Music from a random image
So I decided to try out a strange, strange experiment. The core concept was to take a random photography of my world and create music out of whatever was in the shot. So ended up with this beautiful image of our lovely Ikea dinner table. You will notice a variety of objects on the table and most importantly four objects: “CB Candle Light Holder”, “Box with Matches”, “Mexican Coke” and a regular “Waterbottle”. I essentially brought these objects into a larger hall room and sampled them extensively. I poured water into the candle light holder and recorded it at different water levels (pitch) and at different velocities. The box with matches was used as a shaker. The mexican coke was also recorded at different water levels, so I had all the semi tones I could generate and finally the watter bottle, which turned out to be amazing. The water bottle sounded crazy good when it got tuned down, so I ended up tuning it down 32-semi tones, which generated this wonderful taiko like sound. Please note that all the “instruments” were recorded with natural reverb, which is key for me in terms of making the samples breath and come alive. The background ambiences were made by using timefreezer VST (www.timefreezer.net) on individual samples of the candle light holder.
Example of Candle light holder, Matches, Mexican Coke and Water bottle.
Example of Water bottle tuned down 32 semi-tones to work as dark, deep bass drum.
