Alessio - Katabasis (collapsing ice shelf)

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The process of calving initially suggest a violent phase, but -as one of the meanings of the term - it surely gives birth to other things. We certainly know that Anthropocene, global warming and all these consequences are a painful phase, but I think that we could not miss the chance to positively engage ourselves in creation of something new.

From a sonic point of view, the composition takes shape entirely from the sample: it's been processed with a modular synthesiser, granualized and became a sort of microsound feedback tone which reminds me sub water sounds/ whale chants.

So all the harmonic and melodic sounds derive from this. The title suggests that there is necessary descent phase to become something else.

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from Polar Sounds, released February 6, 2023

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