Siren is a work which exists in three versions and this ambient version is the third of these. The original work is a multi-sectional, large-scale computer music composition of over 25 minutes. A second work was created from the materials of this complex project for multiple compact disc players in an environmental installation context. Finally, this recording was created from the installation work, and presents the sound environment as one long continuous piece. Siren is similar in style to other long-form ambient compositions created during 1998-99 – Music for a Summer Evening and Sapphire. This music is made entirely from the singing of vocalist Mary-Jo Bischoff.

   Packaging: Pro CDR in Jewel Case
   Release Date: 1999, 2007
   Running Time: 57:54

Siren is the most evocative long-form ambient work ever realized based on the female voice. The entire hour-long work is created from the sultry singing of jazz vocalist Mary-Jo Bischoff. Through the use of composed models and their development using computer music techniques, unique textures and sounds were developed. These materials, used for the avant-garde computer music work Siren (from the CD The Vivid Air) were recast, according to probabilistic methods into a subtle, airy, ambient soundscape.

Ethereal and majestic, delicate and evocative, strange and unusual, this is a perfect ambient music, superbly nuanced yet able to blend perfectly into any sonic landscape. A third version for ambient installation has also been created.

Beautifully recorded, mixed and spatialized in enveloping dynamic stereo. Totally enveloping "thinking music."