ONE SOUND

One Sound is a music in which a single complex sound, or many instances of a single sound, form both the content and the structure of the piece - a music in which one sound is all there is to listen to.

I try to present sounds that have never been heard, sounds that are intrinsically interesting. For me, that means sounds in which there is a great deal of detail but relatively little surface change.

The analogy I think of is that these sounds are abstractions of phenomena like flowing water or wind in the trees which are static but ever-changing. I've always been interested in natural processes such as waves, flames, and clouds, in harmonics and harmony, and in creative interactions with machines.

I use these as compositional methods to present sounds that are as beautiful as I can make them.
— Richard Lainhart