SPATIAL PROCESSING IN EXPERIMENTAL COMPOSITION. VANITY PRODUCTIONS – DEVILS ON THE BACK (POSH ISOLATION)

CHRISTIAN STADSGAARD (VANITY PRODUCTIONS) HAS BEEN PRODUCING CONTEMPORY AMBIENT MUSIC FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS OUT OF DENMARK COPENHAGEN. OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH ANALOGUE PROCESSING AND GRAND SOUNDSCAPES, HIS MUSIC SEEMS TO TRAVEL, EVOLVE AND BUILD IN A VERY ORGANIC WAY. OFTEN USING CLASSICAL ELEMENTS SUCH A STRINGS AND ORGAN MUSIC AND RUNNING THEM THROUGH HUGE REVERB AND GRANULAR PROCESSES TO EXPAND SOUNDS THAT PAN SPACE IN AN OMNIPOTENT STYLE. THE DELAYED AND REVERB EFFECTS USED ON SIMPLISTIC ELEMENTS CREATE COMPLEX LAYERS AND HARMONIES ENRICHING THE MUSIC. THERE’S A FEELING OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN EACH LAYER OF SOUND IN CHRISTIANS MUSIC MAKING IT ACOUSTICALLY APPROPRIATE FOR LARGE SPACES LIKE CHURCHES AND OTHER INTERESTING PLACES OF ARCHITECTURE ENABLING THE SPATIAL PROCESS TO EXPAND EVEN FURTHER.