'Study for Kick Drum' (2025).
4th order Ambisonic diffusion. Originally presented at the Immersive Audio Network Festival in Bath Spa University 2026.
Study for Kick Drum layers a single, simple kick-drum rhythm ten times, each iteration running at a different BPM across a fixed duration of 360. Through gradual phase drift and temporal misalignment, the work reveals emergent rhythmic patterns that unfold over time.
The piece is rooted in the foundational ideas of early minimalism—particularly Steve Reich’s It’s Gonna Rain—but extends these principles beyond linear time into a spatial register. Rather than focusing solely on phasing as a temporal phenomenon, the work treats rhythm as something that can be distributed, accumulated, and perceived spatially.
As the opening work in a larger body of research, Study for Kick Drum functions as a foundational experiment in multi-temporal composition, setting up a broader investigation into how differing temporalities can coexist, interfere, and expand across space.