Mono No Aware is my new record and Virtual Reality Music App.
Mono no Aware is an electronic music record that I described as: “a deep dive into void and confusion, an attempt to understand the complexity of love and hate, a way to crystallize moments in time and accept that what thrives must decay”.
Starting from this concept and from the need to explore new directions for music I developed a VR music app, a sonic and visual experience giving the user the possibility of losing himself in an infinite void only populated by crystallized sonic artifacts. Exploring space through the sounds from the record, users could either find a way out or get lost in the void.
My Focus as an Artist has always been on electronic music and its intersection with new technologies and visual arts. My work explores the relationship between sonic and visual perception aiming at expanding the boundaries of musical experience beyond conventional formats. In My debut record, Sadly by Your side (2013), I explored the connection between physical and digital format, now I’m attempting to give a glimpse of a possible future for music listening where records are a totally immersive experiences and the path through a soundscape is a listener decision.
The record, produced in London during the last 6 months of 2015, is a deep electronic exploration of a nightly and blurry futuristic soundscape inspired by the city itself. Sonically, it mixes down and upbeat rhythmic stabs with wide, melodic, raptures creating a diversified patch of sonic emotions and feelings.
THE APP
The app, from concept to development, is by myself in collaboration with the Art Director Stefano Ottaviano.
Starting from the cover art abstractions, by Cecilia Cairo, they created an environment that mirrors the sensations originating the music, combining them into an explorable virtual space. This combined with 3D sound activates a multi-sensory experience where music is the driving force for the exploration of the app’s surreal world.
The viewer, at his choice, is lead to 4 different gates that can allow escape from the confusion of the initial void and through a safe, guided experience of the individual songs. The first tracks available through the app are Moonskin and Redline, with more to come in future updates.
The App has been developed in Unity 3D and scripted in C# and part of the assets have been created in Cinema4D, Audio has been produced and edited in Ableton Live and Reaper for the Ambisonic tracks using Ambisonic Toolkit.
The Project has been partially funded by an Indiegogo Campaign in June 2016.
The Record is available in all main digital stores and streaming platforms and on vinyl through Loyal To Your Dreams Bandcamp and Website.
The App will be available in free download on Google Play and AppStore.
RECORD CREDITS
©2016 Edisonnoside under licence to Loyal To Your Dreams.
All Track written and produced by Edisonnoside.
All rights reserved.
Mixed and Mastered By Matilde Davoli.
Artwork Design by Cecilia Cairo.
APP CREDITS
Concept, Art Direction and Development by Davide Cairo & Stefano Ottaviano.
Sound Design & 3D Audio Implementation by Davide Cairo.
Art Development by Sylwia Bernatowicz & Guglielmo Miccolupi.
