While the story develops to the In terms of finding the correct expression with sound and music, I have especially taken reference with a variety of dance pieces. I have emphatically analyzed the piece “Greed” dance by dancers Josh Killacky and Jade Chynoweth, dancing to the music “Weight In Gold” (Ekali remix) by Gallant.
“Weight In Gold” (Ekali Remix) demonstrates masterful sound design through its sophisticated layering and emotional dynamics. The composition opens with ethereal, filtered vocals that create tension before dropping into heavily compressed, layered bass elements. The remix employs intricate sidechaining techniques, creating a pulsing, breathing effect between the vocal cuts and bass drops. Notable features include pitched-up vocal chops with reverb trails, heavy sub-bass with harmonic distortion, and syncopated percussion with varied velocities. The arrangement utilizes a wide stereo field in the atmospheric pads, strategic use of silence and build-ups, granular synthesis on vocal elements, and dynamic filtering throughout transitions. The aggressive multiband compression during drops helps balance the intense electronic elements with the emotional vulnerability of the original vocals, creating a powerful reimagining of the original track.
I find that using the base layer using only root notes of chords for mid and high frequencies as harmonics, and using osc to create the texture with kick as the last stopping point, then it will form an emotion of struggling and that was performed in the dance as well. This inspired me massively, I have then used a wowble base and warehouse kit in my work to express the tension and struggles that depression disorder patients feel.
This was the first version that my partner answered back my sound track. It was very blurry and was not exhibiting how we were expecting. The reason this happened is because of the place limitation since my partner is located in a very small town, she could not find a suitable place and consider that bedroom are the best suitable scene to match with our plan. However, we are both not satisfy with the result, thus, I ask her to find somewhere more empty to try one more time.
And this was the second result, it was still not good enough. Despite the background is much more clear than the last one. But the movement was hard to identify since it is such a small space. I point out that the key of work is answering with dance, if the movement was not clear enough for the audience to see, then we have lost our aim of expressing with sound – dance.
I then sent her the example I found and waited for her response. Fortunately, we reached an accord; both of us found the situation too packed, and by the conclusion, she had moved to an open space. She told me it was her first time recording dance in public, and she was anxious but enjoying the process of creating and expressing, not just for the depression conditions patients, but also for herself.
This was the final version that she send me, it is still not the best but her improvement and couragement is what want to see and receive in this project. And from the first to end, we never forgotten that we are speaking for the depression disorder community. This experience, in my opinion, will enable us to do much better in the future.