a little over a decade ago, artists and musicians began experimenting seriously with using laptops as instruments during live performances. i remember my friend matt borghi and i having long discussions about how the laptop could change how people approached live music. it’s funny looking back now thinking about those conversations because at the time, it was actually pretty uncommon to see a laptop computer at a live gig. fast forward to the present and hardly anyone would bat an eye at the sight of a computer or a variety of mobile devices on stage with musicians. software equivalents of analog gear that would have taken an army to move now easily fit onto a portable hard.drive and go just about anywhere. the studio has gotten smaller and compact while at the same time, way more powerful. what excites me about emerging technologies are how they allow artists to be creative just about anywhere and at anytime.
over the past year i’ve been using a variety of sound apps on the iphone during some of my live performances. a few days ago, i decided to attempt creating a series of works that used only the iphone as the sole sound source.
what resulted is the “mobile.music” trilogy series. each release will run between 20-25 minutes and be available as a download only. AVAILABLE in the store section of jasonsloan.com.
[e.p.1] released 12/12/09
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BEGINtoEND [50 second excerpt]
BEGINtoEND
HUSHEDandblind [50 second excerpt]
HUSHEDandblind
[e.p.2] released 02/12/09
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.emptiness [50 second excerpt]
.emptiness
.cycle [50 second excerpt]
.cycle
[e.p.3] release date: TBA
Last month while during a 10 day residency at STEIM [STudio for Electro Instrumental Music] I created a body of improvised sound works of varying duration. These concerts were performed live during the day and night on the FM band throughout the city. Because the documentation was recorded directly from the receiver, any static or interference captured, although not necessarily planned, was intentional and became part of the final documented work. More clips will be posted in the near future. Below is a a full concert as heard live on 97.1MHz FM the evening of March 14, 2012.
