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.”
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.
Joanne Gabriel: Daybreak (2009)
[Joanne Gabriel: Daybreak (2009)
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‘Daybreak is the first track from the “Landscapes” opus, recorded for the ‘50 songs in 90 days challenge of Summer 2008‘. Like all the other tracks in this opus, it is a soundscape inspired by contemplation and describing a scene in the form of sound-art.’
curated via Jim Perkins from his twigetticast (itunes podcast)
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Steve Peters: Mountains Hidden in Mountains (2004)
Steve Peters: Mountains Hidden in Mountains (2004)
“Made in 2004 as a sound installation inside a faux bell tower at the Santa Fe Art Institute. When rung by a visitor, the beater triggers a recording of the bell that fades in imperceptibly as the real sound decays, creating the illusion of an endless tone. The sound changes subtly over 30 minutes (this is a greatly condensed version), slowly mixing in layers of pitch-shifted bell tones that get increasingly lower until they finally evaporate into silence.”
curated by Bruce Hamilton
Steve Layton: “Charlotte, Too Soon” (2006)
(Music source: samples from old answering machine tape treated and arranged in ACID) — Voices of relatives and friends of cellist / performance artist Charlotte Moorman (1933-1991), from one of her old answering machine tapes (mid-late 1970s?). All other sounds as well are derived from noises on the same tape.” via niwo.com
