Making Art Out Of Tragedy – Micah Frank’s ‘Sonifications’ Of The Great Japanese Earthquake

Micah Frank is an electronic musician and sound designer, based out of New York, whose recent work is generating a lot of controversy because it involves the sonification of earthquakes. Above, Frank’s Sonification of the great Japan earthquake. Frank’s Tectonic is integrated system between Max/MSP, Google Earth and Ableton Live processes a stream of real-time data that is… Read More Making Art Out Of Tragedy – Micah Frank’s ‘Sonifications’ Of The Great Japanese Earthquake

Tectonic – A Free Album Of Music Generated By Earthquakes

http://vimeo.com/9861812 Sound artist Micah Frank has released Tectonic – a free album of music generated by earthquakes. The video, above, documents the Tectonic sound sculpture, which creates sound in real time, triggered by earthquakes as they occur across the globe. A integrated system between Max/MSP, Google Earth and Ableton Live processes a stream of real-time… Read More Tectonic – A Free Album Of Music Generated By Earthquakes