Molten Liquid takes as its starting point the spectral dissection of the sound produced by a single wine glass. The information gleaned from this step informs all subsequent acts of transformation that take place upon the sound of the glass.
The title refers to the notion that for the solid glass to produce sound it must adopt characteristics such as eddying and periodic contortion that allude to the behaviour of liquids. The analogues that these agitations form in the surrounding air further allude to the fluid nature of acoustically generated sound. The opening of the piece suggests a static spectrum over which masks are placed but as the piece progresses spectral components are stretched, compressed and contorted and are allowed to modulate using simple ratios. By doing so, partials dissolve and disassociate from their source or conversely, coalesce and reform.