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Awe-inspiring atmospheres — transformed through spatial technology
Create instant suspense, tension and atmosphere with these cutting-edge cinematic textures — from the heart and mind of Berlin-based composer and experimental sound artist Yair Elazar Glotman.
From beautifully haunting, evolving drones with visceral undertones to ambient swells and earth-shattering atmospheres, this all-in-one toolkit of multi-layered electroacoustic textures have been created from a selection of extended techniques performed on double bass, vocals, guitar, as well as modular synths sounds, custom tape loops and more — developed into visceral abstract environments through sophisticated granular processing and layering techniques. Travel to new sonic dimensions with the plugin’s radically transformative processed signals — from tape FX to our cavernous spatial signal, created at the legendary MONOM Studio at Funkhaus, Berlin – while our in-built controls and effects offer even further opportunity for sonic exploration.
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Spitfire Audio App required
Listen to Yair Elazar Glotman — Speculative Memories
Aphantasia - Mark Summerell
Early Morning - Leo Wyatt
Relived - Oliver Patrice Weder
Late Night - Leo Wyatt
Trailer Music - Yair Elazar Glotman
Kena's Tomb - CAIROXVI.
Working with tape and expansive reamping processes extends and enriches the original recordings — presenting each sound or 'memory' in a new way, to create limitless sonic possibilities.
Yair Elazar Glotman (False Positive, Last and First Men)
MONOM 4D Sound System
Housed within the legendary Funkhaus, Berlin, this new state of the art spatial sound studio and performance space, MONOM, offers a 4D Sound System — 48 omnidirectional speakers suspended throughout the venue, extending to nine powerful subs submerged beneath an acoustically transparent floor. The perfect location to create our epic spatial signal, this treatment transforms how the sounds behave in space, adding dimension and depth to create dynamic shifting sonic landscapes that subvert the laws of perception. This signal has been mapped across the modwheel so users can fade and blend between the different emotional layers.
Dystopian soundscapes
Speculative Memories is inspired by the rich sound design and experimental double bass playing in Glotman’s most recent homonymous album, combining his classical training as a double bassist alongside his studies in electroacoustic composition to create textural and spatial works. Subverting traditional methods of sound curation, Glotman called on specific creative voices to collaborate with;
"It was important for me to work with people I’m close to and create collaboratively, leading to very interesting instrumentation and orchestration. Bringing in a range of creative voices meant I had to lose control… it was a very freeing process."
This unique collection of instruments captures an evolving post-classical community, focusing more on experimental sources and playing with space. From unique double bass techniques, vocal and guitar performances to modular synth sounds from the Buchla 200e, custom textural tape loops and sophisticated processing techniques — these expansive industrial, dystopian soundscapes are designed to inspire contemporary cinematic scoring, ambient music, and anyone looking to create deeply atmospheric textures.
Features
- Presented in Spitfire Audio's award-winning dedicated plugin
- Features experimental techniques created from the double bass, vocals and guitar, processed to create unique sounds, as well as modular synth textures (from the Buchla 200e), plus granular and tape machine processing
- Designed for contemporary cinematic scoring, ambient music, anyone looking to create interesting textures and atmospheres
- The radically transformative spatial signal allows you to fade every texture into a new dimension
- ~10GB
- NKS compatible
Speculative Memories
Following several film scores and album releases, Glotman now returns with his most personal and unique album yet — Speculative Memories. The inspiration behind the sample library and the record comes from the notion that memories are a dynamic, ever-evolving piece of material, shaped by time and perspective. Glotman explains, “Memories are elastic forms that change over time and with perspective. The memory’s essence shifts when you revisit them, with endless opportunities for interpretation.”
Rather than looking back at a memory by a series of events, Glotman began to immerse himself in the abstract feelings attached to these moments, triggered by elements such as taste, smell and sound, influenced by time, perspective, relationships and lived experiences. From this idea, Glotman began to create entire worlds, moods and mindsets for each individual track, made from one small moment in time.
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Yair Elazar Glotman
Yair Elazar Glotman (pronounced “Ya-eer El-azar Glotman”) is a Berlin-based composer and experimental sound artist. Having trained in classical double bass and electroacoustic composition, he uses these traditions in combination with improvisation, with particular focus on analogue processes, to create unique textural and spatial works.
In recent years, Glotman has been known for his notable pieces in film and media composition, working as co-composer with influential late composer Jóhann Jóhannsonn on acclaimed titles such as Mandy (2018) and Last and First Men (2019), as well as performing double bass on Joker (2019), Raised by Wolves (2019) and False Positive (2021). He has also collaborated with composers Hildur Guðnadóttir, Ben Frost, Chris Clark, Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury, Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka.
In addition to film and TV, he has composed for dance performances and Opera, most notably designing the Soundtrack for the Royal Opera House in London’s production “Mamzer” (2018) by Na'ama Zisser.
Beyond his work in film and media, Glotman is a celebrated recording artist in his own right, venturing into dark corners of ambient drone and post-classical with acclaimed albums such as his 2020 album Emanate via Fat Cat’s imprint 13070, 2017 album Negative Chambers with close collaborator Mats Erlandsson via Miasmah Recordings, and his solo album Études released in 2015, receiving high acclaim from Pitchfork, BBC 6 Music, The Quietus, Uncut and more.
What's Included
Vocals - Sara Fors (9)
Unique processed vocal textures
- Close Mouth
- Formant Shift
- Granular Clouds
- Morse Clouds
- Slow Bends
- Slow Pulses
- Waves
- Whisper Tone
- Textural
Guitar - Mats Erlandsson (2)
Bow drones and plucked octave swarms
- Bow Drones
- Octave Swarms
Modular Synthesiser (11)
Processed sounds created from the Buchla 200
- Acceleration
- Dynamics Voltage
- Resonance Bite
- Voltage Drops
- Eraserhead
- Distant and Broken
- Rolling Texture
- Mayhem Pad
- Warm Swell
- Distorted Waves
- Full Osc
Textures (12)
Eerie synth textures created by feeding sounds through tape machines
- Brass Resonance Trails
- Tape in Space
- Contrabass Distorted Gate
- Piano Granular Drops
- Tape Harmonics
- Contrabass 5th Waves
- Voice Memory
- Piano Tape Swarm
- WW Waves
- Tone Memory
- Dirty Organ
- Swells
Double Bass (7)
Experimental double bass techniques, from distorted swells to harmonic stabs
- Distorted Swell
- Harmonics Organ
- Lost Harmonics
- Spiccato Mayhem
- Trill Tube Waves
- Harmonic Stabs
- Resonance Decay
Controls (8)
- Expression - Adjust the level of the technique
- Dynamics - Move between a dry signal and a tape FX signal
- Re-amp - Move between the current signal set by the Dynamics fader and a spatial signal recorded at MONOM
- Random start — Move the sample start to a random point within the sample. Higher values increase the range of randomness. Useful for delving deeper into long samples or adding variation to repeated notes.
- Attack
- Release
- Reverb — Select alternative reverb types in the reverb selection box, choosing between a bespoke collection of 7 impulse responses, ranging from short studios and rooms to long, cavernous churches and halls
- Delay
FAQs
How do I add this library into Kontakt?
You don’t! Speculative Memories is a dedicated, free to use plugin available as VST2, VST3, AAX and AU, so it can be used directly in your favourite DAW.
What software will I need to install?
You will only need the Spitfire Audio App which you can download here.
What software will I need to run this library?
We provide a VST2, VST3, AAX and an AU, so as long as your chosen DAW supports one of those plugin formats, you’re good to go.