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Tidal Bore of the Maccan River

by Gordon Monahan

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Water sounds recorded in the Bay of Fundy are fed into a two-tape recorder system — the first machine records a tape that travels approximately 5 meters to another tape recorder that plays it back into the first, where it is re-recorded. Over time, the sound builds in layers and is manually filtered by gain control as well as a graphic equalizer that is adjusted according to an interpretive score that is derived from a map of the Maccan River, which branches off of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. A tidal bore is a small tidal wave approximately one to two feet high that occurs twice each day as the tide reverses direction in a tidal river. The tidal bore on the Maccan River travels upstream approximately 10 kilometers. This piece represents a sonic interpretation of the tidal bore phenomenon.

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released August 14, 1981
Recorded at the Music Gallery in Toronto on August 14, 1981. Graphic Equalizer control: Chris Devonshire. Recording engineered by Gordon Monahan and Chris Devonshire. Water recorded by Gordon Monahan using a Uher 1200 portable reel-to-reel borrowed from Virgil Hammock, Sackville, New Brunswick, July 1981.

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Gordon Monahan Meaford, Ontario

Gordon Monahan's works for piano, loudspeakers, video, kinetic sculpture, and sound environments span various genres from avant-garde concert music to media installation & sound art. As a composer and sound artist, he juxtaposes the quantitative and qualitative aspects of natural acoustical phenomena with elements of media technology, environment, architecture, popular culture, & live performance. ... more

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