Aura Trans by Andreas Lutz
Aura Trans explores the invisible and inexplicable effects of audible language by using resynthesized versions of original voice samples as a phonetic inspiration.
Continuing Lutz’s research for the work series Abstract Language Model (2022 — 2024) which dealt with the semiotic (visible) side of a trans-human / trans-machine language, Aura Trans is the first work of a new series that extends this concept into the sonic scope.
Voice samples of all spoken human languages were first collected from publicly available sources and selected samples transformed into their spectrographic counterparts in order to decouple them from their wave-based origin. After visually manipulating the time bases and spectrum ranges, this edited material was then resynthesized, creating an algorithmically rebuilt version of the original: a new machine-created original or trans-version.
The phonetic expressions of these trans-versions served as an inspiration for the sonic arrangement of the album. The result is a collection of evocative, carefully realized pieces, where the volatile essence of human speech is interpreted with floating and intricate, at times even cinematic, soundscapes.
Tracklist
| 1. | transu | 4:18 |
| 2. | trans6互 | 1:05 |
| 3. | trans万 | 3:27 |
| 4. | trans𑑓 | 0:29 |
| 5. | trans𑑒 | 4:32 |
| 6. | transᅯ | 0:18 |
| 7. | transᅲ | 5:01 |
| 8. | transč | 0:24 |
| 9. | trans9 [dɛˈvɛt] | 2:38 |
| 10. | transž | 0:16 |
| 11. | trans= | 5:16 |
| 12. | trans9 [səmˈbilan] | 4:16 |
| 13. | transю | 1:19 |
| 14. | transл | 4:45 |
| 15. | trans3 | 0:47 |
| 16. | trans2 | 4:51 |
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Andreas Lutz’s work explores the human machine relation through universal communication systems.