The five pieces of this cycle all had working titles (“wt”) that represented the sounds recorded, either in nature or in the studio. The underscore is, for me, a means of joining words (snake_case), indicating hierarchy and giving stress to the word itself. I will rarely write a filename with spaces so I’m very used to underscores, hyphens and camelCase. A single leading underscore also resonates with computer coding which interests me enormously (though I am still learning), especially when it delivers interesting sounds! Hence the titles of five of these pieces are “wt_primarySoundSource.”

wt_ceramics, wt_birds and wt_metals began with very productive recording sessions. Thanks to Mario Cáceres for his assistance in recording a large ceramic plant pot, a bird whistler, and metal sheets.

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