determined by the need to react against these features and I have learned what processes work well in these situations. This process helps me tag sounds and transformations so that my composition becomes a process of defining more completely the sounds at my disposal. There are seven works presented on this disc. All were created after the release of Rêve de l’aube in 2006 and show a fascination with the process of convolution, to colour one sound with another, or to animate pitched material. All the works also trace back via Dreaming of the Dawn (2004) to Junky (1996) in their attempt to deal with pitch and rhythmic pulse at some point. The surround sound works on this disc were composed in surround from the outset. Listening to these in surround sound on a home cinema system is thus highly recommended. Whilst representing the work accurately, the stereo renditions are a concentration of the surround channels in a form that is nevertheless a compromised listening solution. Adrian Moore, Sheffield [vi-11]