Spectres explores the combination of overtones or partial frequencies (within a sound) which become more powerful than the principal or fundamental frequency of that note when several notes sharing a common overtone sound. At the point at which the overtones overpower the principal notes there are small explosions of energy.
credits
from Emergence,
released June 11, 2012
Composed & produced by Jim Perkins
Performed by Olga Stezhko
Artwork: Graphic Score by Jim Perkins
Recording session engineered by Stephen Harrington
Mastered by Ben Wiffen
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