Review by Fletina on Audio Crackle Blog
Published July 30, 2023
Published July 30, 2023
(Open Colour Imprint, 2023)
Nicholas Maloney is a prolific sound artist currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He holds a MA in Experimental Sound Practice from University College Cork (Ireland) and a BA in Recording Production from the University of Southern Mississippi. Working across a variety of aesthetics, Maloney’s work seeks to engage an expansion of perception through focused interaction and communion with medium. He has released a lot of works - both independently and through various small record labels.
'Three Phases' is an album consisting of three long-form abstract sound compositions. The source material for these compositions came from field recordings that Maloney took on his daily post-lunch walks to the nearby Sevenmile Creek field. Due to its close proximity to a busy road, the beautiful sounds of nature aurally blend with the not-so-beautiful sound of traffic and general noise pollution. In this album, Maloney has transformed and transmuted these recordings (through various generative processes) into surreal/imagined abstract soundscapes in which the listener can fully immerse themselves in, wherever they happen to be.
In these recordings you will hear minimalistic stretched-out plains of rippling sound, blankets of soothing shimmering noise, low-end rumbles, fluttering hums, ambient audio hiss, soft gurgling drones, undulating waves of dream-like tones and textures, and flickering bursts of static...over which (if you listen really closely) you will hear a river flowing, distant traffic sounds, crunching footsteps, gusts of wind, shuffling body movements and various other subtle sonic abstractions.
'Three Phases' is a beautiful album of serene and meditative soundscapes that transports the listener to imaginary dream plains. A mesmerizing and immersive listening experience.
Stream/Buy/Download :
https://nicholasmaloney.bandcamp.com/album/three-phases
Nicholas Maloney is a prolific sound artist currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He holds a MA in Experimental Sound Practice from University College Cork (Ireland) and a BA in Recording Production from the University of Southern Mississippi. Working across a variety of aesthetics, Maloney’s work seeks to engage an expansion of perception through focused interaction and communion with medium. He has released a lot of works - both independently and through various small record labels.
'Three Phases' is an album consisting of three long-form abstract sound compositions. The source material for these compositions came from field recordings that Maloney took on his daily post-lunch walks to the nearby Sevenmile Creek field. Due to its close proximity to a busy road, the beautiful sounds of nature aurally blend with the not-so-beautiful sound of traffic and general noise pollution. In this album, Maloney has transformed and transmuted these recordings (through various generative processes) into surreal/imagined abstract soundscapes in which the listener can fully immerse themselves in, wherever they happen to be.
In these recordings you will hear minimalistic stretched-out plains of rippling sound, blankets of soothing shimmering noise, low-end rumbles, fluttering hums, ambient audio hiss, soft gurgling drones, undulating waves of dream-like tones and textures, and flickering bursts of static...over which (if you listen really closely) you will hear a river flowing, distant traffic sounds, crunching footsteps, gusts of wind, shuffling body movements and various other subtle sonic abstractions.
'Three Phases' is a beautiful album of serene and meditative soundscapes that transports the listener to imaginary dream plains. A mesmerizing and immersive listening experience.
Stream/Buy/Download :
https://nicholasmaloney.bandcamp.com/album/three-phases