for Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, 3D-printed siren, and electronics
This piece was made possible by a grant from the Fromm Music Foundation

In my search for the crude and coarse, Bright Void offers a pitched route. Veering from my more typical dabling with noise, bell-tone harmonies are instead filtered through chest vocalizations, microtones, and saw wave electronics. And(!) meandering through this semi-traditional harmonic language is the wailing siren, carving out an eerie melodic artery. Moving through time as anything does, the voices, electronics, and sirens exchange musical roles through blunt structural shifts. Composing this purely by ear, Bright Void inevitably leans heavily upon an accumulated listening while simultaneously subverting its very own foundation.