Francisco López | untitled#258 [2010]

by Tom LaForgia

This is another piece from Francisco López who I just found has been making Sound Art for thirty years! This is one of most recent works which I pulled off his sound cloud, heres a link: 

All of his work is based off of profound listening, the idea of hearing pure sound without knowing the source. Lopez also also works as an ecologist (you can totally hear the influence in this one). In his time spent working in the rainforest he noticed a connection between the rainforest soundscape and this idea of profound sound. Because of this a lot of his Sound Art is based off the aesthetic of bio-acoustic principles. I think the idea of applying the nature of sound to musical composition needs to be explored much more. I have recently begun to write my music with the golden ratio in mind. This is the ratio that governs principles of harmony as well as the nature of growth. It is also the basis for Phi. If composers could build their compositions, the same way atoms build molecules, now that would be something to listen too. At around 1.26 in the composition it sound like he hit a switch and all of a sudden i went from being in the rainforest to on a spaceship. The contrast is really amazing and it makes me realize how specifics sounds give us certain feels.