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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weekOne : untitled_one

one goodbaduglydarkmessy by sleepingKiwi


samples from the good the bad and the ugly (beats/voices) and some synthesis.

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robot building his brother

robot building his brother
uses lower quality materials
in an effort to keep the affection of their mother.

processing the data requisite of his position
he makes infrequent mistakes
to maintain quality with the appearance of the human condition.

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