January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now

Ambient · 2003 · 15 tracks

January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now

Fifteen studies in synthetic carillon and algorithmic decay. A cold, metallic, and deeply mathematical exploration of time and resonance.

May 22, 2003

A cold, mathematical stillness that evokes the vastness of geological time.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks

01

Fixed Ratio Harmonic Bells

23:22

02

Changes Where Bell Number = Repeat Number

3:30

03

2 Harmonic Studies

6:05

04

Deep Glass Bells (With Harmonic Clouds)

3:17

05

Dark Cracked Bells With Bass

1:59

06

German‐Style Ringing

3:19

07

Emphasizing Enharmonic Partials

3:01

08

Changes for January 07003, Soft Bells, Hillis Algorithm

10:40

09

Lithuanian Bell Study

1:26

10

Large Bell Change Improvisation

1:23

11

Reverse Harmonics Bells

2:45

12

Bell Improvisation 2

1:40

13

Virtual Dream Bells, Thick Glass

3:59

14

Tsar Kolokol III (And Friends)

3:59

15

1st–14th January 07003, Hard Bells, Hillis Algorithm

5:09

Moments Worth Listening For

The twenty-three minute opening track where the repetition of bell strikes begins to dissolve the listener's sense of passing time.

The sudden, jarring weight of the low frequencies in track 5, grounding the ethereal metallic shimmering with a physical pressure.

The way the 'Hillis Algorithm' tracks create patterns that feel organic yet mathematically impossible for a human to perform.

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