5902339 by Stefveldhuis

Collaborating with the Utrecht University I created an array of compositions using oceanographic data collected by the Argo floats.

In some works the human aspect is very much present. In others you can hear a pure translation from data to music without any intervention by the human composer. I used a broad set of rules to interpret the data by exchanging the musical building blocks between the oceans and himself.

Music by Oceans allows the listener to experience the ocean and its behaviour with different senses. The composer gives the ocean a voice by converting raw, abundant data into sound.

5902339 travels from the southern tip of New Zealand towards Chili.

This piece is played by Sarah Lynn Huizing, Cecilia van Berkum, Teresa Jarve and Gied van Oorschot.
Mixed by Justus Wolbert