s a n d s

A composition for 14 speakers, vibrating platform and a room. Enjoy here the stereo mix. Advise listening on full range speakers.

s a n d s   is music for the body, built around the fundamental frequency at which the sand dunes of Khongoryn Els, Gobi desert, resonate. Recorded by Matthews on a research trip enabled by MCASA and the Goethe Institute 2023, she then made this 98 track composition for 14 speakers, a vibrating platform and the Kunsthalle gallery, Wilhelmshaven, for the exhibition, ‘Oh clouds, oh storms, oh winds’.  8.12.23-18.02.24 .

Composed and arranged in her Berlin studio with the ELKA electric accordion organ and Arturia Microbrute analogue synth,  Matthews then mixed the work for the platform, ten speakers installed in a cube above and below it, and 4 bass transducers attached underneath. An extraordinary week’s residency, December ’23. Wilhelmshaven under snow.

s a n d s  was commissioned by director-curator Petra Stegmann, the Kunsthalle, with Michael Stockhausen on technical and production direction. Such team work. Many thanks for support on every level.