I’m very happy to be a part of a lovely collection of remixes of an original work by Lara Brodsky, which is free to download here.
High points for me are def the He Can Jog, Bryan Teoh, and Tsukimono reworks.
Two wonderfully exciting projects, both a long time in the works, have finally been released!
LuvSound.Org has just released the compilation “Summer Gate. Sun Made of Gave.” Since I last posted, the lovely Erik Schoster has invited me to co-curate Luvsound, and I’ve had a blast working on this compilation. It has totally surpassed our expectations: it’s huge, two full cd’s worth of some of the smartest new music, created by some truly thoughtful and bright people.
From LuvSound.Org: “We’re interested in this tissue as a sort of living body - cells reproducing and being re-inserted as artistic production articulates itself and moves culture forward through a messy and wonderful strange loop. We hope this collection won’t be the end of a process, but a step along the way.”
And Disquiet.Com has just released “Our Lives in the Bush of Disquiet”; a compilation featuring 12 remixes of Brian Eno and David Byrne’s 1981 sampling masterpiece, “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”. Curated by the always insightful and discerning Marc Weidenbaum, “Our Lives…” is a really good listen. So far, my favorite tracks are from Stephane Leonard and My Fun. I’m super proud to have contributed to this great release.
From Disquiet.Com: “For Our Lives in the Bush of Disquiet, I contacted a dozen musicians whose work I admire; I wanted to hear what their renditions of the Eno and Byrne tracks might sound like, and none of them had yet joined in the activities at the bush-of-ghosts.com website. With only a few exceptions, these individuals already participate regularly in the loose community of musicians who post their own music for free download on the web, via netlabels, social networking services or their own websites.”
“… Our Lives in the Bush of Disquiet opens with an entry, by AllThatFall, resembling what My Life in the Bush of Ghosts might have sounded like had it been created for the first time in 2006. It builds on our experience, as listeners, with music sewn from samples; what was once innovative to the point of confusion is now commonplace - the esoteric quality of the original’s haphazard construction has given way to music, like AllThatFall’s, that is comforting for all its ramshackle, jittery energy.”
I’m thrilled to report that I’ll be a part of the forthcoming compilation “Summer Gate, Sun Made of Gave” on LuvSound. Featuring contributions from nascent luminaries OPN, Implex Grace, Mattin, Muninn, Rain-Cloud, Sleeps in Oysters, Inlets, Bryan Teoh, Effacer, Jeph Jerman, Cremaster, Ryan Francesconi, Jonathan Fisher, Nomad Palace, Osso Bucco, Tsukimono, He Can Jog, and others; this is one project I feel utterly unworthy to take part in. I really think this compilation is going to help set the new agenda for experimental electronic music in 2006. Just click a few of the artist links above, and you’ll immediately understand how immense this thing is going to be!
My contribution is entitled “Making Places”; an ambient work which considers both the sonic and emotive implications of a place. The piece utilizes primarily acoustic textures which, through heavy DSP, are transformed into often harsh drones. Momentary spatial gestures occur within the drones; i.e., microphone placements are effectively changed from moment to moment. I’m trying here to emulate the cubist painter’s technique whereby he affects a spatial concept via the presentation of a multitude of perspectives.
John McCraig of Panic Studios is currently mastering the compilation, which should be available online in May. I’ve heard from label-founder Erik Schoster that a limited edition CDR will be made available to people “in exchange for another gift they make for their local community, in whatever capacity that might be - organizing an event, writing a poem or an essay and droplifting it into a local library, etc etc”. What a tremendous thought! I wonder what I’ll do…
