raiNdrOps mISaligEnd is a live performance that deconstructs a field recording from the semi-tropical environment of the Hong Kong archipelago, specifically the dense sound of forests on Lamma Island including a noisy mix of insects, bird calls, and rain. The deconstruction reconstructs its content using sine wave oscillators. The resulting remediations are spatially dispersed while the original recording is heard in stereo as it was first captured.

Through sound conventionally associated with the domain of nature, the composition engages with the synthetic listening practice of a computer and thematizes resynthesis, which depends on the synchronization between time and spectral domain information. After overcoming all technical barriers, resynthesized sounds transcode as the exact copy of the original recording. Machine listening can be described as interference with human listening because it obscures the process of remediation.

raiNdrOps mISaligEnd, 2025, digital audio & resynthesis with projection; composition for eight-channel system; 12 minutes.