Time Annotation Layer
7:50 - 7:55 Rising in pitch until it cuts. Whisper
8:22 - 8:33 Hectic, folded underneath the main Voice. Whisper
8:39 - 8:41 Multiple voices, hectic whispering. Whisper
8:47 - 8:51 Consonants of the Voice's "deux cent cinquante coups"; repeating. Whisper
13:41 - 13:42 Panned left and right. Whisper
13:44 - 13:45 "small stones"; panned left and right. Whisper
13:47 - 13:47 Panned left. Whisper
13:48 - 13:48 "small-", panned right. Whisper
13:49 - 14:04 Panned left and right, alternating. Whisper
14:04 - 15:07 Joined by multiple voices. Whisper
0:02 - 0:51 Deep tone swells and fades repeatedly, slowly rising in volume, while rhythmic distortion is introduced. The first thirty seconds sets the stereo width of the piece, setting a space for the Voice to fill before it enters the piece. Music
0:31 - 5:24 Subtle exchange between tonal swells and the Voice, at times working in parallel but often intersecting. Music
1:52 - 5:18 An alternate but similar tone is overlaid onto the first, at times punctuating the Voice. Music
8:47 - 11:11 Syncopated bass melody introduced, underlaid beneath all sounds. Plays in waves, rests between riffs, building up the main tone and echoing the vocal fragments. Music
11:14 - 11:21 Saxophone tone, discordantly harmonized, swells and cuts. Music
11:27 - 11:35 Last hit swells into sustained tone. Music
11:40 - 12:36 Sax hits develop into chaotic melody beneath Voice, echoing fragments. Music
12:36 - 17:04 Sax fluttering, tonal resonance panned back and forth, left and right alternating, re-establishing the width of the sonic field. Music
14:33 - 17:31 Deep tone underlaid, building a slow melody beneath the Voice and the fluttering; expanding the sound. Music
17:04 - 17:31 Sax fluttering begins to slow. Music
17:31 - 20:05 Sax fluttering develops into sustained tones, harmonized. Swelling and retreating like waves, re-establishing depth as the Voice returns. Music
4:20 - 4:53 Rising tone, harsh, distorted, swells then fades. FX
5:48 - 5:56 Deep tone, loud and blaring, like a foghorn. Cuts off the Voice. FX
6:04 - 6:07 Deep tone at a higher pitch, loud and blaring, like a foghorn. Ends on vocal emphasis. FX
6:14 - 6:18 Deep tone at a higher pitch, loud and blaring, like a foghorn. Ends on vocal emphasis. FX
6:18 - 11:14 Various pitches of the foghorn blast continue, slowly building into a rhythm underlaying the Voice. FX
6:38 - 6:47 Foghorn tone on words "sharp", "swift", "and", stretching on after "vessels". FX
8:58 - 11:14 Distorted saxophone screech introduced, regularly punctuating the sound. FX
11:14 - 11:21 Saxophone screech and wail fading. FX
11:21 - 11:23 High-pitched resonance. FX
11:22 - 11:27 Bass/sax hits, punctuating the Voice. FX
11:35 - 11:40 Bass/sax hits, at shorter intervals. FX
13:13 - 13:29 High-pitched, brass wailing. FX
15:41 - 16:07 Rapid, uneven ticking fades in. FX
0:17 - 1:51 Speaking. Neutral tone, calm, slow and clear. Intentionality likened to a storyteller, with pauses/vocal emphasis set to a "beat" derived from the musical swell surrounding the Voice. Voice
1:54 - 4:56 Speaking: Voice panned left, continuation of the initial tone. Voice
1:55 - 4:56 Second Voice, panned right, speaking, continuation of the initial tone at a lower level, slowly rising in volume as it negotiates the sonic space alongside the first Voice. Voice
