Elastic rebound

from Multiple Soundings by Randall Smith

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Elastic Rebound is the second composition in a series of three pieces that explore the geological activity of the earth. The title is a geological term coined by geologists after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake which describes opposing tectonic forces moving in opposite direction along each side of a faultline. The rock bends and in its weakest areas fractures followed by a spring back or rebounding effect — called ‘elastic rebound.’ This work uses these geological processes as a metaphorical ground to occasion sound. Sound events were gathered, many of non-musical origin, to lend voice to natural processes, each conspiring to produce an image of a landscape in flux. Isolating and elaborating individual sounds permits me to alter dynamics and mass, and the effect of the mixing of these objects creates a soundscape of cataclysmic disorder. Elastic Rebound received 1st Jury prize and Public Prize at the Prix International Noroit - Leonce Petitot 1995 France

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from Multiple Soundings, released September 28, 2022

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Randall Smith Toronto, Ontario

Randall Smith developed an interest in Acousmatic music when he discovered the music of the Groupe de Resherches Musicales (GRM) from Paris France. After working with other artists in Film and Dance combined with his own musical experiments have permitted the development of compositional techniques that he uses to inject into purely musical works. ... more

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