Circles by Alter Natural

Originally written in 2022 for the Ars Electronica Garden Aotearoa festival, 'Circles' is a personal expression and love letter of the abstract, transcendent beauty I see in circles, recursion, and infinite/repeating patterns throughout nature. I used a range of musical elements in this track to express the entrancing nature of repetition and circular motion: the unwavering repetition of 10-bar phrases, melodic sonification of the digits of Pi, minimalist rhythmic repetition of melody, etc.

I wrote this work using the visual coding environment Max/MSP, allowing me to perform it as a live piece with a customised parameter controlling system. This released recording was performed by hand, based on my original performance!

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Tracklist

1.	Circles	11:24

Credits

released October 3, 2023
Written, coded, performed, and produced by Alter Natural
Original cover art by Alter Natural

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