{"id":2405,"date":"2025-10-04T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardveenstra.net\/web\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=2405"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:10:19","slug":"polarity-tension","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/richardveenstra.net\/web\/portfolio\/polarity-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"Polarity | Tension"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row thb_full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; thb_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; el_class=&#8221;header-row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1531473610896{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;128px&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h1>Polarity | Tension by Soniccouture + K\/V<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]\t<div id=\"thb-image-69e03c1ec67d7\" class=\"caption-style1  alignleft   thb_image_link wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thb-image-inner size_100\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Dual-granular performance instrument<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Together with <strong>Soniccouture<\/strong> Ramon Kerstens and I (K\/V) created this massive dual-granular instrument.<\/p>\n<p>It is designed to create immersive sonic worlds from raw, physical sound. 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