sound matter

  • Sonic Phantoms – Composition with Auditory Phantasmatic Presence

    Sonic Phantoms – Composition with Auditory Phantasmatic Presence

    Description In this book, Barbara Ellison and Thomas B. W. Bailey lay out and explore the mystifying and evanescent musical territory of ‘sonic phantoms’: auditory illusions within the musical material that convey a ‘phantasmatic’ presence. Structured around a large body…

  • Sound Studies Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1

    Sound Studies Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1

    Sound Studies Journal has published its first issue of 2020, this time dedicated to explore “the vibrational materiality of sound and its status as an epistemological object”, as explained by Veit Erlmann from the University of Texas at Austin: “The…

  • drop to rain

    drop to rain

    the nature of granularity. video by yugo nakamura / via musicofsound

  • garden of signals

    garden of signals

    “garden of signals” expands upon the use of audio feedback in earlier sound works, forming an autonomous sonic artwork that uses feedback as a sound material and as a process. more info

  • root of sine

    this edition (complete with artwork) comprises of tracks developed from a single second of 440 hz sinewave tone. the artists include regular contributers to the microsound mailing list. project by audiobulb

  • infinite grain 03: gintas k

    infinite grain 03: gintas k

    [infinite grain is a series of interviews inspired on microsound procedures, exploring a wide variety of topics in dialogue with artists who work with sound on installation, composition and improvisation] Gintas Kraptavicius is an artist from Lithuania. Over the years, he has explored different disciplines…