The music on this album, by Miguel Angel Crozzoli, emerged from an artistic research project exploring the intersection of climate change data and music composition using sonification techniques.
Compositional Technique
Miguel Angel Crozzoli's creation process involved immersing himself in deforestation and ocean contamination datasets, designing sounds for sonifications, and then encoding these into musical parameters for his compositions.
Compositional Technique
The compositions feature melodic lyrical expressions against and within textural clouds of electronic signals, incorporating harmonics, multiphonics, and extended techniques from acoustic instruments.
Compositional Technique
Miguel Angel Crozzoli used a mixed notation approach, combining detailed formal notation with graphic scores, to integrate electronic timbres from sonifications and allow for performer creativity within specific constraints.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Miguel Angel Crozzoli aims for these works to engage listeners in the climate crisis by transforming scientific data into an emotionally resonant narrative that inspires action.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Miguel Angel Crozzoli's work embodies 'data artivism,' using affect in data perceptualization for emotional communication to drive social action, while exploring the artistic beauty and poetry of sonifications.
Recording & Production
The music on this album was recorded by a six-piece ensemble featuring electronics, voice, cello, double bass, and both tenor and alto saxophones, blending classical and rhythmic contemporary performers.
