SCOTT F. HALL: Scultura Sana (Sound Sculpture)

Scott F. Hall

Scultura Sana (Sound Sculpture)

© 2005 Scott F. Hall

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Scott F. Hall's enigmatic and typically brief "sound sculpture" is heavily layered, harmonious, picturesque, and a very listenable and unique sonic art experience.

tracks

1 Aga Gnat
2 Wax
3 Bangalore Torpedo
4 Blighter
5 Conundrum
6 Diggadat
7 Air
8 Ear Shark
9 Earth
10 Fire
11 sawtuth minima
12 Motherphunker
13 Rhino Fruitcake
14 sawtuth minima 2
15 Triplicon
16 Six Crows
17 Two Hours Hence
18 Water
19 Wane

notes

Scott F. Hall has experimented with sound as an art form for exhibition (sonic art) for 20 years. His first attempts in 1985 involved ping-pong multitrack recording onto a pair of ordinary cassette decks. Initially, he also composed unregistered, layered sound pieces by recording repeatedly onto telephone answering machine loop tapes. At that time, he used an electric guitar, a sampling keyboard, and several homemade analog electronic tone generators as his main instruments.

Today, Hall uses digital multitrack recording technology and a variety of instruments including bass guitar, samplers and synthesizers, percussion, and effects, but the enigmatic and typically brief "sound sculpture" he creates remains heavily layered, diverse in musical reference, and rich in tone, timbre, and texture. Hall's sonic art is more than just so much recorded noise. It is harmonious, picturesque, and quite listenable.

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  • Amazing movies, played in your mind!
    author: knmc1224

    This album is a garden of unique sound sculptures, each one perfect and different. See visions of futuristic, speeding highways and quiet seascapes stretching into infinity as you listen. Some of my particular favorites are track #2 (Wax), which sounds like an H.R. Giger scene - dark, cool, alien space. Rhino Fruitcake (track 13) reminded me of the huge, slow movements of continents and planets. Also, I really liked track 15 (Triplicon) with its big, rhythmic bass sounds. These 'films' are well worth the price of admission - I'd recommend that you get your own copy right away!

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