About the work

The chopping of vegetables, a vagaar (Gujerati way of frying spices in oil, in a specific small pot), light switches, my bike chain, and the tones created by glasses and plates when excited were just some of the recorded sounds of my hyperlocal environment.

Granular processing techniques were then used to morph, create and highlight textures and extract tones not normally heard or expected by the average ear. Pieced together with recordings of my household environment which include; a conversation between my self, my mum and Nanaji (grandad), a Zoom based Hindu grief ritual (after the loss of a family friend during Covid19), increased, abundant bird song from my garden and finally sprinkled with some mashed up macro sound bites propagated by the government, create a sonic recipe for my lockdown.

Headphones are recommended for the full listening experience.

About the artist

Coming from a dual heritage Indian-English background, Somatic (Somin Griffin-Dave) specialises in the sonic world as a sound artist, producer, DJ, sound engineer and tour manager. His versatile practice includes creating electronic music that treads the line between club and home listening, audio for dance performance and audio-visual creation. His current passion is exploring surround sound composition for an immersive club and listening experience.

Somatic is the copyright holder to all images and sound in this online exhibition. No reproduction of any of these images may be made without the permission of the copyright holder.