{"id":43,"date":"2010-07-26T23:25:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T06:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-02-07T00:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:15:10","slug":"compositions-1995-present","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"Compositions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For available releases of this music please go to <\/strong> Bandcamp here<\/a>
All works are electroacoustic (and stereo) unless otherwise indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resilience<\/strong> (2025, 10:41)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Raw House (hot, hot, hot) <\/strong>(2024, 10:02)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Duality One<\/strong> (2024, 2:34)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
About Time<\/strong> (2024, 2:56)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Variations on a Clocktower Chime<\/strong> (2024, 3:23)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Raw House (hot and clean) <\/strong>(2024, 3:47)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flags, Riggings, and Floors<\/a><\/strong> (2024, 4:25)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Improvisition no. 3 for guitar and marbles <\/a><\/strong>(2022, 5:25)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Improvisition no. 2 for for Lafayette Park in SF <\/a><\/strong>(2021, 5:30)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Improvisition no. 1 for jars and lids <\/a><\/strong>(2021, 6:17)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Epenthesis (2019, 12:25), with percussionist <\/strong><\/a>Ron Pelletier<\/a><\/strong><\/td>electroacoustic with percussion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Reset (tabula rasa) (2018, 9:50)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>electroacoustic tale<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Spanish Panoramas (guided improvisations with SoundFisher) (2015, 8:45)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>postcard\/abstract travelog<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Walkways of the Hopeful and the Hopeless (2014-15, 7:50)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>electroacoustic<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Emancipation (2013, 7:30)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>electroacoustic<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Post from Rajasthan (2005, revised 2011)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>audio postcard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Couplings (2012, 6:35)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>audio postcard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
TimePiece (Berlin, September, 2010)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>sound installation at Ohrenhoch der Ger\u00e4uschladen<\/a>, for 8 playback devices with remote controls<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Combustible
<\/strong>(2008-2009, 7:05)<\/a><\/td>		electroacoustic composition<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Squelch
<\/strong>(2005-06, 9:05)<\/a><\/td>		electroacoustic composition mixing raw and processed field recordings; waveshaping is the
primary processing technique in this piece.<\/td>		 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Cycle <\/strong>(2004, 7:20)<\/a><\/td>electroacoustic composition mixing orchestral instrument samples, synthesized and processed sounds<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Trio<\/strong> (2004)<\/a><\/td>music for choreography by Deborah Slater Dance Theater<\/a>, co-composed with Erling
Wold<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Note from Patzcuaro
<\/strong>(2003, 4:15)<\/a><\/td>		audio postcard based on computer-processed field recordings of Patzcuaro,
Mexico<\/td>		 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
nomen plaid <\/strong>(2003, 7:35)<\/a><\/td>electroacoustic composition<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Things Frankie Heard
<\/strong>(2002, 12:00)<\/a><\/td>		based on computer-generated sound and processed field recordings
of Desolation Wilderness, California<\/td>		 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Maroc <\/strong>(1998, 19:10)<\/a><\/td>audio postcard based on computer-processed field recordings of Fez,
Tanjer, Marrakesh, and Chefchaouen, Morocco<\/td>		 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In or Out <\/strong>(1997)<\/td>based on computer-generated sound and live-processed sound of
Radish Festival, Oaxaca, Mexico and Christmas festival, San Miguel de Allenda,
Mexico<\/td>		 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Musk<\/strong> (1997)<\/td>based on computer-generated sound and live-processed sound of souk
in Marrakesh, Morocco<\/td>		 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
To My Son Parker, Asleep in
the Next Room <\/strong>(1996, 9:35)<\/a><\/td>		setting of poem of same title by the late Bob Kaufman, computer-generated
sound and processed voice<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Japanese Postcard <\/strong>(1995, 14:20)<\/a><\/td>audio postcard based on computer-processed field recordings of Tokyo,
Hamamatsu, and Kyoto<\/td>		 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Three Studies for Pedal Steel
<\/strong>(1995, 9:05)<\/a><\/td>		based on heavily computer-processed recordings of pedal steel guitar<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Survival
of the Fit Enough: The Galapagos Project — by Deborah Slater Dance Theater<\/strong>(2003)<\/a><\/td>		soundtrack for evening-length dance theater piece, chronicling the
author’s shipwreck and survival in The Galapagos Islands. (electroacoustic
music and audio processing by T. Blum; instrumental music by Erling
Wold<\/a>)<\/td>		\n\n\n\n\n\n
– mp3 excerpts –<\/caption>\n
Ship Wrecked<\/a> (1:00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Attacked by Waves<\/a> (2:00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Life Raft<\/a> (6:00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Miraculous Rescue<\/a> (3:30)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>Ship Wrecked<\/a> (1:00)<\/td>Attacked by Waves<\/a> (2:00)<\/td>The Life Raft<\/a> (6:00)<\/td>A Miraculous Rescue<\/a> (3:30)<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Ship Wrecked<\/a> (1:00)<\/td><\/tr>
Attacked by Waves<\/a> (2:00)<\/td><\/tr>
The Life Raft<\/a> (6:00)<\/td><\/tr>
A Miraculous Rescue<\/a> (3:30)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For available releases of this music please go to Bandcamp here All works are electroacoustic (and stereo) unless otherwise indicated. Resilience (2025, 10:41) Raw House (hot, hot, hot) (2024, 10:02) Duality One (2024, 2:34) About Time (2024, 2:56) Variations on … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":912,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomblum.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}