Constructed Sound Space

So... our group picked the area in and around the spooky old fashioned elevator on the second floor--
In the beginning, i mentioned how i used my second loop (from the first part of the project) as a base for an experiment in volume, so i kinda ran with that this time.
i added noise from a phonograph that i found using the links provided on the class website and took parts from my two first loops. I decided to omit words except for the lyrical content of the slowed-down base song (cover of "if").
While working on this part of the project, the track started to remind me of sound interference, and how as our technology improves, we find better ways of extracting pure, clear audio. I wanted to exaggerate the scratches and imperfections of older sound technologies and along with differences in volume, distort my chosen base track enough so that it would become slightly unpleasant and confusing. I tried to imagine how the new creation would come out of spaces such as the inside of that elevator, and travel down the hall, taking into account that the audience would probably be listening to different sections of the track the whole time due to the volume and balance (L/R) changes.
If one listens closely for the entirety of the track (4 minutes that actually seem a LOT longer because of the slow pace) one can catch subtle changes in the base song, and also the much more noticeable additions in background noise that keep the track dynamic throughout.

**note: this is not a statement about promoting new technologies and how they make everything better- actually, i rather like the scratchy imperfections of a record player and the characteristic distortion effect that comes with using a 1970s amp.