Aurora from Aurora by Garry Havrillay
This piece employs some of the 'natural' radio recordings of Stephen P. McGreevy as foundation material. These recordings, made well away from the influence of human-generated electrical activity, document the effect of ionised particles hitting the earth's magnetosphere, normally manifest at high latitudes as visible aurora, but captured as sound by Stephen at low radio frequencies. His recordings reveal the "music" of solar particles in a variety of wavering and swooping tones, whistles and crackles.
Garry has arranged parts of these recordings, sometimes heavily gating them to draw out the more tonal elements and minimise background noise. Overlaid on this sonic landscape, are mimicking sliding and percussive tones from zither and guitar, with pulsing electronic arpeggios.
Also mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. Completed in Oct 2018.
Tracklist
| 3. | Aurora | 13:40 |
Credits
Aurora; Natural VLF Radio recordings by Stephen P. McGreevy (Public Creative Commons)
www.auroralchorus.com
Garry plays synthesizers, guitar and zither.
License
All rights reserved.
Garry is a composer and music producer realising his work with a mix of electronics, samplers and various hands-on instruments. He's also a member of 'Open Circle Party'. Garry is a technologist, broadcaster, video editor & web developer. He has a long history as a volunteer for community radio in Australia, and in 2021 revived his global music radio program 'Continental Drift'.