William Ryan Fritch

We know what water sounds like. But what about its absence?

Through a bruising mix of chamber, electronica and unfathomable physical sound work, composer William Ryan Fritch has hammered out the feeling of a drained, empty world. Polarity, his score connecting the trials of a world both heating and evaporating are as captivating as they are disquieting, a profound ecological statement through blistering music. We talked to him below.