Piece Background
I have recently been looking into the soundscape of the world around us and reading theories into how the world itself is a musical piece.
This thought process led me to the idea of creating pieces in a genre i've dubbed "offset realism"
Piece Composition
This piece was created using only samples of real world noises and all are unedited (aside from a little EQ in places). The idea behind offset realism is to use only unedited real world sounds to create a soundscape that is for the most part quite normal, but contains an element that should not be there. This element can be used to add tension, confusion, uneasiness or serenity. In this piece i chose uneasiness.
I used mainly samples of a war zone with gunshots, tanks, air raid sirens, explosions etc. But I offset this with the sounds of children playing with toys. The theme is that the children playing with toys represents leaders of nations treating war as a game and seem to fail to understand exactly how horrifying the whole thing is.
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