Dissolution from Arcana by Outspan

Dissolution uses recordings from our individual archives to form structural elements, which were assembled Mashup style with much attention paid to the interlocking shapes of their individual sources. We then added algorithmic and hand percussion, electric bass and didgeridoo. This was then used as a foundation for improvisation of the organ and electric guitar parts. We would like to thank Wayne Eagles for his outstanding guitar work which helped unify the elements and solidify the trajectory of the piece.

David Brown received his MFA in Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in Oakland, California where he studied composition with Anthony Braxton & Kenneth Gaburo and music & information theory with David Rosenboom. His compositions & sound designs combine found sounds with acoustic and electronic instruments to create sound collages of orchestral density.