A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon that is caused by heated air refracting light from the sky. The longer you stare at a mirage, the more you become lost in it, and so the idea I ran with for this piece was that over time, you get swallowed up by the illusion, trapped in the waves indefinitely. I wanted to craft a piece that was dissonant, mystical, and with lots of “FX”.
To organize my material I mainly used two dissonant pitch collections. The first is heard in the melodies and during certain interjections: [0, 1, 6 ,7]. The other is a completely chromatic collection that creates a hazy, and disorienting vibe: [0, 1, 2].
The “FX” I mentioned include piano string/timpani glissandi, delay, reverb, creepy percussion noises, and brass mute shenanigans...
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A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon that is caused by heated air refracting light from the sky. The longer you stare at a mirage, the more you become lost in it, and so the idea I ran with for this piece was that over time, you get swallowed up by the illusion, trapped in the waves indefinitely. I wanted to craft a piece that was dissonant, mystical, and with lots of “FX”.
To organize my material I mainly used two dissonant pitch collections. The first is heard in the melodies and during certain interjections: [0, 1, 6 ,7]. The other is a completely chromatic collection that creates a hazy, and disorienting vibe: [0, 1, 2].
The “FX” I mentioned include piano string/timpani glissandi, delay, reverb, creepy percussion noises, and brass mute shenanigans...
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