Candle Piece

Candle Piece

The Daxophone Consort
Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2020
Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2016
Solar Sounders
Daxophone
Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2015
Composing the Tinnitus Suites (2014)
Bed Piece
Fishkin and Strong
Dead Lion
Lightbox
Pendulum Music (transcribed for Oscilloscope and Photodiodes)
Dandelion Fiction
Composing the Tinnitus Suites (2012)
Composing the Tinnitus Suites (2008-2011)
NYC Diegetics
Candle Piece
Magnetic Casio
Hex Oscillator

Candle Piece (excerpt)
(2010), 8:02
I was inspired by Nic Collins’ circuit sculpture In Memoriam, but I wanted to capture the entire arc of a fast burning candle. I made my own circuit which is tuned to react to the flame of a 5-minute candle. In darkness, it is silent. When the candle is lit, the circuit plays music which changes as the candle burns.  The first version was built on prototyping board, but I have since made several revisions to the circuit and printed the circuit boards professionally. The last version was all triangle waves!

Candle Piece

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