The what and why of "densing"

During the fall and early winter last year, I recorded a series of improvisations in my new practice space. My new practice space is much smaller than the old one, and I was fascinated by the way the room would fill up with sounds and start to resonate, rattle, and feed back. That is, with my pedals in the exact same settings, the sound coming out of my amp at minute 0 would be completely different from the sound at minute 15.
Often, the resonances would become self-sustaining -- there are long sections where I don't play any tuba. (I posted a video on Instagram with one of those moments.)

I wanted to make a physical album, but I didn't want to "just release a CD." After soliciting input from friends (thank you!), I followed a trail of ~intuition~ which led to the concept of wool felting.
Creating felt is a very physical process -- you have raw wool fibers that you essentially just tangle up in themselves, using water, soap, heat, and friction. (If you're curious, check out this tutorial with lots of great visuals.)

I could philosophize more, but I'll spare you. The gist of it is that wool felting became complimentary to the musical process, and some research led to my coining of a word to describe the two actions.

densing (v.)
1. the process of felting wool through heat, pressure, and moisture
2. the building up of reverberant sounds in a small room