100302 Transit 1

this 90 min. set is a live recording of a jam session of Dr. Nojoke, Substance G, Erased Bodies and myself, made couple of weeks ago. this ensemble has a very unique pace. like all good things, we too came to meet each other accidently, performed twice in the one year of our existence and almost every time we meet to play together something magical happens in the room, that encourages us to just allow that project to roll on without setting concepts, guidelines or other definitions. we have so far pretty much, just played.

“Transit Audio” is the most we managed to discuss, for a band name. so take it as a working title.

here is it on soundcloud
Transit Audio Laptop jam session 02-03-2010  by  Dr.Nojoke

and (same) one for the podcast
 

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091102 Headroom

in the premise of this set there’s a rather simple technical idea, to create an instrument with one oscillator, filter and FX’s, that “sequences” solely by 3 LFO’s. no keyboard attached. while working on it, a second oscillator joined and one basic step sequencer for more rhythmical action.

i used the Ampere Modular macros made by Chet Singer in the Reaktor User Library. An amazing work, inspired by the Nord Modular virtual analog system.

all the sounds in this session created by the different versions of this instrument and mixed down in Ableton Live.

p.s.
for reaktor users, the ensemble (wt “elef-oh”) is not yet ready to be published in the user library, but those who like to give it a test drive can send me a note.

13:09 min.
 

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090730 reconn

things went lalala lately. the summer. the light. also, as the Jam goes public, it loses much of the roughness around its edges. so it’s just possible that ‘reconn’, a nervous drone, dynamic and very loud, is a one step back to abstract basics.

i realize how un-sexy it is to tell the world how you technically make your art. so i try to do it without really doing it. because writing a little poem alongside the music can be even more pathetic.

i want to say that Kore2 is the best hands-on interface i came across until now. as soon as it’s wired to my favorite instruments, it’s just a dream to perform.

have i mentioned – it does get loud.

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090430 gravl2

human after all.

02:50 min.
 

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090410_2 exotica

19:30 min.
 

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090228_2 play

G + me go melo… a little interlude.

04:52 min

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090220 skrewell machine

skrewell is yet another genius reaktor job by lazyfish. and now that Live8 (still in beta) is able to save reaktor ensembles inside a rack, some things become easier than they were.. so while preparing to the jam with Neven Dayvid tomorrow (beware!), i tuned up my new skrewell machine and post here a little teaser  –

08:51 min.

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081217 with Neven Dayvid – Part 1

still last year, i met Neven Dayvid (aka David Jazay) for a session.

we know each other since quite a while and worked together only in our ‘other’, moving-image field.

so we met, got connected and played for about 4 hours, from which David extracted one hour, across four pieces.

to me, this session has a lot of beautiful moments and i’m very happy to share the results right here with you –

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25′49”

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081217 with Neven Dayvid – Part 2

15′28”

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081217 with Neven Dayvid – Part 3

07′41”

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