Chris Korda | Al Fasawz @ckorda | Uploaded October 2018 | Updated October 2024, 9 minutes ago.
"Al Fasawz" is a 38-minute ambient soundscape inspired by the sound of waves on the beach in Rockport, MA. The track is algorithmic music, and is intended for relaxation and meditation. It was created from a fixed number of sawtooth waves of constant pitch and stereo position. The waves are continuously frequency modulated by control loops of varying lengths, resulting in complex fractional polymeter which gives an impression of self-similar but non-repeating structure. The loops were controlled via custom software written by the artist. As in the later work "Plasmagon", the algorithm includes feedback: a "listener" that monitors the output in order to determine the optimal time for changes. In this case this listener decides when to trigger the bass samples, based on its estimate of overall intensity.
"Al Fasawz" is a 38-minute ambient soundscape inspired by the sound of waves on the beach in Rockport, MA. The track is algorithmic music, and is intended for relaxation and meditation. It was created from a fixed number of sawtooth waves of constant pitch and stereo position. The waves are continuously frequency modulated by control loops of varying lengths, resulting in complex fractional polymeter which gives an impression of self-similar but non-repeating structure. The loops were controlled via custom software written by the artist. As in the later work "Plasmagon", the algorithm includes feedback: a "listener" that monitors the output in order to determine the optimal time for changes. In this case this listener decides when to trigger the bass samples, based on its estimate of overall intensity.
