Prayer 4: I am now sure
3.27
Description
A bass-drone, constructed from a slowed down recording of radiophonic white noise with the mid to upper frequencies extracted, begins, and is heard throughout, the composition. A subcutaneous melodic line was made using micro samples taken from a low-resolution recording of the spoken source text (below). The recording was, first, slowed down considerably. Then, melodic and non-tonal material was sampled, extracted, edited, reversed, superimposed, and harmonically enhanced, and the whole, finally, looped. The loop was afterwards processed through delay, harmonic, and reverberation modulators to generate a succession of extended and imbricated echoes. Two versions of loop run in parallel, but out of synchronisation. Over the loop, a choir is heard. Their singing is derived from a shortwave radio broadcast, possibly from eastern Europe, of sacred choral music. A recording of such was sampled, slowed down considerably, reversed, broken into smaller units, and superimposed to create an entirely new melodic line.
Source Text
God of mercy and love, I am now sure that you do not want me to live in fear any longer. I am sure you are guiding me to a new freedom. My heart confirms this. Already, I feel blessed and in your presence. I have not felt this calm or care for so long. I hope in faith; it is because I am sure of your guidance. I am no longer disturbed by my inability to visualise a thirty five-year teaching career. I have worked on this, but there is no comfort or succour in this vision (April 17, 2010).
Source Reference
Stephen Chilton [diary] April 17, 2010.
3.27
Description
A bass-drone, constructed from a slowed down recording of radiophonic white noise with the mid to upper frequencies extracted, begins, and is heard throughout, the composition. A subcutaneous melodic line was made using micro samples taken from a low-resolution recording of the spoken source text (below). The recording was, first, slowed down considerably. Then, melodic and non-tonal material was sampled, extracted, edited, reversed, superimposed, and harmonically enhanced, and the whole, finally, looped. The loop was afterwards processed through delay, harmonic, and reverberation modulators to generate a succession of extended and imbricated echoes. Two versions of loop run in parallel, but out of synchronisation. Over the loop, a choir is heard. Their singing is derived from a shortwave radio broadcast, possibly from eastern Europe, of sacred choral music. A recording of such was sampled, slowed down considerably, reversed, broken into smaller units, and superimposed to create an entirely new melodic line.
Source Text
God of mercy and love, I am now sure that you do not want me to live in fear any longer. I am sure you are guiding me to a new freedom. My heart confirms this. Already, I feel blessed and in your presence. I have not felt this calm or care for so long. I hope in faith; it is because I am sure of your guidance. I am no longer disturbed by my inability to visualise a thirty five-year teaching career. I have worked on this, but there is no comfort or succour in this vision (April 17, 2010).
Source Reference
Stephen Chilton [diary] April 17, 2010.