On Sunday 17 April 2016 I visited my friend Jamila in Leeuwarden (The Netherlands), Jamila is a musician, writer, poet, performer and has been a sounding board for much of my project. We met up to talk through the voice aspect, how I might record and output the voice live whilst also pitch changing it to achieve my desired effect. Jamila talked me through how I might be able to do this in a more analogue and raw way using either guitar pedals (loop and vocoder) or a piece of software called Ableton. The software is an interesting option as it provides the digital aspect that would fit into the rest of my project, being the digital tool that performs the translation of the human voice, and could allow for the possibility of people interacting with the settings in a live environment.

Jamila also showed me musicians who use the software in live performances, layering sounds and manipulating them in a live setting to create something that feels very in the moment and spontaneous.