Portals: Acousmatic composition

Graeme Truslove

Portals: Acousmatic composition

School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research output: Non-textual form › Composition

Abstract

The material used for creating Portals consisted of a large collection of sampled impulses, collected from a wide range of sound files. Some of these impulses were real-world sources – complete recorded collisions such as strings being struck and paper being crumpled, whereas other impulses were constructed from fragments of longer samples, which were cut and spliced to form synthetic ‘impossible’ impacts.

Portals is structured as a series of short, sharply-defined movements. Each of these was created from its own unique subset of the ‘global’ collection of impulses, which functioned as a kind of sonic ‘DNA’, forming a distinct musical identity. Certain impulses were shared across several subsets, integrating them within the fabrics of numerous movements, acting as a means of creating coherence across the work as a whole.

Portals won first prize in the Metamorphoses 2010 international composition competition.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Brussels
Publisher	Musiques & Recherches
Edition	2010
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	L'Espace du Son: 17th International Acousmatic Festival - Théâtre Marni, Brussels , Belgium Duration: 20 Oct 2010 → 24 Oct 2010 http://www.musiques-recherches.be/agenda/item/5389-metamorphoses-results-2010

Keywords

acousmatic
electroacoustic
music
composition
fixed-medium

1 Artefact
1 Composition

Intuited Architectures: Audio CD
Truslove, G. (Composer), May 2017
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
Métamorphoses 2010: various artists
Truslove, G. (Artist), 2010
Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact

Open Access

British Council, Composer Bursary
Truslove, G. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Creative Scotland, Professional Development Award
Truslove, G. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Creative Scotland - International Award
Truslove, G. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Portals: Acousmatic composition

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Research output

Intuited Architectures: Audio CD

Métamorphoses 2010: various artists

Prizes

British Council, Composer Bursary

Creative Scotland, Professional Development Award

Creative Scotland - International Award

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