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Naiiff

by davidestevens on October 2, 2009

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I’ve had a bit of a break from working in my studio – part of which was a week away working with children with special needs. This is a week long project that I run from time to time on behalf of Eyemusic (best known for the wonderful Colourscape structure and new music festival).

At the end of the week I was performing in Colourscape on Clapham Common with Lawrence Casserley, Phil Wachsmann (violin) and Simon Desorgher (see the image below) . There were some lovely soundscapes created, which makes it a pity that we didn’t record any of them!

So I decided it was time to do another studio improvisation with my “sunday morning” software, but using some different sound sources. I decided to start with a plucked kitchen knife (hence the title of the piece) as I wanted short rather than sustained sounds to start off with. To this I then added a bowed and struck brass rod. As I use this software more, I’m starting to get more of an idea of how the input sounds are going to turn out, and when to start them running.

This is a more peaceful piece than some of the previous ones, and as the source sounds are natural (as opposed to the electronic noises from the Cracklebox), the resulting sounds have a lot more internal variation.

Enjoy!

Here’s a recent picture of Simon performing in a giant bubble floating on the Thames, as part of the 2009 Thames Festival…

The Colourscape Sphere on the Thames

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Lovely new controller on the way

October 1, 2009

I’ve just found out about this rather beautiful physical controller that’s in prototype right now. Can’t wait to get my hands on one …
http://madronalabs.com/hardware

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Using STEIM’s CrackleBox

August 12, 2009

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I’ve just bought a CrackleBox from STEIM. It’s an inexpensive, nicely made circuit bent instrument, played by touching the silvery contact pads on the box surface. The pads connect to various points on a circuit board inside the box – touching the contacts short circuits various parts of [...]

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Symphony of the Senses

August 2, 2009

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Symphony of the Senses is a piece by Simon Desorgher, for improvising musicians and dancers. The piece has a broad structure, in that specific sections are defined (heart, breath/air and so on), but the specific [...]

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