Cosmophonic Fantasia 

Mvt.I Audio Field

Mvt.II Bamboo Mustard

Mvt.III Fractal Reprise

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Created and composed by Adam Paroussos

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Cosmophonic Fantasia is predominately a musique concrète film in three movements: I Audio Field, II Bamboo Mustard and III Fractal Reprise. Each movement can be viewed separately, consecutively together as a trilogy, or only movements 1-2 combined. This piece explores the metaphysical and expressive nature of sound and inspired by Sonata form. ‘Audio Field’ uses a collection of montaged film and sound samples and ‘remixes’ them together to turn the everyday experiences of sound into a dream-like sonic experience.

The exploratory nature of the film draws connections between sound and sound ‘sources’ whilst also distorting or subverting these relationships. Mvt 2,‘Bamboo Mustard’ uses collected fragments of live performances to piece together the journey of this character - Bamboo Mustard. As a physical embodiment of an instrument, an entity of spontaneous music making, Bamboo Mustard uses self-made instruments as a means to communicate with the wider soundscapes of reality and the imagined. The final movement Fractal Reprise concludes the film and explores the underlying structures within the natural world and sound.