using serato dj software I managed to import my video and audio mp4 and was able to add effects and disrupt the audio and video together to create heavy distortion effects. Using the filter turn knobs at the top, I had two filters installed that I showcase below. These create a industrial style distortion of ambience.
the filters gives the audio a immersive element. It makes you feel like your submerged within the audio itself. It gives to me almost like an ambisonic sound experience, where audio travels from one ear to another through multi location speakers
The audio distortions make the viewer feel on edge and confused and you can't quite make out what you are hearing. Which is the perfect response to how I want the audience member to feel while experiencing the exhibiton. Confused as you would through manipulation and propaganda.
Its almost like I am manipulating the audio
by slicing it and chopping it through the scratch turn discs. BY changing it, breaking it up, starting and restarting it. Exactly how a abuser with follow the manipulation cycle, and skip from stage to stage to their victim
hot cues to bring in repeats of audio
It s not the music I would preferably choose, but I did not at time have a lot of songs downloaded on my computer. But this experiment just shows how I could combine distortions sounds like whispering and audio effects, on top of existing music to create a layered, textured audio experience.
Above is a screen recording of the serrate software. You have two dj players on your dj board, I placed my audio file I created on one and matched the beats per minute ( BPM ) on the inserted music, so they blended seamlessly together. Then distorted the audio further through using the scratch discs and hot cues
As this is an experiment its not the most seamless mix of the two Audio files, and I wouldn't choose to place these two together for the final piece, but it experimentation never the less
The demo overlapping the visuals
is not intentional. BY editing visuals alongside audio
this is a software within serrato that is very costly,
so therefore I will be able to extract the audio from
it but unfortanetly the visuals I won't be able to use, which
is a shame as the filters also distort the visuals. This is a software
that is in very high demand due to create live visuals within dj
sets and music events, so makes sure why it is so costly
This again is not music that suits the audio or the feeling I am trying to evoke within
the audience members within my exhibition but again just to showcase how audio and music can be placed
together. I prefer the way the Hanoi Hannah speech and the audio I created is dispersed within this example, its more
melodically and follows a almost structure. This was due to getting used to using this element of the software a bit more whilst experimenting. Therefore this has inspired me to research a little more Into experimental music structure that is already existing to get more of a feel of how layered and distorted audio can be pieced together
Aphex Twin, Richard D. James is best known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic styles such as techno, ambient, and jungle. He wasn't only interested in the standard definition of music per se(i.e. harmonies, melodies, conventional structures, etc.), but also in the otherworldy textures possible to create through technology. Experimenting with computers, sequencers, keyboards and reel-to-reel tape, he was inventing his own synthesizers by the age of thirteen, and recording his own material by, at most, the age of fourteen, if not sooner.
In this video the different sounds make different visual marks and textures across the screen. Its basically an overcomplicated sound wave, but the producer 'Aphex Twin' has engineered it to show his face at the end of it.
Aphex Twin therefore have explored
within experiments within audio distortion and visual
accompanying.
There songs to me evoke a lot of different feelings. I feel
in a sense of oar, and curiosity of the human experience, I think through
the frequent voice samples they use throughout his work. Also a sense
of longing and almost distress and confusion, with the distorted sounds throughout. Depending on the song, I can feel a sense of
more happy sensations or sad, depending on the sound of the audio
distortions that have been created and at what sequence.
Something I want to achieve within my audio exploration
Emerging from electronic and rave music styles such as ambient techno, acid house, Detroit techno, and breakbeat, it tends to rely on individualistic experimentation rather than specific genre characteristics.
Intelligent dance music (commonly abbreviated as IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s that is regarded as “cerebral” and better suited to home listening than dancing.
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Intelligent dance music
Stylistic originsElectronica techno ambient acid house breakbeat electro jungle hip hop avant-garde
The term "intelligent dance music" has been widely criticised and dismissed by most artists associated with it, including Aphex Twin -
but I think its just a way to generalise experimental music that breaks the mould of traditional electronic music - each of their pieces is unique and usually something your ears are not used to
In the same period (1992–93), other names were also used, such as "art techno," "armchair techno," and "electronica", - As at the same time, the UK market was saturated with increasingly frenetic breakbeat and sample-laden hardcore techno records that quickly became formulaic.
Aphex Twin's Rephlex records official overarching genre name is Braindance
An interesting link to my other section of my exhibition, the Hanoi Hannah Augmented reality adobe aero section is this above.
In the first of its’ kind, we collaborated directly with Weirdcore to turn his existing 3D scans & upcoming EP artwork into an exclusive Aphex Twin augmented reality app. Users can now experience Weirdcore’s optical distortions on the magazine in 3D.
For those lucky enough to get their hands on the issue or poster, the AR app can be downloaded from the App Store and the Play Store.