Sound inspired by the myth of Ceyx and Alcyone
ritual
It begins in the chest—pelt splatter of rain on rock.
This piece emerged after impact, though, it does not seek to explain the rupture.
This moment gives us reverberation across the membrane of Mariana, her trench and its contours
—the bedrock left behind by flooding water.
With amplified noise as epistemology
—defiance made audible, presence made pressure—
the waves move toward forms of freedom that cannot be contained.
We ask the question;
What is the value
of eyes that cry?
What follows is the bittersweet heartbreak of resolution:
where clarity frays just enough for silence to hold. This is an attempt to move deliberately
through the unraveling of gesture, allowing beauty to decay into the truth beneath.
There is danger here: collapse.
Sound becomes the sensation of going under
long enough to remember
how to rise.
To listen is to surrender one’s guard.
To listen is to let the body melt.
To-melt is a synonymous verb with to-fly.
Credits
V Originals
Concrete Bird Sounds, Rice University, March 2025 @ 0:0-2:24, 12:05-15:20
Concrete dialogue of V w/ friend, March 2025 @ 0:57-1:19, 1:42-2:57, 3:08-3:43
Beat @ 1:24-3:08
Vox @ 2:19-4:10, 10:17-12:08
Theremin @ 1:59-4:48
Vox @ 7:24-9:16
Samples
(modulated and distorted by V)
Isolated drone from UruR by Wardruna @ 0:10-2:32
Isolated back sampling from No Clarity prod RIOTUSA @ 0:18-1:37, 2:32-4:45, 11:08-12:44
Isolated animal sounds and drum from UruR by Wardruna @ 0:36-1:46
Concrete Storm collected by Mick Gibbs @ 2:29-6:57, 10:00-14:13
Isolated piano progression from PERPETUAL FLAME OF CENTRALIA by Lingua Ignota @ 2:02-7:09
Isolated vox from PERPETUAL FLAME OF CENTRALIA by Lingua Ignota @ 4:19-6:50
Isolated chant from UruR by Wardruna @ 4:38-7:04
Isolated synth from Offf by Cat/ @ 5:29-6:14
Isolated beat from Offf by Cat/ @ 6:20-10:11
Isolated synth and guitar from Gloria by Kendrick Lamar @ 7:20-9:48
Isolated drone from Noah’s Ark by David Lynch @ 7:41-13:46
Isolated piano from All This Has Always To Be Filmed by Coil @ 7:45-15:20
Isolated bass from Offf by Cat/ @ 9:43-12:58
Isolated vox from Gloria by Kendrick Lamar @ 9:54-10:06, 12:18-12:36, 12:57-13:00
Isolated vox from Noah’s Ark by David Lynch @ 12:44-14:32