Sam Davidson: Clarinet, Whistles, Akai EWI 4000s, Electronics
Yujin Honda: Drums, Timpani
Will Howie: Electronics, Spatial Sound Design, Bass
Featured UBC Alum: Sam Davidson (BMus ’06) and Will Howie (UBC BMus’04)
Release: 2026
Description:
Unrealistic Spaces is a collection of new compositions for clarinet, whistles, electronic wind instrument (EWI), drums, and live electronics, written, performed, recorded, and mixed specifically for 12-channel 3D audio reproduction (7.1.4, or Dolby Atmos). It was recorded at McGill University, with multi-grammy award winning engineer Richard King. It is also a research project supported by McGill University and UBC, investigating new ways of composing and capturing music for 3D audio environments.
To purchase/stream the album, and for program notes, see: https://redshiftrecords.org/catalogue/2026-releases/tk584/
ADM BWF Atmos Masters and discrete 7.1.4 master files can be downloaded here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19542627