Thirteen minutes and thirty-one seconds of….

Patience. A while ago I’d spent some time in Lincolnshire recording winds for an animation that I was working on. A night of experiments in stretching, smearing and synthesizing these recordings resulted in this piece that has spent most if its life simply titled as ‘Ambience’. I seem to have a variety of explanations for what I think of it but I like to look at it as very simple tonal piece, but with fairly complex harmonics. I think it reflects the landscape where it came from but suffices just as well as a short piece for mediation. Best heard on headphones with eyes closed, but even more addictive if you’re listening to it in a crowd, like on the tube, with eyes open. It manages to slow life down a bit – perhaps thats why I decided to call it Patience.

Equipment: HHb Portadat, Sennheiser MKH418S, NI Kontakt, Nuendo

© Ayush Ahuja