C. J. Boyd: Dynamos/Scrumpin’ (2006)
C. J. Boyd: Dynamos/Scrumpin’ (2006) (right click to download)
“This is a song from my “minor label debut”, The Greatest Weight, released by Sounds Are Active in 2006. Having been performing live with a loop pedal for a few years, I started writing more songs with that in mind. But I didn’t like the idea of using the loop pedal to record. So I actually played everything all the way through, even the really repetitive parts. This song became a kind of zen practice. It’s so much harder to play the same 6 notes over and over for 10-15 minutes than it is to rip a gnarly solo for the same amount of time. The recording process took ages, but it was so methodical and centering. “
Joanne Gabriel: Looking for Something… (2008)
Joanne Gabriel: Looking for Something… (2008) (right click to download)
“This track was part of a session I played for the 50/90 challenge (= write 50 songs in 90 days) in 2008, before I came to t61.
I completed the challenge by recording 10 chapters (consisting in 6 songs each and with a specific theme). “Looking for something” belonged to the “Dreams” chapter, following “Flying” and built on the same chord progression, as it was supposed to describe what happened after the flight. In my head it was an errand just like when you have this dream where you’re on a quest but don’t really know what you’re looking for. It was originally named “Looking for something, looking for someone, looking for somewhere…” but the title was unnecessarily long so I cut it. For the “Dreams” chapter I experimented with sounds in order to get something thick and light at the same time, solid and ethereal (for instance I applied pitch and distorsion on the keyboards). In “Looking for something” the voices were supposed to mingle with the guitars, the guitars with the synth, etc. The textures aimed at rendering the impression I often have in my dreams, when I can’t distinguish lights from sounds, and when emotions look like they take shape. The whole chapter has a dirty touch that make it all the more valuable for me, because it’s closer to the blurry print of my dreams.”
Derek Rogers: Boxing Demons in Sleep (2010)
Derek Rogers: Boxing Demons in Sleep (2010) “I wrote this piece to demonstrate the five phases of sleep; that is, the moment of awareness before relaxation, the transition from lighter to heavier sleep, and the creation of dreams in the final REM sleep stage. ‘Boxing Demons In Sleep’ was created utilizing guitar, synthesizer, and electronics [...]
Marco Lucchi: Marco is Moondogging (2010)
International ensemble/collective o.e.s. created an album with a multitude of interpretations to a composition by the eccentric avant-garde composer, Moondog.
With vocal and instrumental executions, samples and remixes contributed by Hidekazu Wakabayashi, Harold Nono, Roberto Corsini, Marco Lucchi, Giampaolo Violi, Antonio de Braga, Cometa, Eerohz, Massimo Croce, iN2Ni, Jean Montag and Steve Layton.
“Marco is Moondogging” is the hommage that Marco Lucci pays to the legendary figure of Moondog. o.e.s. worked on a song of his entitled “Lovesong” that has a twin in an instrumental track titled “Fujiyama”. The song tells a story that is similar to the one of Tristan and Isolda or of Romeo and Juliet. A very tragic love story.
Listen to the track (via soundcloud)
listen to the track
Download the whole album as a zip file or click here for more downloading and streaming options.
KraftiM: Itsium (2010)
“Itsium is a part one of a little symphony and can be seen as a short successor of FraxurY, because again soundwaves from my Swedish collegue and mate frags were used here.
For this release again a combination of scandinavian names and dutch dodekagrams are used to give the hopeful feel in these serious pieces. These tracks will be used on a full album that will be released summer 2010 on netlabel Musictrade
Developing since then with influences from classic masterpieces towards more ambient, drone-like pieces that try to capture the full complexity of silence, as well as more rhythmic experimental pieces that try to shift yer mood rather than move yer feet”
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From Honey to Ashes – Baby Bats
Baby bats is an improvised performance from Jeremy Keenan, Matt Lewis and Edgar Curtis, otherwise known as From Honey to Ashes.The sound world is created through a combination of foley, granulation, comb filtering and audio pops and clicks. Real-time rhythmic synchronicity is achieved between players by using a central network through which patterns are passed around and instruments are interconnected.
Heinali-Ave Moog (2009)
notes via the composer:
“Ave Moog is a sort of ode to the legendary rich and powerful sound of analog synthesizers. It could remind of Vavilov’s or Bach’s “Ave Maria” but the chord progression isn’t actually based on any of them, though it was inspired by Vavilov’s (Caccini) version. Dedicated to Robert Moog”
curated by paul bailey
David Morneau: Where Is Tokyo? (2005)
David Morneau: Where Is Tokyo?
“This piece is the product of a collaboration with choreographer Esther Palmer . My work included the construction of a virtual soundscape as well as a musical score.”
you can read a more detailed description of the dance, stage design, and music here
curated by Bruce Hamilton
Tom Swafford: Expectorant (2009)
Tom Swafford: Expectorant (2009)
performed by String Power, November 15, 2009, Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn
violins:Anna Brathwaite, Mark Chung, Liz Hanley, Tom Swafford, Helen Yee, Jeff Young
violas:Megan Berson, Leanne Darling, Nicole Federici
cellos:Loren Dempster, Brian Sanders
bass:Peter Maness
Mark Harris: I Am A Long Way From Home (2009)
“a live improvisation. based around a recoding I did of wind in the trees”
