One-second Thunderstorm
Sampled and manipulated audio
Infinite loop of 00:01 of audio
2006

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A recording of a thunderstrom, taken from a store-bought CD, was compressed from just under one hour in duration to one second. This piece is part of a series made in honor of the leap-second that occured between 2005 and 2006.

For more information on the leap-second, read this Wikipedia entry.

This piece was also used as part of Create Digital Music's Leap Sounds: 1-Second Music for the Leap Second.