Examples of noise have been used for years within the avant guard sonic community. From John Cage’s ‘Oceans of Sound’ to Florian Hecker’s ‘Event Stream Objective’ reverberation has formed its genre of sonic auditory sound. Our ability to perceive sound is significantly influenced by noise music and reverberation. Noise music can provoke strong emotions and change our mood due to its rough and chaotic noises. Some listeners may feel uneasy or uncomfortable as a result, while others may find it freeing and energising.
On the other hand, reverb is the continuation of sound in space after the sound source has ended, which can improve the quality of music and speech by giving the sound more depth and richness. Additionally, it might provide the impression that the listener is immersed in the sound and space.
I believe Noise music can become meditative and create an extreme amount of emotional auditory space for people to reflect. For this reason, I chose to work with reverberation within sound for some screen work I have recently been working on. I felt this emotional room within the sonic would allow a place for the viewer to connect stronger towards what is happening on screen.
Overall, reverberations meditative characteristics worked extremely well with my sound for screen and I will continue to use this in future work.