ICMC BOSTON 2025

Online Listening Room

Curiosity, Play, Innovation - A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Creativity in Music, Science, and Technology

June 8-14, 2025

ICMC BOSTON 2025: Online Listening Room #5

ID#: 186

2 Million Years of Rain (2024) ; 7:46

by Valerio Galadini

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

“2 Million Years of Rain” depicts an aquatic and nocturnal environment through a detailed soundscape. It transitions from a water-themed spa, filled with the sounds of aquariums, air conditioners, and washing machines, to a bathroom setting with running water and soap bubbles. The piece culminates in an underwater journey to a seabed, featuring marine turbines, bioluminescent creatures, and electronic fish.

Valerio Galadini is a composer and sound artist specializing in experimental and electroacoustic music, with an approach that bridges modern technologies and an aesthetic deeply influenced by contemporary media. His work is known for its ability to evoke places and events through sound, creating immersive and visually evocative listening experiences. Drawing inspiration from genres such as musique concrète, glitch, soundscape composition, and ambient music, his compositional process incorporates ambient recordings, found objects, voices, and electronic textures. Galadini’s works are marked by meticulous attention to detail, often achieved through a collage-like layering of sounds that reflect a hyperrealistic interpretation of imagined or real environments.

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ICMC BOSTON 2025 can be accessed IN-PERSON and REMOTE). ICMA Members at the time of registration will receive a 25% discount.

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