Bruce Russell - Circuits of Omission 12"

The Sonatas were made as a process-driven work inspired by two pieces of equipment, which were both hand-made by Clinton Williams (Omit); a Dirtbox Modulator and a Wave Generator. Either or both were used in all these studies. In addition, various other outboard effects were used in various configurations. The Sonatas are numbered in the order of composition. All sounds were improvised, and acoustically recorded in the artist’s studio on an Android Nokia phone. Mono digital audio files were subsequently linear edited and volume-adjusted using Audacity. In this context a 'linear edit' is one where sections of a recording are removed but the overall temporal sequence of the piece is unchanged. Like carving, it is a simple reductive process of elision. Other than volume modulation, no other digital post-production was done during the process of composition.
Performed, engineered and recorded by Bruce Russell, March 2021, Lyttelton.