oram
oram is my one minute audio contribution to the dark outside/bibliotapes call out to create two charity cassettes and download entitled ‘Diary of a Madman’ in aid of Red Cross Ukraine.
Recorded as claro correcto, oram uses one of Daphne Oram’s snake like mathematical drawings as the basis to create back drop drones. Her surname, Oram, coincidentally means serpent; a secondary meaning of which, is a sly or treacherous person, especially one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray. oram is a response to what is happening in Ukraine at the hands of a serpent. Using field recordings, it incorporates simple sounds that we take for granted. Everyday sounds that have been stolen from the people of Ukraine - bird song, the sound of machinery, a vehicle peeping its horn, the melody of a piano, chatting and laughter.