I am quite fond of how this short phrase from my interpretation of Vexations by Erik Satie turned out. I used Ableton to arpeggiate the upper melody on tritones while manually adjusting the patch on the Roland MKS-80 with the Bitstream 3X MIDI controller. This is what came out.
Vexations Arpeggiated Melody
Here’s another segment from the DKO with DJ Luke Anderson performance on Saturday, June 4, 2011 on the steps of the Minneapolis Institute of Art accompanying the projected work in The Battle of Everyouth. This was a tremendous performance experience for me. Re-living it through the recordings has been enlightening as well. Video documentation is in the works.
Battle of Everyouth (34:00 to 39:16)
Here’s an excerpt from the sixth and final track on our upcoming release, Unauthorized Modifications by Ostracon. Don’t miss our live performance celebrating the release at the Honey Lounge in Minneapolis on June 24, 2011. Artists performing with us at the event include Dosh, Smyth, and Ghostband. Rogue Citizen will be doing live painting during the performance.
Telemetry Implant
Northern Spark is behind us and it was a wonderful event. I performed music for three non-stop, consecutive hours with DKO and DJ Luke Anderson on the steps of the MIA during the Battle of Everyouth while Jenny Schmid and Ali Momeni and their talented team of artists and volunteers transformed the museum into a new media artwork with interactive projections and participatory video capturing madness. Here’s a brief segment from the performance starting 103:28 in and finishing at 105:44.
Battle of Everyouth Segment (103:28 to 105:44)
Arpeggiated Vexations Phrase 2