Mindless Collusion began as an exploration of the sonic possibilities of guitar recordings and expanded into an experiment
of wavelet analysis and synthesis. Wavelets were used to track time and frequency data in the guitar recordings, enabling
time-accurate synthesis. The frequency data was mapped to energy bands of noise, which were ring modulated with the
time data. This data was then manipulated to create new sounds with different yet proportional timing as compared to
the original soundfile.
The piece was created in 3D surround using ambisonics. Presented
here is a UHJ stereo decoding, which could be converted back to B-format, for those of you familiar with ambisonics.
Others who want a copy in B-format should ask.
The composition was inspired by The Storyteller
by Mario Vargas Llosa, about a man who attempts to protect an indiginous tribe in the Amazon from western society, while becoming
a part of the tribe in the process.
This project was completed in part with the support
of the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington.
The
piece, in it's current form, was premeired at the spring DXARTS Concert at Meany Theater on April 28th, 2010. The concert
included pieces by Richard Karpen and Juan Pampin.
