Lead-Cave by parkellipsen

A kind of "cinema for the ear" piece, which is something new to me.

The impressive reverb impulse response for this (slightly spooky) composition was drawn from a Joseph Beuys installation that included a medium-sized room with lead-clad walls (hence the name). It was a clandestine phone recording, with the impulse being just a finger snap, so I was surprised it worked somewhat well.

The actual sounds were recorded in various places in Maine, Spain and Germany, over the last two years, some using an Aquarian H2-D Hydrophone.

It was recorded as an 8-channel piece. If you're interested in the original eight loudspeaker feeds, please let me know !

Created with free and open-source software:
Performed & recorded with Mégra: https://github.com/the-drunk-coder/megra.rs
Mixed with Ardour: https://ardour.org
Mastered with Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/

The code for this release can be found here: https://gitlab.com/ellipsenpark/releasecode/-/blob/main/lead_cave.megra3

Enjoy, and good luck!

Tracklist

1.	Lead-Cave	25:38

Credits

released October 19, 2022

Background image by Wikipedia user "Chemical Elements".

Thanks to all the cicadas, a rooster, a person operating churchbells, an employee of the City of Xàtiva sweeping the streets, and many more entities for all the lovely sounds !

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.