For this Listening report I have decided
to analyze the song Ione (1989) written and performed by Pauline
Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & Panaiotis, the members of the Deep Listening
Band. They have captured the fantastic acoustics of the Fort Worden Cistern, a
cavernous underground water tank which possesses an amazing 45 second
reverberation time producing pure, smooth reverberation which overlaps the
original sound. The recording employs composer Pauline Oliveros' accordion and
voice; Dempster's trombone and composer/designer Panaiotis' voice, whistling,
pipes and metal pieces.
This piece is characterized by low and
long sounds and it reminds me of something I have inside me that literally
keeps me alive like the vibration of my heart. When I usually listen to music,
I let my mind go with the flow and images and situations, that I would have
never expected, come into my mind with an unpredictable strength: in this case
these sounds, sometimes a little bit repetitive, seem filtered to me, like
they’re played outside while I find myself underwater, at the same time they
convey solemnity, discovery, revelation just as when the arrival of the king is
announced. For this reason, all these associations have led me thinking about
Atlantis, a wonderful and imponent empire located underwater, which perfect
suits to this song.
Besides I find it really stimulating, in
fact I would listen to it in order to focus and reflect or just to stimulate my
creative process.
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