ISLAND (2000)

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a soundscape composition for eight digital soundtracks

Island is an 8-track soundscape composition that blends natural acoustic environmental sounds with processed versions of the same sounds. The result is a visit to an imaginary island imbued with magical realism, beginning at the shoreline, proceeding up a rapidly flowing stream, visiting a resonant cistern, climbing to the windy peak of a mountain lake, descending again through a nighttime forest of crickets, and ending at a different shoreline.

Original sound recordings by the World Soundscape Project, Robert MacNevin, David Monacchi and the composer.

Note: the 8-channel version of this work was created with Richmond Sound Design's AudioBox computer-controlled diffusion system.

Island is available on the Cambridge Street Records CD Islands (CSR-CD 0101).

Structural Overview

Production Score

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Technical note:

The work was realized using the composer's PODX system which incorporates the DMX-1000 Digital Signal Processor controlled by a PDP Micro-11 computer with software for real-time granular synthesis and signal processing (such as digital resonators) developed by the composer in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. The sounds were recorded on 8-track digital tape and the AudioBox, and mixed in the Sonic Research Studio at SFU

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