Schlafzeug is an underwater sound composition exploring the theme of REVERSE through the dynamics of dreams. The composition is inspired by the concept of ‘Reverse Learning’, a neurobiological theory of dreams, according to which the brain, during its REM phase of sleep, supposedly sifts through information gathered throughout the day and throws out all unwanted material in order to sustain efficient organization of memory. In Schlafzeug, synthetic sound layers are orchestrated in constant movement towards nowhere, phasing in and out of harmony, attempting to poetically resemble the disarrayed yet often very clear and mysterious narrative structure of dreams.
Drawing upon a notional link between dreaming and the experience of being underwater, a great part of the work was sonically designed to be performed underwater, exploiting the omnidirectional way sound is perceived in water, which could be compared to the omnidirectional occurrence of events often experienced in dreams.
listen to a 3min. excerpt (stereo version):
