Jakob Newman’s Buddha Machine Mix (MP3)
There’s a new Buddha Machine remix, this one an hour-plus run through samples from version 1.0 (not 2.0, as originally stated — see correction below, courtesy of Newman) of the FM3-developed sound-art gadget. Produced by Jakob Newman, it’s a roiling meld of the Buddha Machine’s trademark loops — all rough-hewn recordings of reverberant strings and less recognizable sounds — that is among the most maximalist reuses of the device to date. Newman resists the machine’s inherently meditative flavor, emphasizing instead a thick white noise and heavily echoed depth that, in effect, sounds loud even at low volume levels.
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More on Newman at capturedspace.org. Get the full release, including CD-ready art, at archive.org. The piece was released by the earthmantra.com netlabel.
[...] More on Newman at capturedspace.org. Get the full release, including CD-ready art, at archive.org. The piece was released by the earthmantra.com netlabel. Visit the original post at http://disquiet.com/2009/06/04/jakob-newmans-buddha-machine-20-mix-mp3/ [...]
thank you, marc, for your post….
but just a little correction: this mix is all buddha 1.0.
however, you can grab my 2.0 mix from captured space…
direct link: http://capturedspace.org/Buddha_Machines_74min.zip
thanks again for your kind words….i’m glad you enjoyed it.
embarrassing. i have a bad link on my site…the correct link to the 2.0 mix is here:
http://capturedspace.org/BuddhaMachineGrey.zip
sorry about that…….
wow. this is really special! great stuff.