Speaker Rotations explores resonance and spatial movement in sound composition

‘Speaker Rotations’ is the latest sound collection by Nickolas Mohanna, composer and multimedia artist active in New York. The release features a combination of guitar, trombone, and piano, shaped through improvisational methods. The compositions originated from live experimentation, incorporating extended techniques and feedback resonance. The resulting sound structures form repeating loops with delay effects, contrasting against digital textures, field recordings, and spatial arrangements.

Title: Speaker Rotations
Artist: Nickolas Mohanna
Release Date: 2025-03-07
Genres: Avant-garde, Experimental Music
Label: AKP Recordings
Description: Nickolas Mohanna’s Speaker Rotations combines guitar, trombone, and piano with live experimentation, recorded in New York and mastered by Joe Talia.

Mohanna describes the project as deliberately avoiding conventional genre classifications. He states that the compositions were developed within an expressionist framework, emphasizing dissonance and transience in the sound structures. The recording explores gradual sonic transitions, with elements emerging and dissolving in sequence.

The album was written, recorded, and mixed by Nickolas Mohanna at Building For Water in New York in 2024. ‘Speaker Rotations’ will be released on March 7, 2024, through Run/Off.

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