A Stick Sharpened at Both Ends
A work for chamber orchestra and modular synthesizer, inspired by and arranged to the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This page reflects the ongoing creation of this work as it is being written; all material presented here will undergo much transformation along the way, some won’t remain in the final resulting album.
Currently the remaining orchestral sketches are in development, which will be followed by a phase of re-synthesizing various elements of the orchestral performances back into the tracks, primarily using the Make Noise Tape & Microsound Music Machine. The last phase of this project will be the orchestrations and final arrangements of the original sketches formed in accordance to the modular performances.
1. The Sound of the Shell
2. Fire on the Mountain
3. Huts on the Beach
4. Painted Faces and Long Hair
5. Beast From Water
6. Beast From Air
7. Shadows and Tall Trees
8. Gift for the Darkness
9. A View to a Death
10. The Shell and the Glasses
11. Castle Rock
12. Cry of the Hunters
This is the initial suite of music written for the LOTF project. The primary means of sound generated by the modular system are sourced from the orchestral material itself, many samples were rerecorded into the modular from this suite.