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March 31, 2008
Jeff Harrington - Surge for Disklavier - Live at the ARTSaha Festival in Omaha
Jeff Harrington - Surge for Disklavier - Live at the ARTSaha Festival in Omaha
http://jeffharrington.org
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Charles at Night - Drums and Different Cannons #5 (by John ffitch)
Charles at Night - Drums and Different Cannons #5 (by John ffitch)
Staying at a hotel near Charles de Gaulle airport in the summer of 2002, I was struck by the sound of the traffic on the A1 motorway; it was loud and persistant, and enhanced by the recent rain storm. About 4am I recorded a series of samples.
Charles at Night uses one of these samples, and is modified with some resonant filters whose frequency and bandwidth are controlled by the Henon equation.
The piece is somewhat loud and liable to give the listener a headache. It however what I wanted.
Licenced under Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd).
From Podcast: cSounds.com - .
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March 30, 2008
Concert House, by Alex Kotch
Concert House, by Alex Kotch
http://www.alexkotch.com (eighth blackbird performs on this recording, February 2008)
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March 29, 2008
Sublimation (by Dave Seidel)
This piece is inspired by three chords from La Monte Young's "The Well-Tuned Piano" and various sine-tone installations: the Opening Chord, the Magic Chord, and the Magic Opening Chord. I didnt use Youngs chords literally, but instead made five new chords whose pitches I derived based on the combination tones (summation, difference, and periodicity pitch) implied by his chords. The piece was built by combining these five chords in various layers.
Kyle Gann has included Sublimation on the playlist">http://www.kylegann.com/postclassicradio.html">playlist (look under "Past Selections") of his Postclassic">http://www.live365.com/stations/kylegann">Postclassic Radio show. Tim">http://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.com/">Tim Rutherford-Johnson used an excerpt from Sublimation in his "avant-classical" mix Long">http://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.com/2006/06/15/my-first-avant-classical-mix/">Long Shadows.
Sublimation is licensed under the Creative">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative Commons Attribution License.
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March 28, 2008
Unbounded Space (Drums and Different Canons #4)
Unbounded Space (Drums and Different Canons #4)
O God! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams --- William Shakespeare from Hamlet
This piece explores further all the instruments that were used by Richard Boulanger in his well known Trapped in Convert, and also in his later At Last...Free. The instruments are played in the same order and same proportions as appear in Trapped. However the timing, pitches, and durations and other parameters are chosen by values generated by the Henon (chaotic) equation. This equation
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March 27, 2008
Drums and Different Cannons #3 - For Connie
Drums and Different Cannons #3 - For Connie
This short piano prelude is an algorithmic composition, the third in the Drums and Different Cannons series, mapping chaotic equations into pitch and time. The first two were tape works, but this is the first designed for a live performer. In this case the equation is the Torus equation x" = K sin(x). To me the interest lies in the similar but non-identical repeating patterns, and sudden changes that form cannons.
This version is realised via Rosegarden, Csound and samples.
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Stalactite; Drums and Different Cannons #2
Stalactite; Drums and Different Cannons #2
Sitting in Detroit Airport (Wright Field) waiting for a flight home from ICMC I found a power point and started an investigation of the 88CET scale. It was a long wait and Wright Field seemed to have no facilities -- food, drink or duty-free shopping.
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derivativus (bbcut abuse mix)
Made with Csound, MaxMSP, and Logic7.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
Unported License. Visit "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" for more details.
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Drums and Different canons #1
Prelude; Henon; Gruneberg; Distance; Prelude
The initial idea from which this work spread was a short sequence of notes taken from a mapping of the Henon (chaos) differential equation onto pitch and duration. Certain themes in it suggested to me a piece, which developed into the current manifestation, although it has changed a great deal. The title is an echo of the well known quotation from Thoreau and the repetitive canon like structure of this differential equation. The work is in three movements, the second and third played without a break, with an introductory and closing fanfare.
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March 26, 2008
At the Mouth of Echo Canyon
I've been working on a sound track for a movie that has yet to be made about the Donner Party. This work is in support of the scene when the Donner's are told that they basically have to hack their own path through the Wasatch Mountains, since their guide, Hastings, is a fraud. The shortcut they were enticed to take, the Hastings Cutoff, is bogus. They are told to send someone ahead for further instructions while the main party is to wait until they get back.
read">http://www.csounds.com/node/92">read more
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Die Nibelungen Canto 1
A new soundtrack composed by Jeff Taylor for Canto 1 of the 1924 silent film "Die Nibelungen," directed by Fritz Lang.
From Podcast: cSounds.com - .
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Modular Instruments Part II
A short etude reminiscent of chiptune">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune">chiptune music.
Download">http://www.thumbuki.com/csound/files/thumbuki20070702.csd">Download the source from the">http://www.thumbuki.com/csound/blog/">the csound blog.
