Category: Music

(Industrial Decay)

Limits in the Key of 50 Hz (Industrial Decay) by Spiral Net (written by Andrew Charman-Williams) is a piece composed with certain guidelines in place. It takes influences from ambient, downtempo, minimalism and other styles and has elements of an industrial feel to it. It is not in standard western equal temperament tuning but in a scale based on 50 Hz which is between G and Ab and is the frequency of electricity in Australia.

It was created from one single, fairly short sound sample with the additional limitations of the sample only being able to be modified by stretching, shrinking, reversing or trimming the sample and by the use of EQ. The sounds are tuned to a harmonic series based on a 50Hz fundamental with all harmonic series notes up to 1600 Hz. Following on from those limits means no synthesizer or other sound source was used with it just being direct manipulation of the sound sample.

Locria and Beyond by Spiral Net (written by Andrew Charman-Williams) explores the locrian mode before moving to the super locrian and then ultra locrian before settling again in locrian. Partly minimalist in nature this instrumental piece attempts to explore the unsettled and unsettling nature of locrian.

Waves Upon Waves by Spiral Net (written by Andrew Charman-Williams) is a downtempo/ambient electronic instrumental.

Peaceful Morning Disturbed by Spiral Net (written by Andrew Charman-Williams is a downtempo/ambient instrumental. A peaceful morning in a rural setting disturbed by the gunshots of the nearby farmers.

Ten Pentas by Spiral Net (written by Andrew Charman-Williams) is an exploration of ten different pentatonic scales that can be created using certain rules (2 x minor 3rd, 3 x major 2nd). It uses some techniques of serialism, math & aleatoric approaches to create an ambient piece.

Remember by Spiral Net (written by Andrew Charman-Williams) is an electronic piece with computer generated vocals.