PARTICIPATION
Persistent Interval: Delay Outlives the Source
Two synchronized live electronic systems operate as a shared clock, producing a slow, dub-inflected field of rhythm and delay that drifts between alignment and collapse. Sound is treated as residue it’s tones persist beyond the PA source and set into motion within a former military site, where rhythmic structure and tempo echo logics of acceleration, control, and measured time.
40 Hz bass oscillators and siren-like signals fall between tropical dub, alert system, and pulse monitor, they bleed into surrounding architecture. Concrete, metal, and ocean air impose their own delays, while adjacent dilapidated structures act as resonant bodies, returning the signal as echo, corrosion, and after-ring. The result is a distributed system: a ringing field where synchronization, decay, and environment continuously renegotiate the signal.
Developed collaboratively by Essvus and J3M5, the work merges electroacoustic composition, noise, and IDM with circuit-bent electronics and modular synthesis. Essvus brings a practice grounded in synthesis, field recording, and live processing across digital and physical systems, while J3M5 approaches rhythm as an emergent property of unstable, hardware-driven architectures. Together, their systems interlock to produce an immersive, site-responsive sound environment.
Artist Location: Los Angeles, CA
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For more on Essvus please go to his artist release: https://www.newamrecords.org/artists/essvus
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