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A Shiver Sequence

Rob Clouth

Mesh
MESH030 | 2020-04-16  
A Shiver Sequence is the 3rd single from Zero Point, and is an attempt at relinquishing some of the control of the writing process to a true random system - the zero-point energy field.

To do this Rob made a set of max for live devices that tap into the data from the ANU quantum random number server, and use it to modulate effects parameters and trigger sounds. The overall structure and melody are static, but many of the details and percussive sounds are random.

Rob Clouth:
While initially frustrating because my process is usually relies on iterating over the same deterministic sequence again and again, I learned to not grow too attached to any specific detail or fill and instead try to control the bounds of the system to consistently generate interesting variations. Although in the next listen that one awesome little sequence would be gone, usually something equally interesting popped up.

Behind this there is a nice message: even if existence is an ephemeral coincidence and nothing lasts forever, eventually something else equally beautiful will spontaneously emerge from the chaos. It's an endless process that will produce endless variations.

I wanted to add human element to the randomness, and so I asked 61 friends and family to record the numbers 0 to 9, chopped them up and then wrote a patch to trigger and pan them according to the data from the zero-point field. It's a strange experience for me listening to it back and trying to identify each voice.

I exported 102 versions of the track. One is on the digital release, one on the vinyl, and the other 100 will be given to the 100 first buyers of the vinyl."

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