Three Rituals - Music Inspired By Michael Heizer's City

by Synthetrix

	/

Streaming + Download

Purchasable with gift card

	1.	Complex One 10:57
	2.	Complex Two 20:03
	3.	45º, 90º, 180º 30:00

about

I first became interested in the work of contemporary artist, Michael Heizer, when a 340 ton rock passed through my neighborhood in 2012. It was on it's way to LACMA where it would be installed as part of a permanent installation known as Levitated Mass.
I eventually learned of his land art works, and ultimately, City, a massive piece of earth art located in the remote desert of Nevada. Heizer began the project in the early 1970s and when it is completed, it will be one of the largest sculptures ever built.
City, is not open to the public yet and so my inspirations for these three pieces came from seeing the photographs that have emerged in recent years of the various complexes and interviews with Heizer in which he explained his inspirations for his work.
I wanted to create “sonic rituals” for each of the three major complexes and drew upon the ideas of ritual cities and temples of ancient civilizations, post apocalyptic themes and modern ruins.
I’m not sure what the artist would think of my interpretations, but I hope to one day visit City when he’s ready to share it with the world.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Heizer

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitated_Mass

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Negative_(artwork)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_(artwork)

credits

released March 20, 2018

Produced and recorded at the Audio Freedom Foundation in Los Angeles, California

license

about

Synthetrix Los Angeles, California

contact / help

Contact Synthetrix

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Synthetrix, you may also like:

The Gate
by Locked Groove

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 21, 2018
go to album
nara is neus - atzur EP
by nara is neus

Catalan physicist, musician, and producer nara is neus delivers a gorgeous, immersive ambient EP that is stunning in its beauty. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 12, 2024
go to album
Hypnosis
by Erase Me

Minimalist electronic music that scores the horror film “Sleeping Beauty,” perfectly designed to deliver chills. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 26, 2023
go to album
The River Widens
by the mole

“Boogie Meets Beatdown” on this epic album from the mole, where ambient interludes lead into sudden and scary dark alleys. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 29, 2023
go to album
On Footsteps
by James Rushworth

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 31, 2021
go to album
Intake
by James Rushworth

Hull-based composer James Rushworth delivers a pair of songs that click and whirr, gentle piano trickling down over mechanical beats. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 11, 2020
go to album
by accident
by Abby Lee Tee

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 5, 2016
go to album