Zar di tutti gli artropodi

As the last post of the year, we dedicate this long improvisation, which smells of insects and Devonian swamps, to Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, the largest arthropod (along with Arthropleura) that ever moved its claws on our planet, about 390 million years ago.

Beyond the dedication, this is another piece in which we combine synthetic sounds with real insect sounds that I patiently collected and cleaned for an installation in Mantua last summer. These sounds were sampled, transposed several octaves down, and slowed down to highlight their complex structure, which is lost when listened to at the speed and frequency at which the insects emit them. They form the backbone of the first part and the foreground of the second.

Graziani & Mosconi – Zar di tutti gli artropodi

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