When sets of forces, such as temperature variants, idealogies, or gene pools come in contact, there is always a time of disruption and reorganization. If the differences are too great, the choices can swing from maximum entropy to none; from the heat of nuclear explosions all the way to the cold black of city council action. Disparate idealogies may yield coalition governments or genocide. Crossing species' borders may produce inviable offspring or hitherto unseen beautiful blends of skin, hair, fur, and eyes. Context, the mediums of expression and the measure of difference feed each other in seamless loops of state dependant mirrors, each recoloring according to the image fed it by its predecessors, and each modulated by any and all values of the new parameters.

These sources are 200F+ differences, via hot Alabama summer and dry ice, being funnelled through brass, copper and steel. Shapes were circular dishes, drawn pipe and welded cage.

Processing was light, with preference given to variable speed resampling and a little combing from Michael Norris' Soundmagic.

This is a 3 minute piece made in the studios of Sheffield University during a short residency arranged by Rick Nance and Dr. A.J. Moore. Thanks to the Music Department at Sheffield for their support and encouragement.

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