MOTUnation.com

.... if you're interested....

Using a 45 year old recording, an old Akai quarter-track, some nifty restoration with iZotope RX - some sampling, manipulation and processing with favourites MachFive and Evolution - all wrapped up in DP.

Put that together with haunting images from New College Chapel, Oxford, and it feels like a kind of exorcism.

'The Boy Who Said Yes'

http://ostinatomusic.com/TheBoyVisual.html

Oh, and that's my voice, taken from a performance of 'Der Jasager' by Kurt Weill.

That statue terrified me.

Cheers!!

Stephen

ps - it helps to up the video resolution

I like it. What part is the old recording, the voice or piano?

It's both the piano and the voice - I had to reinforce the piano a little bit.

'The Boy' is responding to questions from 'The Teacher' (not heard here)

long story short - Boy travels with Teacher across the mountains to fetch medicine for sick Mother - falls ill on journey, and tradition dictates that the one who falls ill should decide whether the travellers should turn back, or if he should be thrown into the abyss so that the group can continue.

By answering 'Yes' the Boy sacrifices himself to save his Mother.

Pretty heavy stuff for a thirteen year old!!

Cheers!

Stephen

.... it's not just my voice - you can spot me in the video!

beautiful*
...a creepy, my skin feels all tingly and not in a good way sort of beautiful.

*sorry beautiful reference is to overall imagery and sound, not yer ugly mug!
(was that you right near the end, standing, looking up and to the left?)

haha!! Yes that's me, now and then!!

Thanks

Stephen

Excellent Stephen all around. Very nice piece of music / art.