"My Hard Drive is Experiencing some Strange Noises"

Gregory Chatonsky recorded this sensative and subtle sound piece by placing a sensor near a defective hard disk and recording vibrations.

It seems technology is often taken for granted. "Obsolete" computers and cell phones are easily dismissed as archaic and unworthy of the times. This is unfortunate becuase they are still amazing and complex as objects. This piece appears able to tap into an unsuspected function of this device and utilize all the years of work and research put into its development for an entirely different purpose, therefore negating its classification as obsolete. Re-assigning it a new function.

The sound itself seems so complex and intriguing, there are layers of textures and overtones which change and exchange at what sounds to be just the right moments, even though it is completely random.

This piece brings to mind the idea of all the sounds that are too soft for us to hear, or not in the frequency range of human hearing.

This piece may also be classified as the amplified sound of a computer thinking.

Discovered via VVORK