ACB Reader Involvement Requested

unearthed-musicI have agreed to release my solo album with Unearthed Music on July 28, 2009. This will correspond with exactly one years worth of entries in the One Sound Every Day category on ACB. Since all of the pieces included in this work were inspired by my almost-daily-sound-experiments, it’s a fitting date to release the fruits of my labor. The album is nearly finished and will be released under my Ostraka moniker. Before I master the album I would like to involve ACB readers in the production process by polling you for suggestions.

What are your favorite sounds or micro-tracks that I’ve shared with you during this period? I plan on including four to six pieces from the ACB archives on the release. If you have an opinion about what should go on the album, please respond with a link to the post that has the sound in a comment to this entry. Thanks!

Here’s my latest mix of Blitzen Machine to give you a taste of what to expect from the album.

Blitzen Machine

GMS Performance Excerpt #2

xmaslightsHere’s another unedited excerpt from a recent performance using the GMS. This example contains two live looped layers in a similar range at 124 bpm.

As shown in the photo, I was using a string of patio lights as one of my “light controllers” to create the sequences.

GMS Performance Excerpt #2

Robotic Guided Vehicle Beeps

gvsWhile touring a newspaper printing facility recently, my group came to an area where robotic guided vehicles were transporting giant reams of newsprint around. Each robot beeped at a different frequency from the next. Here’s what that sounded like.

Robotic Guided Vehicle Beeps

MAW Outing GMS Excerpt

mawaioutingHere’s a segment of audio from Wednesday’s MAW outing at Art Institutes Minnesota in downtown Minneapolis. I’m pretty happy with the arpeggiated, melodic loops I’m able to achieve with the right settings and a good light controller using this application. For video documentation of what was happening at the event, please visit minneapolisartonwheels.org.

This video shows me using various light controllers, including a string of patio lights, bike lights, and LED spinning tops to construct compositions using the GMS.

MAW Outing GMS Excerpt