Sounds of Tomorrow
Drawing from the Tomorrow Archive's Department of Audio, I created original music crafted entirely from the Rebellion for Autonomous Future's banks of found material.The collected sound effects are evidence of various historical trends in mainstream film's depiction of the future, and represent the democratic interest the RAF has in appropriation.
Stream a mix below of the finished tracks produced for this project!
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Download the raw sound files from the Tomorrow Archive to make your own tunes!
Meant as both critique and fetishizaiton, the performance allowed visitors the pleasure of exploring this archive through tactile button-pressing. This allowed an intuitive means of appropriating the sound effects towards new creative processes, while questioning the nuances of a form of artwork usually regulated to the background of experience. Noticing that most of the futuristic sounds in film originate from technology, how does the work of sound designers and engineers affect the everyday experience of the audience?
In addition to performing a DJ-set of songs created from these sound banks, visitors were encouraged to explore the sounds and sketch out their own beats and melodies - the results of which can be seen in the following video:
The more developed tracks created during this project are available in a high quality digital release as the inaugural release on Autonomous Records. Please show your support for the RAF and its artists by clicking below!
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