4:56 - 5:18 Speaking: Voice panned centre, returned to initial position. Voice
5:22 - 6:14 High-cut, Low-cut EQ filter applied; the Voice sounds as though it's coming from a telephone. The tone takes on more authority, more urgency, than before. The vocal emphasis is more charged in the absence of an ambient soundscape, and further charged as the blaring FX is introduced. Voice
6:18 - 6:33 Filter removed, Voice speaking clearly, emphasizing syllables, negotiating the space between the tonal blares, at times overlapping. Voice
6:33 - 6:34 Barely audible breath. Voice
6:38 - 6:43 Speaking, continuation of tone, emphasis on words: "sharp", "swift", "and", "vessels", timed with blaring. Voice
6:47 - 8:14 Speaking, continuation of tone. Voice
8:40 - 8:44 Emphasis: "deux cent cinquante coups". Voice
9:08 Vocal skip. Voice
9:20 - 9:24 Speaking. The tone is urgent and forceful, matching the blaring ambience. Voice
9:27 - 9:30 Emphasis: "EV-EH-RE MOHR-NING"... Voice
9:30 - 9:34 Speaking, continuation of tone. Voice
9:39 - 9:42 Emphasis: "EV-EH-RE MOHR-NING"... Voice
9:42 - 9:45 Speaking, continuation of tone. Voice
9:49 - 9:51 Emphasis: "EV-EH-RE"... Voice
9:51 - 9:57 Speaking, continuation of tone. Voice
10:02 - 10:05 Emphasis: "EV-EH-RE" morning". Voice
10:06 - 10:16 Speaking, continuation of tone. Voice
10:20 - 10:22 Emphasis: "Every morning"... Voice
10:23 - 10:24 Speaking, continuation of tone. Voice
10:27 - 10:34 Emphasis: "Every m-orning"... Voice
10:40 - 10:45 Emphasis: "Every m-orning"... Voice
10:52 - 10:56 Speaking: High-cut, Low-cut EQ filter applied; words begin to break. Voice
10:60 - 11:13 Speaking: Filter continues. Voice
11:19 - 11:21 Speaking: "Fff" sound builds into first sound. Voice
11:22 - 12:30 Speaking: Emphasizing words and syllables; a staccato of each line's syllables before the line is laid out in its entirety. Voice
13:37 - 13:38 Speaking: "Shhh" builds into first word, "shadow". Voice
13:38 - 13:55 Speaking: Rapid, the tone remains urgent, pauses in between lines, allowing the whispers to bleed in. Voice
14:38 - 14:44 Speaking, words begin to fragment, split, caught up again after brief silences overtaken by whispers. Voice
14:46 - 14:46 Speaking, emphasis on: "small". Voice
14:47 - 14:48 Speaking, emphasis on: "stones". Voice
14:49 - 14:53 Speaking, rapid. Words begin to tumble like an avalanche over the fluttering sax, cascading. Voice
14:55 - 14:55 Speaking, emphasis on: "small". Voice
14:56 - 14:57 Speaking, emphasis on: "stones". Voice
14:57 - 14:58 Speaking, emphasis on: "flourishing". Voice
14:59 - 14:60 Speaking, rapid, and fragmented. Emphasis on: "in a future against". Voice
15:01 - 15:02 Speaking, emphasis on: "Babylon" Voice
15:03 - 15:41 Speaking, rapid, no pausing, cascading. The only punctuation is the occasional gasp for breath between lines. Voice
15:41 - 15:47 Rest. Voice
15:47 - 16:05 Speaking: rapid. Voice
16:11 - 16:25 Speaking, begins to slow. Voice
16:30 - 16:42 Speaking, slows further, pulls away briefly, barely audible under music. Voice
16:42 - 16:56 Speaking, slowing, tone softens. Voice
16:60 - 17:31 Speaking: slowing. Voice
17:54 - 20:01 Speaking, calm, the storytelling tone re-assumed, rising into the center as the "lead" Voice. Voice

"Small Stones" - Audio at SpokenWeb.

IIIF manifest: https://hipstas.github.io/small-stones-sonic-layers/-small-stones-audio/manifest.json