Detritus 138

 

> In living panoramic stereo/phonic etc etc

 

> Holy sh+t! Can you imagine what a 60 foot long electrical arc would sound like!! Researchers at the High Voltage Lab at Canterbury University would know – check out the photo – I shall be in touch!! When I was in the slow motion process of dropping out of uni I actually studied at the Engineering School there, and I remember one of the tutors at the High Voltage lab asking us to keep our right hands in our pockets at all times. Apparently if you got electrocuted by touching something you had a 0.00001% better chance of surviving if it was through your left hand than your right, due to the path of the current relative to your heart!! I think he was joking….

 


music by Pjusk

 

> Nice idea – Sound Tourism

 

> “The observed parallel recruitment of executive and default network regions—two brain systems that so far have been assumed to work in opposition—suggests that mind wandering may evoke a unique mental state that may allow otherwise opposing networks to work in cooperation…….” – more

 

> Genius! Laws/sonic truisms For audio engineers – hah! i can see the look on the persons face as they say Snoddys Law: “It works better if you plug it in”

 

 

> The AFTA Craft Film & Tv Awards were held today in Auckland – congrats to Plan 9 for best film score for Predicament, to Don McGlashan for best TV score, to Dick Reade, Gethin Creagh (& Tim Chaprione & all the team!) for best sound in a feature film and to Chris Burt for best sound for TV for Legend of the Seeker – full results here

 

> When was the last time you heard this track? I’m going to have to dig out the vinyl of it now…

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Contact Mic Recording

Wahoo! A new HISSandaROAR library release later this week!

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New old forms

Somehow its almost more fun to watch/read the ‘making of’ for both of these and savour the possibilities of the ideas and execution, than vice versa… Equally its somehow not surprising that such interesting work is created by artists who are so uniquely creative, but also open to collaboration…

 

 

Amiina

 

 

 

“Richard James came up with the idea of controlling a 48 piece string section and a 24 strong choir by remote control, using midi controllers, lots of headphones and some remote visual cues, after being commissioned to write some pieces for the European culture congress in Poland. There was only one opportunity for a rehearsal to see if the idea worked, it was in the morning, the day of the concert!”

 

 

 

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Detritus 137

 

> The apparent decline of Pitchfork & Gearslutz

 

 

> Mix and match album covers

 

 

> Cute timeline infographic of how some genres of music travel

 

 

dollarnote

Dollar Note by Robert Gligorov

 

 

> A 30 camera array & some surf…

 

> How to avoid idea plateaus

 

> Some one-line music programs?

 

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the cosmic dance

the cosmic dance by timprebble

Full marks to anyone who can ID the vocal samples….

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