Stone Into Water, by Anna Pangalou & Tom Hamilton

Stone Into Water

by Anna Pangalou & Tom Hamilton

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Stone Into Water 37:33

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Anna Pangalou, voice
Tom Hamilton, electronics

We wanted to collaborate in a way that would transform a sense of locale into a musical experience for both of us. We started with the premise that a close examination of a classic Greek column would reveal many imperfections not apparent at a distance. Anna took a photograph of a toppled Ionic column and Tom expanded and converted the photo to a stream of fluctuating sine waves that yielded a range of changing sonorities. These electronic sounds were grouped into a musical foundation of overlapping sections, providing the contours for a sung vocal response.

Anna used breathing as her main musical element. Using the photograph as a visual score, she created a dialogue of the 4 layers of the electronic sound with 4 corresponding resonant spaces inside the body. Her performance is informed by the idea that those marbles have been in Athens thousands of years, interacting with it's inhabitants, and that their erosion represents the breathing of all people in the passing of time.

Voice recorded by Katerina Tzedaki at the Computer Music Lab,
Department of Music Technology & Acoustics, Hellenic Mediterranean University.

© ℗ 2020 Anna Pangalou & Tom Hamilton
Published by Data Day Music (ASCAP)

Cover image: National Gardens, Athens
Graphics: D'Falt Design

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released June 1, 2020

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Tom Hamilton New York, New York

Tom Hamilton has composed and performed electronic music for over 40 years. His ongoing series of concerts, installations and recordings contrast structure with improvisation and textural electronics with acoustic instruments. He often explores the interaction of many simultaneous layers of activity, prompting the use of “present-time listening” on the part of both performer and listener. ... more

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