Sonic works
Music
Balmond’s musical output extends his exploration of structure, pattern, and geometry into sound — compositions that share the same mathematical underpinnings as his spatial work.
Podcasts
Design Principles
2008 · 9 tracks · 54:10
Off Ordinary
2011 · 6 tracks · 41:22
Informal Space
2018 · 5 tracks · 32:56
On music & structure
“Sound moves through time the way structure moves through space. Both are expressions of the same hidden order — pattern, recursion, the interplay of tension and resolution.”
Balmond’s musical explorations are not a departure from his spatial practice — they are the same investigation carried into a different medium. Recursion, the sigma code, and informal geometry find expression in composition as readily as they do in architecture.