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'Gradually you feel the tide at your neck'
Compost And Height (2008)

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This work is an edit from a series of hydrophonic recordings made on the sunshine coast this past autumn. I was interested in trying to capture the 'grain' of the ocean. Unlike sand in other parts of the world, many of Australia's beaches have a beautiful variation in sand grains, from ultra-fine particles through to larger shell fragments that when agitated in the surf create a wonderfully delicate sound character. This filigree-like sound in combination with the outright brutality of the surf itself (which was violent to say the least during these recordings, and in fact dumped me and the recording device part way through the recordings) created the perfect contrast that summarises the atmosphere of the ocean in this area - a million tiny pieces in one swelling tidal wash.

Also features an incredible sferics/radio emissions work from the always fine Jeph Jerman