The SI base units (kilogram, second, metre, Ampere, mole, candela, and Kelvin) underpin measurement in all science and technology. In May 2019, the International System of Units inaugurated the final SI base units' derivation from invariant constants of nature, quietly heralding a new era of reliability in metrology. These modular graphic scores can be approached individually, in any combination or in their totality.  ​

“...a poetic diagram is not simply a drawing. It must find a way to integrate the hesitations and ambiguities which alone can free us from realism, allow us to dream.”

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Gaston Bachelard

Two early 'work in progress' edits of these compositions appeared in A Row of Trees, Volume 3 Issue 1, published by the Sonic Art Research Unit. I’m attempting to demonstrate some of the distortions I experienced when my hearing was temporarily damaged. These difficult compositions replicate events during the non-linear recovery of my ears.​ The same versions are also available here. 

While waiting for the dawn chorus, occasional rain showers interrupt the near silence of an English woodland lake before the dawn chorus erupts. Much of this hour-long recording is barely above the noise floor.