In this example, the sound blob for me has certain immediate reference points (specifically, in this case, it sounds like 1 of 2 things: a recording of a working factory that's been purposefully occluded or a band playing in the distance. Both informed by my listening to Wolfgang Voigt's/GAS' string of albums that feature a similar feeling of a rave happening somewhere in the forest --pictured on the album covers -- while in the foreground is ambience, air, synths: you're a musician/band playing in the forest but not sure if that gathering in the distance can hear you). Again, that's just what 1st came to mind without me trying to think about it. Craft will invariably/potentially completely erase this impression as it will take on a new life depending upon how the sample is used within a composition. Like many recordings that have many layers of many textures, whether they be conventional song constructions or completely abstract compositions, you miss a lot until you've listened with intent and frequently. It may be years before you consciously notice that sound blob and once you do, the entire piece shifts its place in your imagination. A good composer (and engineer) will keep you swimming in the same river which is never the same river twice. To me, that's craft.
Well said. I like your line here... "A good composer (and engineer) will keep you swimming in the same river which is never the same river twice. To me, that's craft."
In this example, the sound blob for me has certain immediate reference points (specifically, in this case, it sounds like 1 of 2 things: a recording of a working factory that's been purposefully occluded or a band playing in the distance. Both informed by my listening to Wolfgang Voigt's/GAS' string of albums that feature a similar feeling of a rave happening somewhere in the forest --pictured on the album covers -- while in the foreground is ambience, air, synths: you're a musician/band playing in the forest but not sure if that gathering in the distance can hear you). Again, that's just what 1st came to mind without me trying to think about it. Craft will invariably/potentially completely erase this impression as it will take on a new life depending upon how the sample is used within a composition. Like many recordings that have many layers of many textures, whether they be conventional song constructions or completely abstract compositions, you miss a lot until you've listened with intent and frequently. It may be years before you consciously notice that sound blob and once you do, the entire piece shifts its place in your imagination. A good composer (and engineer) will keep you swimming in the same river which is never the same river twice. To me, that's craft.
Well said. I like your line here... "A good composer (and engineer) will keep you swimming in the same river which is never the same river twice. To me, that's craft."