downstream / Noisejijad MP3
The name of this band is (Sound of Impact). Those parenthesis are part of the name, the reference likely to how the crash of a plane is registered in the transcript of black box recordings. At least that’s what Big …
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[ September 30, 2005 / bookmark ]
[ September 30, 2005 / bookmark ]
field notes / Glass-sans-Cocteau Concert Review
My review of a performance of Philip Glass’ opera La Belle et la Bete, by the Oakland Opera Theater, is just up at classicstoday.com. For La Belle et a la Bete, Glass, who’s done as much to bring synthesizers …
[ September 29, 2005 / bookmark ]
downstream / Freesound Remix MP3s
Another interesting remix thread at the Freesound project, at freesound.iua.upf.edu. The first file, “bewonderen.aiff,” is a brief sample of a spoken Dutch phrase, translated “to admire,” contributed by Hans Timmermans. Then an Anton Woldhek showed up, attempting in his …
[ September 28, 2005 / bookmark ]
downstream / Game Boy MP3s
There’s so much bippity boppity lo-fi, lo-tech electronic music out there, it’s almost too easy to take comfort in the abstraction of beatless atmospheres. At least with music like soundscapes and field recordings, you can take refuge in your own …
[ September 27, 2005 / bookmark ]
downstream / Edible Matthew Herbert MP3
Here’s a puzzle of a recipe. What do the following ingredients yield: Dry coconut, Eden organic grape juice in a glass bottle, organic peanuts in a plastic bag, Mount Hagen decaffeinated organic coffee in a glass jar with a plastic …
[ September 26, 2005 / bookmark ]
downstream / 24-Hours MP3
Think time’s flying by? Give a listen to a recent experiment by musician Marcus Obst, and then ask the question again. A few days ago, Obst placed a microphone by his window and taped the world going by for 24 …
[ September 25, 2005 / bookmark ]
field notes / Tangents (soundscaps, Auster, Kurzweil)
Quick Links and News: (1) The MacArthur (so-called “genius”) grants were awarded this past week, among the recipients UC San Diego history professor Emily Thompson, “an interdisciplinary scholar whose work focuses on the often-overlooked subject of sound and fills an …
[ September 23, 2005 / bookmark ]
downstream / One-Minute Vacation MP3s
If you know the end of a story before it occurs, that’s called “tragedy.” If you’ve heard a raw field recording — not just heard, but paid close attention to one — many times, then eventually the sequence of sounds …
[ September 22, 2005 / bookmark ]
downstream / Guitronic MP3
The netlabel iD.EOLOGY, based out of Germany, celebrated its second anniversary with its 25th release, Never Mind the Industry … Here’s iD.EOLOGY. It’s packed with 14 mostly German-language takes on rap, dub and other electronically enabled indie-pop, and one excellent …
[ September 20, 2005 / bookmark ]
downstream / Mark Rushton MP3s
With its snatch of acoustic guitar providing an earthy, if distinctly computer-enabled, rhythm, “Sunday Drift” (MP3) couldn’t surprise more if it took a sudden pause for a glorious break of fog-splitting shimmer — which is exactly what it does. …