Element Daniel Hill

Element is a trilogy of long form immersive sound environments for promoting or enhancing creativity, relaxation, reflection, and even sleep. Each piece features the elemental sonic traces of the natural world from field recordings such as the swelling tidal pools of the surf off the northern shore of Crete or the chorusing of the Eastern Tree Frog or the ethereal multi octave call of the Wood Thrush- these sounds then in turn inform the compositional elements of the music. Knowing that the phenomenon of synchrony or the tendency for frequencies in proximity to synchronize is well documented, Element becomes a sound bath for the slower, elemental rhythms and cycles of the natural world.

For many years I have been interested in creating sonic spaces in which the biophonic sounds of specific places become the elemental center point for a sonic environment to be built upon. These biophonic sounds are interesting to me not only for their texture, timbre, and rhythm but also as the sonic trace of a physical place, and how these sounds have likely served as ancient unconscious compositional influences on human music. Originally recorded between 2017-2019, the last track Amphibious Memory was finally... more
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released February 1, 2023

Instruments: generative digital synthesizer, analog synthesizer, and field recordings- Amphibious Memory: eastern tree-frogs recorded in Ohio, spring peepers recorded in the Catskills, NY, East River, recorded in Long Island City, NY- Atlanticus: Aegean Sea recorded in Crete, Greece- Pentatonic Equinox: woodthrush, starlings, and many other birds recorded in New York and Ohio.
Performed, recorded, and mixed by Daniel Hill 2017-2022