Sounds / Music / OST

Sound plays a significant role in the psycho-ecology of my works.
Whether it be libretto-like lyrical song, extended vocal techniques, or sonic signals that trigger events in game-like rituals, sound acts as an invisible director of consciousness.
The lyrical and the abstract come together, the fixed and the live, the haunted nature of recording and the intensity of uncanny vocalizations as I shape how I am perceived through the affect of voice, the doubling of live and copied worlds, and the fragmentation that occurs as recordings intercede.
I arrange sounds, write songs, and strike sculptures in performance.
Lyrics act as threads to past selves or current paradigms, recordings invoke contexts, a hypertext of gathered sources.

Each Constellation Was a Bell that Rang in the Night
Patrick Michael Ballard
Distance Charm
Patrick Michael Ballard
A New Song
Patrick Michael Ballard
WALDO's ROOM
Patrick Ballard
Watching Sand Shadows in the Ouroboros Hourglass
Patrick Michael Ballard
Abyss
Patrick Michael Ballard
Brain to Black Stone
Patrick Michael Ballard
Transition 35: Painted Figure
Patrick Ballard
Transition 52: Thought Sequence
Patrick Ballard
Bogopop
BAD DAZE
Transition 15: Working Title
Patrick Ballard
Transition 27: Bunglegong Dance
Patrick Michael Ballard
Transition 6: Thoughtloop
BAD DAZE
Sill Song
Patrick Michael Ballard
Into Silver, Swam, and Back Again
Patrick Michael Ballard
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