Laura Misch turns acoustic tones into ambient electronics: "These sounds are billions of years old"

London-born composer, producer and saxophonist Laura Misch (‪@lauramisch1327‬) has spent close to a decade distilling jazz, electronics and ambient into a singular vision of contemporary experimental music. On Misch's latest project, Lithic, she descends even deeper, journeying into caves, quarries and coastal edges to sculpt a record shaped by stone, water and wind. We visited Misch in her London studio to discover some of the unique instruments and techniques behind the album's sounds, and how she's translating it for the live stage. See more:    • “You can get so lost in sound design that ...   Laura Misch – Lithic is out now via ‪@OneLittleIndependentRecords‬ https://www.lauramisch.co.uk/ In this video: 00:00 Origins of Lithic: Air, water, and stone 01:30 Turning Sax into drones, bass & synths in Ableton 15:02 MIDI Lithophone: Fossils, shells and ancient sounds 17:33 Creating a cave-inspired water drip & ‘shell phones’ #musicproducer #musicproduction #musictech #musictechnology #ableton #synth #synthesizer #recording #ambientmusic #electronicmusic #inthestudio