Petrichor fragments
original ambient music
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Notes
Petrichor is the characteristic scent produced by rain falling on dry soil. This piece is an improvised, tempo-less performance with a synth patch from my Yamaha Montage that I manipulated in various ways. I made three clones of the performance and automated some effects such as flanger and bitcrusher as well as volume/panning. I added a synth bass and some free domain rain sounds to increase the overall ambience. The approach I used was to use the post-production to "justify" the musicality of moments that happened spontaneously. I would say it was partially successful. It was an enjoyable experiment!
I could easily go back and spend many more hours automating to change the overall texture/specific timbres of moments. The piece could stand a melody/words as well, in the future. However, it would be challenging, as the timing is somewhat random (free tempo.) There are some pretty gnarly overtones throughout, as well, since the synth I used had a heavy audible fifth overtone (especially evident in the dissonant development section and at the end.) If you have any feedback on how I could develop this further, or any comments at all, don't hesitate to let me know! Have an awesome day!
Music & Writing
by @d-pend
4/15/18
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Art by
JanRobbe
.1 — "Worlds Apart" [cropped]
2 — "Machines of Loving Grace"
3 — "Submerged Flower"
