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Chrysalis

Chrysalis from Unity CD by Sonic Twist® Judi Silvano and Bruce Arnold

Below you will find audio and video from the Sonic Twist® release entitled “Chrysalis” The video for this composition was created by Michal Shapiro.

“Chrysalis” by Sonic Twist®

Sonic Twist’s® instrumental video “Chrysalis” is a weird combination of science fiction and nature documentary imagery. It opens with Bruce Arnold using his guitar processing to chitter and tweet, evoking the instinctive struggles of something small to break out of its egg- or its shell. His guitar then adds mysterious, tremolo chords enforcing the sense of suspense and wonder. Sonic Twist’s ® videographer Michal Shapiro. brought the “Chrysalis” to life through a hand dance with visuals that can be interpreted as insectile, sub-marine or microscopic; case in point, the confounding survivalist nonpareil, the Tardigrade.

Video for “Chrysalis,” from Sonic Twist’s® CD “Unity.”

Audio Only Track for “Chrysalis” by Sonic Twist®

Below is the audio only version of “Chrysalis” from the Sonic Twist® CD “Unity.”

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Dryads

Below you will find audio and video from the Sonic Twist® release entitled “Dryads” The video for this composition was created by Michal Shapiro.

“Dryads” by Sonic Twist®

The spirits that inhabit trees awaken in the Sonic Twist® video “Dryads.” Opening with Bruce Arnold’s guitar shimmering like wind in the forest, the video finds dancer Hilary Brown (the Dryad) in her leafy home and emerging from its trunk. Vocalist Judi Silvano sounds the echoing calls of other Dryads to awaken. At first almost transparent, the Dryad becomes more corporeal as the video progresses, and the spirits rise into the treetops, where the sun in the high branches becomes hallucinatory and the Dryads celebrate. In a change of pace, guitarist Bruce Arnold and Singer Judi Silvano conjure a sudden gust of wind; dancer Hilary Brown is tossed about, but then, drawing strength from the leaves, the Dryad subdues the activity and sinks back into her tree form. “Dryads” is a haunting video with an animist heart.

Video for “Dryads,” from Sonic Twist’s® CD “Unity.”

Audio Only Track for “Dryads” by Sonic Twist®

Below is the audio only version of “Dryads” from the Sonic Twist® CD “Unity.”

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That’s What That Is

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Below you will find audio and video from the Sonic Twist® release entitled “That’s What That Is.” The video for this composition was created by Michal Shapiro.

Video for “That’s What That Is” the 2nd Track from Sonic Twist’s® CD “Unity.”

Sonic Twist’s® edgy video “That’s What That Is” highlights singer Judi Silvano’s rare ability to improvise music and words simultaneously. Guitarist Bruce Arnold initially follows her opening phrase, and then adds his own processed sounds, through the track’s many moods. For this video Sonic Twist® called in dancer Maria Mitchell to interpret the music, and she responded with her own spatial improvisations including a recurring motif of Time as she conjured up a sun dial marking the minutes and hours, underscoring the words Moment…Now…Before.

The vocal becomes more intense is it goes from ruminations on Time to its relationship to identity. Videographer Michal Shapiro and Judi Silvano worked together on coordinating Maria Mitchell’s movements by literally slowing down the time in parts of the dance, and overlapping images where the vocal is highly processed. This is what makes “That’s What That Is” such a weirdly exhilarating experience.

Audio Only Track for “That’s What That Is” by Sonic Twist®

Below is the audio only version of “That’s What That Is” from the Sonic Twist® CD “Unity.”

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