Impermanence by Fog Layer

This album was created entirely using samples from a recording of my string quintet, Kingslayer. Produced in Ableton Live 9.

Each track was created by slowing a section of the piece down by the maximum amount possible and pitch shifting the clips down by a little over an octave. Some tracks use multiple layers of the same sound or alternate clips from the string quintet, but the majority are just a single clip.

This album is a meditation on loss, grief, and the complexity of human consciousness. It attempts to grapple with the fundamental questions of purpose, meaning, and the ever changing nature of our own experience. Represented within this album is the raw reaction of one human to the overwhelming nature of impermanent life in an unpredictable and unimaginably vast universe, and both the joy and tragedy that reside there.

I owe a debt of gratitude to the team at Ableton responsible for building the complex pro algorithm as it was indispensable in creating this album. I would also like to personally thank all of the performers on the original recording of Kingslayer whose impassioned performances are entirely responsible for the intricacy of the sounds on this album.
Grace Marshall- Violin 1
Christopher Monty- Violin 2
Alex Karker- Viola
Po-Chen Chang- Cello
Jackson Roush- Bass

If you are interested in hearing the original recording of Kingslayer, it can be found on my SoundCloud at this link: https://soundcloud.com/maverickmode/kingslayer

I am still here


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