La Crocq Pier 5am
1 sound
Location
In front of the red leading light for St Sampson’s harbour and marina. After the diggers on the beach at 4am for Mont Crevelt we couldn’t believe a building alarm was going off at 5am for the duration of this recording. At the time I genuinely thought the found sound concept to this body of work was going to fail here. I’ll leave it to the listener to decide if the end result works.
Music
I was inspired by the power station looming over the whole area to abandon instruments completely. The music for this piece was entirely constructed by manipulating a single 50Hz electrical hum. The gentlest and most minimal music of the project is juxtaposed against the alarm’s constant and urgent call. The relentless echoing around the buildings surrounding the Bridge disturbed the otherwise peaceful harbour sounds.