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March 25, 2008
NonPop Show 031
NonPop Show 031
Program Notes:(running time - approx. 23 min.)1. “Always Returning” 4:09by Brian and Roger EnoApollo: Atmospheres and SoundtracksEG Records2. “Hout” 10:44by Louis AndriessenGigantic Dancing Human MachineCantaloupe3. “A Wasp On Her Abodomen” 7:09by Chas SmithAluminum OvercastCold Bluehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nonpop/~4/257518688" height="1" width="1"/>
From Podcast: NonPop.
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March 24, 2008
ANN MILLIKAN
ANN MILLIKAN
Ann has migrated from California to Minnesota and now straddles the yin and yang of that fact in her music and life. Her music is neither earthquake-prone nor frozen but it has tension, drama and color. Throw in a little Brazil and the hot performances of the California EAR Unit and you have a recipe for music that will make you dance through the snowy woods in your shorts.
From Podcast: ALIVE AND COMPOSING.
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March 19, 2008
Centrediscs goes to the JUNOs
Centrediscs goes to the JUNOs
From Podcast: Sounds New.
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March 18, 2008
Spellbound Rock Showcase hr 2
Spellbound Rock Showcase hr 2
Spellbound Rock Showcase hr 2 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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Spellbound Rock Showcase hr 1
Spellbound Rock Showcase hr 1
Spellbound Rock Showcase hr 1 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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March 17, 2008
3 Melischromatica (1999), for three imaginary orchestras
3 Melischromatica (1999), for three imaginary orchestras
An arcane procession clothed in a narrow-range, microtonal canon.
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March 16, 2008
Spellbound 3/9/3008 Hour 2
Spellbound 3/9/3008 Hour 2
Spellbound 3/9/3008 Hour 2 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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Spellbound 3/9/2008 Hour 1
Spellbound 3/9/2008 Hour 1
Spellbound 3/9/2008 Hour 1 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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Spellbound 3/2/2008 Hour 2
Spellbound 3/2/2008 Hour 2
Spellbound 3/2/2008 Hour 2 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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Spellbound 3/2/2008 Hour 1
Spellbound 3/2/2008 Hour 1
Spellbound 3/2/2008 Hour 1 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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March 14, 2008
Shorts: #26 Ecstatic Rivulet
Shorts: #26 Ecstatic Rivulet
Commissioned and titled by Clyde Niesen. Commission your own for only $20! http://celesteh.etsy.com
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March 13, 2008
The Architecture of a Sunset (2008)
The Architecture of a Sunset (2008)
For piano, acoustic & synthetic sound.
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Roger Doyle in St. Patrick's Festival [QuickTime]
Roger Doyle in St. Patrick's Festival [QuickTime]
A clip of Roger Doyle talking about the upcoming concert in New York and his work, Under the Green Time.
From Podcast: Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland: Monthly Podcast.
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March 10, 2008
NonPop Show 030
NonPop Show 030
Program Notes:(running time - approx. 36 min.)1. “Rumble” 7:44by John Luther AdamsThe Mathematics of Resonant BodiesCantaloupe (CA21034)2. “Time Does Not Exist” 14:02by Kyle GannPrivate DancesNew Albion (NA137)3. “All-Boy All-Girl” 8:14by Arthur RussellAmplified: New Music Meets Rock, 1981-1986 (from the Kitchen Archives No. 3)Orange Mountain Music (OMM0024)4. Rue Casimir Delavigne (for Daniel Lentz) 5:29by Harold BuddAvalon [...]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nonpop/~4/248750402" height="1" width="1"/>
From Podcast: NonPop.
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March 07, 2008
NIRMALA RAJASEKAR
NIRMALA RAJASEKAR
Modest though she is, Nirmala is arguably the best Veena player in Minnesota. By dint of hard labor she has scaled the heights of this ancient instrument and made a musical life for herself that is the envy of gurus everywhere. She is also recognised in her native South India as a megastar. Life in the prairie has allowed her to explore colaborations and the composing side of her nature.
Here she talks about getting a crack team of virtuoso musicians together for her "Song of the Veena" release, here in the land of frozen lakes and mild curries.
From Podcast: ALIVE AND COMPOSING.
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March 06, 2008
Sound Progression
Sound Progression
From Podcast: Sounds New.
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March 04, 2008
NonPop Show 029
NonPop Show 029
Program Notes:(running time - approx. 39 min.)1. “Running Commentary (arbitrary excerpts)” 22:02by Jon GibsonSign Of The TimesLovely (LCD 3022)2. “Continents Of City And Love” 16:37by Michael ByronAwakening At The Inn Of The BirdsCold Blue (CB0012)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nonpop/~4/245334422" height="1" width="1"/>
From Podcast: NonPop.
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March 03, 2008
Spellbound 2/24/2008 Hour 2
Spellbound 2/24/2008 Hour 2
Spellbound 2/24/2008 Hour 2 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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Spellbound 2/24/2008 Hour 1
Spellbound 2/24/2008 Hour 1
Spellbound 2/24/2008 Hour 1 - Purple Note Radio Network - Spellbound, music for theremin
From Podcast: Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin.
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