sonic phantoms, by Barbara Ellison

sonic phantoms

by Barbara Ellison

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	1.	Natural Phantoms#10 14:42
	2.	Natural Phantoms#09 08:53
	3.	Vocal phantoms tts#01 01:41
	4.	Vocal Phantoms tts#11 05:37
	5.	Vocal Phantoms tts#12 06:32
	6.	Drawing phantoms#06 14:30
	7.	Drawing Phantoms#04 23:25
	8.	Harp Phantoms#03 05:12
	9.	Harp Phantoms#05 01:40
	10.	Harp Phantoms#08 08:27
	11.	Harp Phantoms#07 11:46
	12.	Harp Phantoms#09 39:08
	13.	Harp Phantoms#13 06:52
	14.	Harp Phantoms tts#13 06:00

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‘Inherent in all music –and perhaps in all sound- sonic phantoms lurk and stalk with the promise of mystery and elevation. We just need to conjure them’
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I have coined the term ‘sonic phantom’ to describe the audio-psychological phenomenon of an illusionof hearing that conveys what I call a ‘phantasmatic’ presence; something apparently heard that specifically gives rise to the generation of patterns that have the character of presences with apparent semantic or meaningful features. Mine is a kaleidoscopic and explorative approach of sonic phantoms in composition –a form of creative apophenia- spanning a wide and diverse spectrum from the realms of Phantasma Instrumentalis (musical instruments), Phantasma Materialis (non-instrumental objects), Phantasma Humana (voice) and Phantasma Mundana (nature) [these terms being my adaptation of the centuries-old universalising musical categories created by Boethius in the 5th century]. These realms cover an interwoven constellation of research and compositions, which play in diverse ways with auditory ambiguity, exploiting the potential for the creation of unusual and compositionally interesting emergent features. This release introduces a selection of pieces from each realm, which highlight a particular use, method, process, or implementation of phantom induction in my music. I play with sonic materials that are either naturally ambiguous or have been ‘composed’ to attain this quality, in order to exploit the delicious
potential for auditory apophenia to manifest resulting in a phantasmatic emergent phenomenon.

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released November 6, 2018

All tracks composed by Barbara Ellison between 2010 -2014

The 'Harp Phantoms' tracks are from studio processed materials, originally performed by Angélica Vázquez on ‘prepared’ Harp.
Natural Phantoms#09; composed at ‘Sonic Mmabolela’ residency 2013.
Natural Phantoms#10 ; Source materials from rainforest recordings Borneo, Cambodia and Australia

Mastered by Francisco López
CD-artwork by Barbara Ellison

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Barbara Ellison Newport, Ireland

Barbara Ellison is an Irish audio/visual artist. Her work explores ghostly presence and substance in a plethora of sonic and visual realms. She has performed and exhibited worldwide.She plays with sonic intricacies of objects, manipulation strategies in musical instruments, creates voice avatars with transhuman vocal capabilities and field expeditions from the Arctic to the Amazonian rainforest. ... more

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