Dr Ros Bandt Medusa Dreaming a site specific work composed for the Yerebatan Cistern Istanbul - Photo courtesy of RB

Being Flexible, Fluid Confluences, Multiple Outcomes. The recording process as a modern and ancient acoustic archaeology in Medusa Dreaming 532-2021

An analysis of over a decade of recording processes in the creation, performance and publication of the electroacoustic water symphony, Medusa Dreaming.  Recorded live in the Byzantine underground water palace, the Yerebatan Sarnici in Istanbul, with the Medusa Improvising Ensemble, Medusa Dreaming is both a sonic archaeology of the site and a desperate plea for international water care in the time of global collapse.
From site specific soundings, trapped improvisations, multichannel sub-mixes, live streamed hydrophone recordings during the performance, TRT and ABC radio recordings to CD re-mastering, the questions always exist, what for? who for? and why do we record?  What expectations do we take with us and how flexible are we in adapting? These questions are answered against the story of the one hour long water symphony, Medusa Dreaming, working cross culturally in Turkish through to the final publication of the NEUMA RECORDS release in 2021. New answers and longer-term solutions are found in the service of audition.

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