I did some free writing in order to get a sound source of the voice with a good provenance, I went in trying to write from Shackleton’s perspective at the time of the march in the snowfields. this is what I ended up with
I then recorded myself reading this into ableon live, I put on a slight affect as I read, trying to ‘perform’ it rather then just read it aloud, hoping to emulate Cathy Berberian in some way, in Ableton I then layered a few effects (including glitchmachines fracture XT, and the OTT compressor preset) inspired by this track by Charmaine Lee, this was the final product:
For use in the final piece it might be good to cut it up and use as emphasis in certain moments in the piece as it would cut through very effectively