Yair Elazar Glotman - Speculative Memories

Awe-inspiring atmospheres — transformed through spatial technology.

Create instant suspense, tension and atmosphere with these cutting-edge cinematic textures — from the heart and mind of Berlin-based composer and experimental sound artist Yair Elazar Glotman.

From beautifully haunting, evolving drones with visceral undertones to ambient swells and earth-shattering atmospheres, this all-in-one toolkit of multi-layered electroacoustic textures have been created from a selection of extended techniques performed on double bass, vocals, guitar, as well as modular synths sounds, custom tape loops and more — developed into visceral abstract environments through sophisticated granular processing and layering techniques. Travel to new sonic dimensions with the plugin's radically transformative processed signals — from tape FX to our cavernous spatial signal, created at the legendary MONOM Studio at Funkhaus, Berlin – while our in-built controls and effects offer even further opportunity for sonic exploration.

MONOM 4D Sound System

Housed within the legendary Funkhaus, Berlin, this new state of the art spatial sound studio and performance space, MONOM, offers a 4D Sound System — 48 omnidirectional speakers suspended throughout the venue, extending to nine powerful subs submerged beneath an acoustically transparent floor. The perfect location to create our epic spatial signal, this treatment transforms how the sounds behave in space, adding dimension and depth to create dynamic shifting sonic landscapes that subvert the laws of perception. This signal has been mapped across the modwheel so users can fade and blend between the different emotional layers.

Dystopian soundscapes

Speculative Memories is inspired by the rich sound design and experimental double bass playing in Glotman's most recent homonymous album, combining his classical training as a double bassist alongside his studies in electroacoustic composition to create textural and spatial works. Subverting traditional methods of sound curation, Glotman called on specific creative voices to collaborate with;

It was important for me to work with people I'm close to and create collaboratively, leading to very interesting instrumentation and orchestration. Bringing in a range of creative voices meant I had to lose control... it was a very freeing process.

This unique collection of instruments captures an evolving post-classical community, focusing more on experimental sources and playing with space. From unique double bass techniques, vocal and guitar performances to modular synth sounds from the Buchla 200e, custom textural tape loops and sophisticated processing techniques — these expansive industrial, dystopian soundscapes are designed to inspire contemporary cinematic scoring, ambient music, and anyone looking to create deeply atmospheric textures.

Features

• Presented in Spitfire Audio's award-winning dedicated plugin.
• Features experimental techniques created from the double bass, vocals and guitar, processed to create unique sounds, as well as modular synth textures (from the Buchla 200e), plus granular and tape machine processing.
• Designed for contemporary cinematic scoring, ambient music, anyone looking to create interesting textures and atmospheres.
• The radically transformative spatial signal allows you to fade every texture into a new dimension.
• ~10GB.
• NKS compatible.

Speculative Memories

Following several film scores and album releases, Glotman now returns with his most personal and unique album yet — Speculative Memories. The inspiration behind the sample library and the record comes from the notion that memories are a dynamic, ever-evolving piece of material, shaped by time and perspective. Glotman explains, "Memories are elastic forms that change over time and with perspective. The memory's essence shifts when you revisit them, with endless opportunities for interpretation."

Rather than looking back at a memory by a series of events, Glotman began to immerse himself in the abstract feelings attached to these moments, triggered by elements such as taste, smell and sound, influenced by time, perspective, relationships and lived experiences. From this idea, Glotman began to create entire worlds, moods and mindsets for each individual track, made from one small moment in time.

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