Category: Year 2: Contemporary Issues in Sound Arts

Before uploading, I had sent the piece to a friend. He had mentioned that it reminded him of André 3000. I went and checked out some of his recent work, and one that stuck out to me was ‘Ants to you, Gods to who ?’ from his 2023 album ‘New Blue Sun’. André was a… Continue reading Final Thoughts.

Incompletenoise/everythingnothing is a 2 part piece that plays simultaneously together. It was created in a studio session with 2 friends which was initially set up to make music and create a completely different project. It has a lot of unknown aspects; ‘everything is random and nothing makes sense’, as we were just messing with microphones,… Continue reading everything/nothing.

I couldn’t explain to you what you are hearing. It reminds me of unheard screams. Very alien. Very out of this world. Or very of this world. Maybe sirens. Signals. I don’t know. I didn’t try to make this. It made itself. I don’t even know how long it is. I went to the studio,… Continue reading incompletenoise.

In the first year a lot of my projects had heavy emphasis on voice. Thought Artist, was created as a show of my ability to create sound art, with the material being presented in the project doubting said ability. Unheard screams, my first collaboration, had me only using my voice for the screams and the… Continue reading Looking Back.

My essay covered the topic of Rap music and high fashion over the last 14 years. Looking at artists and groups such as ASAP Mob, Westside Gunn and Migos. I tried to link elements of sound arts in it by looking at music videos and analysing aspects of the songs I brought up such as… Continue reading The essay.

For this project, I am planning on researching the correlations between fashion and music, particularly high fashion and rap music in the 2010s (as well as the last few years in the 2020s). This idea comes from my interest in both art forms. Over the years, I’ve wanted to make music and had thoughts of… Continue reading Music and Fashion.