Number 16, Late Night
Number 16, Late Night
Torben Melohn
The piece is named after a recording I took on the number 16 bus.
I incorporated a great deal of ambient noise recordings into this composition in order to explore a notion which I have always found intriguing in modern music - that music already exists in the world all around us.
There is a great deal of beauty in even those simple things which we take most for granted - for example, in examining menial conversation we often uncover rhyme and meter.
I am also fascinated with the largely untapped non-traditional ability of the voice within music, fulfilling roles rhythmically rather than melodically, creating novel sonic experiences.
I am heavily influenced by Mike Oldfield and Jean Micheal Jarre.
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