Listening: David Tudor “Neural Synthesis No. 2”

This piece is characterized by subtle clicking sounds, somewhere between mimicing the sound of a clicking tongue and a squeaking shoe.  Listening to this for the first time, one may not be able to tell that this is a Moog synthesizer or even an instrument/electronic sound-making device. The recording sounds binaural, as it is very easy to place the sounds directionally and far outside the head. 

It manages to bridge the gap between daily sounds and something compositional through its patterned repetition and improvisational qualities. Other sounds later on in the piece mimic the sound of a bouncing ball and honking sounds. Very light, playful, and airy the piece plays more with sensory perception than anything deeply emotional.

 

About Jenn Grossman

Jenn is a sound artist/experimental musician based in NYC. Her work deals with the space between the seen and the felt, the auditory and the physical, reminding us that perception is active and layered.
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