In 2013, I developed a prototype audio player for streaming spatial music. Based on WebAudio’s capabilities for binaural audio, the player distributes up to 12 sound sources and allows the listener to move their virtual avatar between them, approximating the experience of a sound installation in an online environment. Two compositions have been adapted to virtual listening spaces so far.
Follow the links below to the respective pages of the works. The spatial effect is perceivable only when listening in headphones. Since the player relies on streaming four stereo audio files at the same time (and in case of Ulenflucht, in lossless flac format), depending on the internet connection, it might need some time to pre-buffer.
Anna Korsun. Ulenflucht (2016 / 2018)
for 20 playing and singing performers.
With Andreas Fischer, Nataliya Hnativ, Sergey Khismatov, Anna Korsun, Alessia Park, Maciej Straburzynski, Gijs van der Heijden, Johanna Zimmer, voices and objects. Recorded 23–25 March 2018 at Deutschlandfunk Chamber Music Hall, Cologne.
Spatialisation commissioned by The German Music Council / Podium Gegenwart.
Sergey Khismatov. The Symphony of Industrial Horns (2013).
Electronic reconstruction of Arseny Avraamov’s famous city-wide performance.
*Internet Archive version only allows to play the first ca. 5 minutes of the work. For full non-spatialised recording, see Khismatov’s personal website.