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Binary Bebop
February 2010
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RPM Challenge 2010 entry.
Listen to or download the fake "stereo" version in the Bangsplat RPM Challenge Jukebox.
Or you can get the original mono version in either high bitrate MP3 or FLAC in the download store.
Audio source files are also available for free in the download store as well.
Binary Bebop is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 license. The album or the source files may be used for remixes or as part of other works. Please provide a link to http://bangsplatpresents.com and send me an e-mail to let me know about it if you do use it. And please consider releasing any derivative works under a similar open license.
Music For The Robots
December 2009
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Ever wonder what music would sound like if it was invented by robots? Then this is the album for you!
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Voice synthesis, layered and phased. Inspired by Steve Reich's early tape-based phase pieces "Come Out" and "It's Gonna Rain," with the additional effect of generating complex rhythms. I like the sounds that emerge that aren't a part of any of the counting voices, a result of the interaction of the sounds. |
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Software synthesizer and delay/distortion filters. Why does Western music use 12 tone scales? It seems an odd number, given that everything else humans do tend to be base ten. Why do we not have 10 tone scales? Using a 10 tone scale, and sequenced them randomly. It turns out that there is a very good reason for 12 tones instead of 10 - there are more even ratios in 12 than 10, and these ratios are very important in developing pleasant-sounding scales and chords. |
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Metronome sounds, layered and phased, panned across the stereo field. An attempt to create complex patterns with simple sounds. |
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Videogame sounds. |
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Thingamagoop. The Thingamagoop is an anthropomorphic synthesizer made by Bleep Labs. |
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Computer-generated sounds and various filters. |
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Computer-generated sounds and various filters. |
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Computer-generated sounds, field recordings, and found audio. |
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Three Notes And Running was a multi-artist protest project hosted by Downhill Battle. The idea was to use a 1.5 second sample (three notes) of the Funkadelic song "Get Off Your Ass And Jam" to make a 30 second song. The sample had been used in the NWA song 100 Miles And Runnin', and spurred a controversial legal battle. See this site for more information. This is the extended (35 second) mix. |
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Discrete Silicon Transform
February 2009
My submission for the 2009 RPM challenge.
RPM is an annual challenge to write, record, and mix an album during the month of February.
You can listen to it for free on the RPM website.
Robot Sings The Blues
January 2009
Robot Sings The Blues |
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If you don't know what a FLAC file is, try the MP3 |
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Playing around with Microsoft Songsmith and a Korg Kaossilator.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.
(In English: download and enjoy. Make a copy for your friends, remix, whatever. Just don't try to sell it, and make sure you give me credit.)
Read more on the blog.
The Rauschenberg Variations
June 2008
Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 001 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 002 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 003 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 004 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 005 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 006 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 007 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 008 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 009 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 010 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 011 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 012 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 013 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 014 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 015 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 016 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 017 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 018 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 019 |
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Rauschenberg Variation "Rebus" 020 |
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Rauschenberg Variations - all files, zipped |
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A tribute to artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008).
Twenty pieces created from the Rauschenberg painting "Rebus" (1955).
Some time ago, I wrote software to convert image files to audio files. The goal was to create sounds that "sounded like" the paintings used as input. I have had some difficulty tweaking the algorithms to my liking.
These tracks are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.
(In English: download and enjoy. Make a copy for your friends, remix, whatever. Just don't try to sell them, and make sure you give me credit.)
Read more on the blog.
The Superstition Of Witchcraft
February 2008
My submission for the 2008 RPM challenge.
RPM is an annual challenge to write, record, and mix an album during the month of February.
You can listen to it for free on the RPM website.
Happenstance
November 2002
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Similar to Birdstance, it is a shuffle-CD with no fixed duration.
There are two versions of the project. The main version is four CDs, all of which are to be played simultaneously. There is also a single-disc version.
The music portion of the project was completed in late September 2002. The cover design took a little while longer.
You can listen to a short example of what it might sound like.
Birdstance
July 2001
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Completed in July 2001, Birdstance is essentially a proof-of-concept for Happenstance.
Inspired by Brian Eno's "Compact Forest Proposal" installation at San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, the idea is to use the random shuffle and infinite repeat features of the listener's CD player to create a piece of music that is continually different and without end. It plays until you get sick of it and press stop.
The CD contains 99 tracks (about 45 minutes) of short clips of birdsong.
You can listen to a short example of what it might sound like.
Bangsplat vs. The Z-Axis Powers
February 2001
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Released in February 2001, this is the soundtrack to a non-existant war film.
"Full Street Oboe" is Bangsplat's first experiment with randomization, which is explored more fully in Birdstance. It also utilizes the somewhat unpredictable behavior of Sonic Foundry ACID when pushed to unreasonable extremes.
"Pavlov's Prambulator" and "Steve Reich's First BASIC Program" both explore minimalism and Reichian phasing in different ways.
Occultation Theory
May 2000
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Released in May 2000, this is the most noise-oriented Bangsplat album.
Includes a shortened version of the noise epic "Sleep! Sleep!". Essentially twenty minutes of static, slowly faded out, the piece is intended to be a sleeping aid.
"Secret Track" is Bangsplat's only venture into techno music, coming from early experiments with Sonic Foundry's ACID program. Far more interesting uses of this program are found on Z-Axis Powers.
Bullet-Nosed Betty Symphony
February 2000
This album is out of print and will not be reissued.
Released in February 2000, this was Bangsplat's first foray into computer-generated noise. Accordingly, it is not very good.
Bullet-Nosed Betty refers to a train. The centerpiece of the CD is a 20+ minute, multi-part "symphony" composed of train sounds.