January 19, 2012

recording a tree

Via BoingBoing:

This music — which sounds like a moody piano soundtrack for a existentialist movie about a rainy day — is made by slicing a tree in cross-section, sticking it on a turntable, and dropping a tone-arm with a PlayStation Eye Camera in the head, and processing its output through Ableton Live. It’s called Years, and it was created by Bartholomäus Traubeck.

Absolutely beautiful.

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  1. Deron Bauman on January 19th, 2012 at 5:17 pm

    Dang.

  2. Rick Neece on January 19th, 2012 at 5:19 pm

    I’ll say!

  3. Sheila Ryan on January 19th, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    That’s brilliant. Thanks, Garrett.

  4. Kelsey Parker on January 20th, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Finished listening and went right back for more. Thanks, Garrett.

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