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A composition using wah wah effects on a field recording of breath during sexual activity…
[soundcloud width="100%" height="81" params="" url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15915723"] wahwahonthewoowoo by thecrack
Ujiyi breathing – Straight field recording
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Inhalation and exhalation are both done through the nose. The “ocean sound” is created by moving the glottis as air passes in and out. As the throat passage is narrowed so, too, is the airway, the passage of air through which creates a “rushing” sound. The length and speed of the breath is controlled by the diaphragm, the strengthening of which is, in part, the purpose of ujjayi. The inhalations and exhalations are practiced to be equal in duration
I imagined Charles Bukowski sitting in Alvin Lucier’s room… He chose a poem to read, “The Genius of the Crowd”
I thought it would be an interesting parallel to process Bukowski’s thoughts on crowd resonance…through Lucier’s system of resonance capture.
As the poem keeps getting re-recorded (here’s the original bukowski_mp3) the size of the room, material, and mic placement within the room determined which frequencies resonated and built up and gradually warped the sound of Bukowski’s words eventually becoming incomprehensible. Finally all you hear is the resonant frequencies of the room.
[soundcloud width="100%" height="245" params="" url="http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/813172"] Bukowski Sitting in a Room by thecrack
Bukowski is sitting in a room
Bukowski is sitting in a room
