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july 30th stillstream radio performance now archived

In case you missed my live  performance on StillStream Ambient Radio  July 30, 2010, it’s now archived and can be streamed via the audio player below. In the next few days, the show will be moved to the  RADIO CONCERTS archive located under the SOUND tab above. A big thanks goes out to Darrell Burgan at StillStream for having me on his program to perform.

With the exception of corruptedHorizon all the music performed was written specifically for this concert. All voices and ambient noise were extracted live from the airwaves using various radio equipment, scanners and receivers. Among the more interesting transmissions  picked up during the performance were voices from a home intercom system and a brief cordless phone conversation.

I hope you enjoy the music.

SSradio_july_2010.mp3

SETLIST:

* whispersANDstatik
* [interlude]
* re.ACTION
* resolve.andEmptiness
* [interlude]
* corruptedHorizon
* burnt.Luminesence
* [interlude]
* closingDown

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zip.disk [musik]

Today I was experimenting with some old zip drives I discovered inside a box in my studio. Rather than getting rid of them I wanted to see if I could use the drive as a  industrial/data instrument.

The resulting experiment was beyond anything I was expecting. By simply soldering two piezo elements to the head of the drive and boosting the signal with a four channel preamp [which also allows for multiple line outs] the drive, when engaged, sounded rather amazing. I connected it to the computer, inserted a disc then waited for it to mount. I soon noticed that opening various file types directly from the discs would result in a variety of sonic output. Video files for example would create a slightly different texture than a static .jpg file. Media files also allowed the drive to be engaged for a longer period of time as the information was being transcribed.

I sent the audio output from the zip drive to a loop pedal to allow layering and then recorded the experiment/performance. What resulted was a slowly building, dark ambient/industrial soundscape  composed entirely in the moment from three different zip discs and a loop pedal.

Raw recording 7m.36s
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Over the next few weeks I’m excited to begin experimenting with both 5¼-inch and 3½-inch floppy drives. Who knows, there may even be a release in the future of just “disc.MUSIC.” Maybe I could call it “Funeral Hymns for Dead Technology.” Okay… maybe not.

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documentation CD

The limited edition CD that documents the north avenue: NOISE + vibrating.AIR installation and performance from the 2010 Megapolis Audio Art Festival will be available in the next couple weeks. The package will be limited to just 30 signed and numbered copies via the store section of this site. north avenue: NOISE + vibrating.AIR is a handmade digipak design and includes a piezo disc attached to the back of the sleeve. The cd runs 61 minutes.