6/3/2023 0 Comments Soudncloud inspireme![]() ![]() Each shape, color, and illustration has a musical counterpart, and vice versa. How does the visual element of the iPad app relate to the theme of the music? Is it reflective of church architecture? Sometimes I recorded for hours and ended up using only a second of audio. It's all drenched in this awe-inspiring and authentic reverb. It could be things like a hymn book or keys falling onto a church bench, footsteps on the stone floor, coughs from the congregation, etc, etc. If you listen carefully, you can hear a multitude of great percussive sounds in a church. From an electronic music creator's point of view, this was a formidable challenge! How to make choirs, church organs, and strings work together in a piece of modern electronic music?įrom which church(es) did you sample musical and congregation audio for your compositions?įrom churches in Scandinavia and Germany.Īs far as sampling percussive sounds from the church environment as well, what objects made for the best bass drums? Snares? Hi Hats? But in some works, like Duruflé's requiem, choirs, strings, and organ come together in a masterful harmony that ultimately inspired me to pick that trinity as the instrumentation for the album. The same goes for a church organ-it's a demonstration of power! That said, I must admit I generally don't enjoy organ music as much as choir. ![]() The feeling when walking into a large church or cathedral is one of awe. Years later, through the works of some contemporary Scandinavian choir music composers, I rediscovered choir music again and realized it's the form of music which is by far the strongest and most emotional to me. As I was listening, I remember a mixture of boredom-I was eager to go out and play-and at the same time a wonderful sensation filling me inside. I'm just able to peek over the creaking wooden benches to see my mother conduct. The Creators Project: What is it about church music, or the environment of a church that inspires you?Įric Wahlforss: One of my earliest memories is of myself watching my mother practice with her choir in a 12th century church outside Stockholm. We caught up with Forss to find out what inspired Ecclesia and how the visual element augments the experience of this thematic work. The songs have two main components: the melodies are arrangements of recorded choral, organ, and string sounds, and the percussion is built from the sounds of stone, metal, and wooden objects.Īdding a visual element to Ecclesia is an iPad app (above) that displays a morphing visualization, cycling through religious symbology and architecture in various patterns, reflecting the mood and feel of the music at any given moment. Though it’s not a religious project, Ecclesia shows a reverence for the tradition of religious music that Forss recalls from his childhood, the ethereal sounds of worship and the incidental noises that occur in the same space.
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