i haven't forgotten you

i haven't forgotten you, he said.
but after he left she realised that he hadn't once used her name.

weekTen : untitled_five

ten sculptures by sleepingKiwi

ten lfoScratchLoop by sleepingKiwi


sticking to schedules, especially a self imposed schedule, is for losers...
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two quick pieces
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first: me playing around more with the sculpture synth and recording automation live over several play throughs. also uses a really nice sample i found of giselle singing.
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next: just a looping two bar drum beat. made using a strange mix of samples found all over my mac. i have tried using random lfos to add a bit of variation to the weird scratching sounds in the background.
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also. this link is a flash demo i was working on for work last month which stole away a few days of music making time and so is being uploaded as a substitute for legitimate creativity...

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weekNine : cactus

nine cactus by sleepingKiwi


late again, i'm really pleased with this week's (fortnight's?) effort, due in no small part to the consistently amazing vocal talents of giselle wrigley.
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noisy/bass heavy cover of cactus by pixies.
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best listened to very loud on headphones or with a set of speakers that will destroy your neighbour's walls.
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there are a couple of very rushed sections and the mixing/mastering is shocking in places but i wanted to get this piece up before i left for a week. one day i plan to come back and tidy this up a bit more.



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weekEight : florence; if you don't

eight florenceifyoudont by sleepingKiwi


due to circumstances entirely within my control i have missed at least a week of updating this blog
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this piece is based around a short section of a song from the magic roundabout film 'dougal and the blue cat'
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really just a mashing together of different ideas and noisy distortions
very little structure


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weekSeven : tibetanTextures

seven sherpaTexture by sleepingKiwi


another quite long texture based piece.
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textures built from samples of strange tibetan instruments and random triggering of glitchy samples.
i have been experimenting with synthesised impulse responses in logic's space designer, trying to figure out what all of the settings do. this is part of the result.
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weird unnecessary beat on a strange kit...



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weekSix : untitled_four

six versaillesWindows by sleepingKiwi


i don't know if i like this but i'll put it up anyway
a mess of ideas and pianos
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ambiance/feedback recorded in versailles
piano and editing mostly done on the eurostar
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there are two tracks of ambiance, one for each ear which can be interesting in headphones
6 different piano tracks/sounds make for quite a messy piece.



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weekFive : untitled (morganFreeman'sVoice_dictaphone)

five dictaphoneSamplesSketch by sleepingKiwi


this is cheating; i already had most of this rough sketch together before last week.

made entirely from audio recorded on a small tape-based dictaphone for use in a morgan freeman's voice project.
very minimal use of non-destructive effects.
lots of time stretching/reversing.



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weekFour : the dow is so idm

four DoWissoIDM by sleepingKiwi


i wanted to do a lot more with this one but the week ran out before i even started.
contains:
old tape recordings of royal hi-jinx (which i will definitely re-visit)
very lazily edited ultrabeat kit
strange instruments created in es2
a lack of direction and an abrupt finish.



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weekThree : spanchez lesson

three spanchezlessonlimited by sleepingKiwi


lesson viib from 'learn spanchez the raolo way' the tape cassette series by spanchezian singer/songwriter raolo vierdaniacha.


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weekTwo : untitled_two

playing around with pure sound waves, additive synthesis, random and repetitive sequencing and reverb/delay.
all synthesis was additive and done in max/msp using simple sine/square/triangle waves.
i used a max/msp patcher which i wrote at university to generate envelopes for each sound and to semi-randomly sequence and trigger sounds.
quite long.

download it?

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