I first started creating this piece by working on synthesis that I felt would fit thematically. I wanted the sounds to be eerily playful and colourful as well as harsh and noisy. The main synth I used on this piece was GlitchMachines’ hybrid synth – Polygon. I used samples of my voice and foley I found appropriate. I heavily manipulated these samples using fast and overlapping LFOs, these LFOs controlled the envelope, filters and grain parameters of each sample. I wanted to create a bass sound that resembled a horn more than a traditional bass, I feel this adds to the apocalyptic themes of the track.
I composed a slow, lamenting sounding melody to accompany sections of the track, I wanted to create a ‘dragging’ sounding melody to compliment the themes. I layered strange foley from film and games to create the more percussive sounds.
I really felt like this piece was able to convey the themes I had originally anticipated. I had a lot of fun working on it and composing it.