Experimental Bill Boethius
Darkness

This experiment in dark textures was inspired by one of my favourite of Byron's pieces, his blank verse poem called ‘Darkness’ [1816, which has therefore just turned 200!]

downloads.bbc.co.uk/arts/roman...on_darkness.mp3

For the sounds, I used a variety of guitars, basses, and a drum machine. It was in the mixing and mastering that the main shadings and transformations were done, to create a kind of aural monochrome.