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The melodic line is constructed of micro samples taken from a low-resolution recording of the spoken source text (below). The recording was, first, slowed down considerably. Then, the melodic and non-tonal material was sampled, extracted, edited, reversed, superimposed, and harmonically enhanced, and the whole, finally, looped. A reverse version of the new melodic line was afterwards superimposed as the forward version fades away.

Source Text
May I know and discern the balance between me and the joy of ‘being’ with others. Amen.

Source Reference
Stephen Chilton [diary] May 25, 2010.

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from Seven Prayers for Stephen Chilton: Requiem [album], released November 2, 2021

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John Harvey Ceredigion, UK

I’m a practitioner and historian of sound art and visual art, and Emeritus Professor of Art at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, UK. My research field is the sonic and visual culture of religion. I explore the sonic articulations of the Christian religion by engaging visual, textual, and audible sources, theological and cultural ideas, and systemic and audiovisualogical processes. ... more

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