stone and metal

stone and metal is exploring the personal space of cold materials and presenting them in a very warm and sensual way. With excessive close miking of hand played gestures and textures of stones, metal and their interaction, it was possible to capture their beauty and organic, almost animate qualities, presenting them in a very intimate way to the listener. To further strengthen the peculiar sensation of space and its intimacy, the use of artificial reverberation has been completely relinquished. The sound transformations, on the other hand, provide the necessary contrast to the organic recordings, with both affecting the conception of space and beauty. The artificialness of the sound transformations are intentionally exposed to enhance the vividness of the sound recordings and also to provide the driving force of the musical development. Their energy, in terms of gestures, tends to invade and envelop, in terms of textures, the personal space of the listener, making him/her involved in exploring the manifold layering of the sounds.