Tetrasomia >>
Stephen Vitiello
Environmental noise excursions. Make your own composition.
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[Intro] Stephen Vitiello's Tetrasomia is a collection of real world sounds that have
been gathered from the net and compiled into a kind of virtual mixer. Upon
entering the site we are faced with sonic textures representing the four
essential elements, ranging from the sound of an underwater volcanic eruption
to the mating calls of fruit flies, with noises made by poison dart frogs
thrown in for good measure. Vitiello gives us four of his own mixes made with
each grouping of sounds and then invites us to make our own tracks though the
use of his virtual mixer. We can turn on and off each sound experiencing
different groupings and textures of ambient real world sound, and in the
process re-evaluate sound that would not usually be considered music or
considered art for that matter. While the artist presents his own takes on
these sounds he offers them only as his personal re-mixes. Thus visitors to the
site are offered the opportunity to be the musicians, to create their own
remixes and to use the same tools (links) to gather more sound.
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