dalgadag
an electroacoustic composition by Ge-Suk Yeo
for automat sounds, step sounds and woodgong
Duration: 5:02 min
'dalgadag' leads us in a world of constant sounds and noises. An environment of sounds like we are used to in our contemporary cities constantly flooding our ears. Like listening through a loupe in 'dalgagadag' it's the steps, kicks, scuttles we will slowly focus on. The listener gets part of the scenery - he will feel like being in the middle of this trippling, scuttling, scurry, panceing crowd.
'dalgadag'* is an onomatopoetic Korean word and can be translated with clacking or rattling. In Korean language it has a very pleasant, mild and mobile weight. An onomatopoetic word like 'dalgdag' can get varied in many ways by the Korean language. The accentuation depends on things and situations to describe. Motion and sound can get pronounced in different ways, i. e. doelgoedoek, ttalgadag, deolkdeog, dalguedeog...
This variations makes it possible to add more meaning, imagination, movements and feelings into the the situation. This variable handling of the word is the musical idea behind the music of 'dalgadag' by Ge-Suk Yeo.
*dalgadag
German: mit Krach, klappernd, rasselnd, klippernd
English: clacking, rattling
Technical Data
Title: 'dalgadag'
electroacoustic music
for automat sounds, step sounds and woodgong
Composer: Ge-Suk Yeo (Korea/Germany)
Length: 5:02 min
Used sounds:
- subway, train station (doors in a subway/train, ticket automat)
- steps (horse patterns on a street, people on stairways)
- Korean wood gong
The sounds are worked with sampler, partly looped in different cycles. In combination they use different akzents and rythms around the main tempo. In total there are 99 different samplings combined: 5 cycles from the train station, 1 wood gong cycle, 2 cycles of horse patterns and 1 cycle of people steps.
sound technique
Boss Sampler sp303
NI Reaktor 5
Steinberg Cubase LE
Steinberg WaveLab 6
UAD-1