Qianization from Qualia by Georgina Brett
Remix of Nils Frahm’s piano piece, “In the Sky and on the Ground”. It’s one of Nil’s simplest pieces with beautiful and powerful harmonies.
At the time of recording this, (2019) i was using Ableton Live and a custom 6 channel surround plugin, i had 6 mini speakers set up in a rectangle in my studio. The use of this plugin created tracks presenting the chords, (of which each had their own delay time echo), that appear and disappear as they oscillate from speaker to speaker as this recording is only 2 channels of the full 6 channel set up.
It was a particularly lovely way to work as the chords meander into view and fade gradually. Their sonic placement in the stereo field being rhythmically different to the delay on the presented chords.
Qianization is a made up word. I was trying to find a title for the piece and came across the Chinese word ‘Qian’ which translates as ‘forward’ and added the suffix -ization, as a ‘going forward state-of-being’.
There’s a video version of this track on Youtube, video by Terry Payman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOKuxLluKnU
Tracklist
| 7. | Qianization | 11:44 |
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Georgina (BMus MA in Electro-acoustic music), focuses mainly on vocal compositions in ambient, minimalist and electro-acoustic styles Currently transferring her live techniques to computer based ambisonic, vocal composition and ambisonic 3D spatializations. She has also recently begun performing using her own poetry. She runs Tuesdays Post : Live Progressive Ambient a series of concerts in London.