Soundscapes, sonifications and compositions by staff & students at UWE and CCRI

• Clevedon Pier
• Industrialisation
• Bird Migration
• Sedimental
• Portishead Beach
• The Breath of the Moon
• Severn Beach
• Suspension Bridge
• Severn Bore
• Tides at Burnham-on-Sea
• Tides and Eels
• The Severn Bores in 2010
• Dock Traffic
• A Day in the Docks
• Wind under Severn Bridge

The Breath of the Moon by Michaela Palmer and Owain Jones, 2010

Sonification of Tidal Data at Avonmouth, 3:09 mins

The Breath of the Moon is a sonification of the tidal patterns at the Avonmouth Docks. The artefact follows these patterns for 12 hrs and 18 mins. During this time the tide goes out, reaches low tide, comes back in, reaches high tide and then recedes again. This tidal movement has been translated into sound and then, to make it more easily perceptible, contracted in time. The composition itself is not a fixed arrangement of pre-recorded sounds, but a software program that arranges its sound samples live. Moreover, some sounds are also generated live. Combining these two processes means that - unlike the recording on this page - the real artefact sounds a little different each time it is played.