SONIC SOURCE
ART INSTALLATION
/our story/
/SO-NI-DOS/: MEANING “SOUNDS” IN SPANISH, IS NOT PURELY HEARD; IT IS AN IMMERSIVE, DEEP-ROOTED FEELING. WHETHER IT BE ETHEREAL, BEAT-INFUSED HIP-HOP OR TRANSCENDING FREQUENCIES; SOUND IS A WAY TO ESCAPE, EXPRESS, INSPIRE, & HEAL YOUR MIND, BODY, & SOUL WITH TRANSMITTED VIBRATIONS.
SONIDOS IS A CREATIVE PRODUCTION AGENCY & COLLECTIVE THAT CONNECTS INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE, & CONSCIOUS INDIVIDUALS, ARTISTS, & BRANDS BY CREATING STIMULATING EXPERIENCES & CONTENT. WE THOUGHTFULLY INSPIRE & EXPOSE ONE’S GENUINE INTENTION, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, & CREATIVE LIBERATION.
WE ARE DRIVEN BY A PASSION FOR MUSIC DISCOVERY, GENUINE INTENTION. CONSCIOUS LIVING, & CREATIVE EXPRESSION THAT GOES BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF WHAT IS TYPICALLY EXPERIENCED IN ORDER TO EVOLVE ONE ANOTHER WITH THE SOUL-TOUCHING ABILITY OF SOUND, ART, AND SELF-REALIZATION IN ORDER TO REACH OUR ROOTED, MOST GENUINE SELF.
/CONCEPt/
We are the SOURCE; the living entities rooted within this evolutionary mass known to man. We are beings encompassed by our vibrational strength. Manipulators of our organic destiny, of our creations.
SONIC SOURCE is an illuminating space where we exist within the core to reflect, connect and execute our vibrations into sonic emissions that will pierce our cast, stream through our roots, and transcend beyond our core.
Let the ancient, universal language culminating of wavelengths, evoke a multitude of vibrations that will connect us with our natural origins, genuine self, the soul creators....the SOURCE of all that is.
/DESIGN/
STRUCTURAL: The entire installation will be of and within a pyramid, a symbolism of strength. As one channels within their rooted sense of self, you become aware of your strengths and the power that is in being genuine with yourself and with others. Pyramids can be used for charging, attracting, meditation, and healing.
SONIDOS invites patrons to enter this sacred, conscious space built on a 12ft x 12ft x .66ft wooden base with LED strips illuminating within PVC pipes that outline the sides of the pyramid. The entire structure will be covered with iridescent or clear vinyl with a doorway slit in order to contain the space and protect from weather conditions; vinyl is removable upon desire.
example of iridescent vinyl
INTERACTIVITY: As you approach the center of the SONIC SOURCE installation, patrons will have the opportunity to enter the installation to interact with a quadrant of launchpads found at the core in order to create sonic outputs, while engulfing yourself with headphones emitting such sonic creations, encompassed by your vibrational release in a connected, healing, inspiring experience.
*Interactivity between lighting and sound is an option (budget permitting as the LEDs will have to be upgraded to DMX controlled LED strips).
LIGHTING: As mentioned above, the sides of this strongly represented structure will be outlined with remote controllable LED strips set to white, symbolizing one's heightened self and connection to the source, and will shift throughout the weekend, evoking the natural illumination within us all visually.
Additionally, up/spot lights will be focused on the pyramid from outside of the installation in order to reflect the colors off of the iridescent vinyl cover.
Example of lighting and structure from a previous installation
SOUND: Rooted within the source are earthy waves vibrating through our cast, shared and created by us and ancient civilizations to enjoy, admire, decipher, and transcend. These vibrations are at one's frontier within the SONIC SOURCE in order to promote and inspire oneself to connect and manipulate vibrations into the creations we envision in our present moment.
And as information reins freely, South America has been producing some of the most organic and original music enriched with ancient sounds, merged with the ever evolving sound of our generation, birthing new genres that stimulate the soul and connect us with this rooted mass, to each other, to ourselves, to the source.
With that in mind, SONIDOS proposes a collaboration with ZZK Records, a traditionally progressive collective of artists that transcends borders and one's cast beyond vibrations one ordinarily encounters. Evoked to connect and release, patrons will be driven to act upon their intentions by releasing them through sonic emissions via 4 x Roli launchpad blocks. Each launchpad has been programmed with samples derived from artists from ZZK Records. Musical styles include Afro Electronica, Andean Electronica, Digital Cumbia, Shamanic House, Trip-hop & Minimal Techno.
ROLI - Below is the Roli Lightpad Block M intended to be used.
ZZK RECORDS - Below are the artists that will have their samples programmed onto the Roli blocks.
NICOLA CRUZ
"Nicola Cruz's music invokes the landscapes and rituals of his homeland, Ecuador, a country that is home both to the Andes mountains and the Amazon jungle. His music is an exploration of ancient mythologies and folkloric traditions in a modern setting. "
DAT GARCIA
"In 2013, Dat Garcia channeled her love for Argentine folklore and immersed herself in digital music, opening up a world of tools for expressing her inner sounds, with the help Chancha Via Circuito. There, Dat started to flirt with the idea that styles ranging from chacarera to trip hop, sounds of synths, charango and flutes, could all be mixed together. Her powerful music is composed with lyrics that invite the listener into her world and a groove in which the timeless Latino folklore gene persists."
EVHA
"El Viejo Hombre de los Andes, EVHA (The Old Man of the Andes), is a band formed by four creators who put heart and soul in-to everything they do: combining ritual dance rhythms, faraway plateau choirs and sacred songs with bold contemporary beats.
MITU
"Mitú is the electronic music duo of Julian Salazar and Franklin Tejedor. Salazar builds dynamic and dance-inducing layers of sound on synthesizers and drum machines which Tejedor matches with the alegre drum and occasional vocal improvisations in Palenquero, to create pulsing slabs of shimmering electronica driven by insistent roots rhythms.
EL REMOLON
" El Remolon's strength is in his own evolution as a producer, code-switching minimal techno into the dialect of minimal cumbia. The artist borrows off-center audio from exotic sources, streaming innovation and rebirth through his first full-length, Pibe Cosmo."
EL BUHO & BARRIO LINDO
"El Búho and Barrio Lindo share and enthrallment with enthralled in the emerging digital cumbia and folklore scene in Buenos Aires and other diverse traditions of Latin American music."
MATEO KINGMAN
"Kingman, 24, is a singer-songwriter of Ecuadorian Amazonian music that fuses traditional Latin American sounds with hip-hop, rock, and pop. Respira, his debut album, is an energy overload that sings of biodiversity, sketching natural landscapes of magic and water colors. It is infused with sounds guiding the listener from the jungle and to high mountains, between the tangle of trees and the meandering sound of the wind on the moors."
TREMOR
"Pioneers in mixing Latin American folklore with sound experimentation, the band have been going strong for over a decade, and they’re back with the release of the “Ave Reina Mora” EP: delicate, introspective and psychedelic."
NATURAL EARTH ELEMENTS: In order to connect with our roots, the SONIC SOURCE installation will showcase elements from source of this earth, such as the following crystals & plants:
CLEAR QUARTZ
BLUE KYANITE
AQUAMARINE
LAPIS