HINEMOANA BAKER

Home Birth

(i)
A wide band of granular streaming sound
which contains no sudden onset
but emerges and is continuous.
It is dense and continuous
with occasional movement
but appears predominantly
to push.
(ii)
A series of staccato gestures
which begin with a strong attack.
The terminations are sudden.
They initially fill the centre band
of spectral space
and are iterative in texture.
(iii)
An emerging event two thirds of the way through
has a rising motion which gives way to
an explosive attacking sound.
(iv)
Covers the full frame from root
(low thudding event)
to canopy
(floating bell echoes)
with the centre being occupied
by a wide band of white noise.
(v)
Interruptions of bee-like
frog-like
animal sounds.
(vi)
The falling tone is gradual
and dissipates
leaving distant echoes.
(vii)
Suspense and
a sense of anticipation
of the next ‘clanging’ event.
(viii)
A falling gesture
and simultaneous oscillating
create tension
and a leaning-forwards expectation
of a larger event.
(ix)
Distant bells
create a sense of vast space.

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