Electronic Music Productions
Ambienti Tribali
Conceived and composed by Beppe Mangione
Mirio Cosottini plays trumpet and piano
Ambienti Tribali was realized utilizing midi files of traditional
rhythms from many world regions. I let these midi files play different drum
machines and I created many monophonic tracks. My goals was to create an audio
database that would allow me to easily resample. I later used Pro Tools software
to process and edit to obtain the results heard on these tracks.
In this project, cyclicity and rhythm are particularly revealing as formal elements of tribal music. Inspired by its many forms, I have linked its inherent rituality to the contemporary world--a world in which the “the new tribal individual” lives and creates within an entirely virtual environment. Each rhythmic pattern constitutes a single composite element, sliced and immersed within the environment only to later intersect with others. Extreme exploitation of technology reveals the weakness of “the new tribal individual” which, in this environment, lets itself lash out, upset, excite and inebriate.
In this project, cyclicity and rhythm are particularly revealing as formal elements of tribal music. Inspired by its many forms, I have linked its inherent rituality to the contemporary world--a world in which the “the new tribal individual” lives and creates within an entirely virtual environment. Each rhythmic pattern constitutes a single composite element, sliced and immersed within the environment only to later intersect with others. Extreme exploitation of technology reveals the weakness of “the new tribal individual” which, in this environment, lets itself lash out, upset, excite and inebriate.
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