xemires
xemires, the remix/deconstruction/destruction of previous works is done. go download. posted as both mp3 & wav.
posted by japh on November 27, 2009 10:03 PM permalink
working methods
changing working methods is painful but essential. i typically work with field recordings or vst instruments in a strictly cubase environment. this has been fun and challenging, but i'm interested in trying out some new methods. first, i've been trying to get my head around max/msp. it is great fun but intimidating as hell. almost too many possibilities.
the second is ableton live. i've toyed with it in the past but nothing serious. what i'm currently working on is a remix of earlier work, and this seemed to be a perfect experiment to cut my teeth in an ableton live environment. it's a lot more powerful than i remember, and quite intuitive. this change in workflow has opened up all kinds of new doors to strange ideas.
although i'd rather be playing with live samples fed through analogue gear there are still so many ways to be having fun with the boring old laptop.
posted by japh on May 8, 2009 12:58 AM permalink
playtime
new audio available:
playtime
it was recorded primarily using children's toys (piano, banjo, firetruck, flowers, helicopter, loader, horse, giraffe, alligator & cardboard box and a few others i forgot), as well as with a small classical guitar.
lots of fun to make, and a bit of a change of pace from the usual output. hopefully the next work is even more divergent.
posted by japh on March 31, 2009 11:11 PM permalink
set the world at six and seven
here's a new set of work, set the world at six and seven. in some ways a departure from previous stuff, in other ways a throwback to early work.
the next work is already in progress and will be mostly based around live instrumentation (done the dirty spoons way).
posted by japh on December 4, 2008 5:58 PM permalink
cataclysm vii
where are they going? are we following them? if so, why? or is it all randomness?
video for "cataclysm vii" from the ashes of long-dead stars
posted by japh on November 13, 2008 7:01 PM permalink
cataclysm viii
one of my neighbours insists on washing the street. i'm not entirely sure why, he seems relatively alright in the head. he starts with the sidewalk and works his way across, pushing the rocks out of the way. it's a mammoth waste of water. a broom would be far more effective.
video for "cataclysm viii" from the ashes of long-dead stars
posted by japh on November 13, 2008 7:00 PM permalink
cataclysm iv
not especially compelling, but kind of strange. it's a video of steam coming off of my shed. i slowed it down slightly. after editing the hell out of it i decided to leave it like this:
video for "cataclysm iv" from the ashes of long-dead stars
posted by japh on November 13, 2008 6:57 PM permalink
horae
ok, this one kind of happened by accident. i wasn't intending to sit down and spit out a follow up to ashes of long-dead stars and happened to be in the right mood. i blame it on vancouver weather. here it is anyway, called horae. it's a series of 12 cataclysms, a continuation of the previous ones.
next project? so far it looks to divert from the previous work.
posted by japh on November 13, 2008 6:52 PM permalink
everything that is possible happens
i was sitting on a couple of the tracks for a while, but i found time to finish them off. the result is everything that is possible happens. and although it looks absurd or photoshopped, the cover photo is real.
posted by japh on November 13, 2008 6:50 PM permalink
captains of industry
captains of industry is complete and available for free.
the main piece is based around a tour of a concrete plant - see the short videos below to get some idea of how strange the place was. the day we went there was literally no one working in the plant except inside in the control room. haunting, deafening and standing next to those giant rotating kilns is quite possibly the hottest place i've ever been in my life.
the second piece is derived from the sound of cutting concrete with a slab saw, a job i had for a while. it's a deafening cacophony unless you're wearing ear muffs. even with them, the violence of the process is physically and aurally overwhelming (in a good way).
concrete plant tour videos:
posted by japh on October 25, 2008 6:10 AM permalink