Brain Blinders, rainbow sounds
Evening:
Brain Blinders (like horse blinders but for your brain), from Morgan Packard. Free download.
Morning:
Sounds Like Rainbows, from Morgan Packard. Free download.
sounds from an airplane boarding, and a seemingly disconcerted effort to form a beat towards the end.
Ep 2.6: Holiday
The end of the season. The giving spirit. My gift to you.
There are no original/commissioned works on this episode, but I’ve taken it upon myself to offer you the best selection of creative-commons experimental music and alt-classical I could put together. Hope you enjoy it.
Playlist: [Evan Kuchar : Embody the Struggle, Marc-Andre Perron : Effervescence/Somnolence, Henali (w/ Maria Navrotskaya) : To Live, Tuk : German Holiday, Alex Kruckman : Forgive me Father Christmas for I Have Sinned]
Sources:
http://soundcloud.com/evankuchar/embody-the-struggle
http://cec.sonus.ca/jttp/2011/index.html
http://soundcloud.com/heinali/to-live-1
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tut/Proud_Princess_of_a_Brand_New_City/tuk_germanholidaysmp3
http://students.brown.edu/Brown_New_Music/past-events/2009-10/bang-means-christmas/
Ep 2.5: Forgiving
Forgiving others for leaving you. For disappearing. For betrayal. Letting go of the past. Holding on to the objects they gave you.
Playlist: [John Foley : Untitled, Josh Marshall : Sunn Child Duet, Simon Berz : Solo at SO21]
Sources: http://soundcloud.com/alistarblynd/sunn-child-duet, http://vimeo.com/14064267
Ep 2.4: Vision
The fibers between vision and sound.
Playlist: [Brian Schorn : Deviations I, Seth Kleinschmidt : UNCERTAINTY, Akihiko Matsumoto : Gravity, Ryan Lester w/ Zella Oslund + Evan Friedman : Kettle, Arvid Tomakyo-Peters + Brown New Music : Opportunity]
Sources:
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Brian_Schorn/VA_-_Clinical_Jazz_excerpt_3/Deviations_I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMjdsaWwZk8&feature=channel_video_title
Ep 2.3: Suspension
Suspense. Drama. Taut wire. Flying, but still unable to find a way out.
Playlist: [ Amy Chiao : Clipboard, Ryan Lester + Arvid Tomakyo-Peters + Erik-Dardan Ymeraga : Elevator Music, Mickey O’Hara : Side A / Tape, Daniella Ben-Bassat : Sine, Katie Laub : dfg, Seth Kleinschmidt : Suicide, Aniran Chandravongsri : Fabric Water Jug and Scissors ]
ps. Due to some chaos in the curator’s life, the show skipped an episode two weeks ago. We’re back to our regular schedule now, so expect another episode in two weeks!
Source: “Side A” from: http://secretrow.com/me
Ep 2.2: Ascension/Fall
This week on Sine Languages: the rise and the fall of, reaching altitude, before tumbling down to your end.
Playlist: [Stephen Higa & Ryan Lester : Shepard Tones (from voice), Timothy Nassau: Tournesol, Erik-Dardan Ymeraga : Seeks the Skies, Aniran Chandravongsri : Icarus, James Beaudraeu : Ascension Hall, Marcus Crabtree : Child Enough to Live to Watch]
Sources: Bird calls from http://www.freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/22384/, staircase from http://www.freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/104801/, idea for c-oneliner following Seeks the Skies from http://countercomplex.blogspot.com/2011/10/algorithmic-symphonies-from-one-line-of.html, B-29 cruising drone from http://www.freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/41143/, four rising tones from the Conet Project, chanting from http://freemusicarchive.org/music/J_Koho/Rishikesh_Rising_Field_Recordings_From_Rishikesh_India/13_Chanting_With_Feedback, James Beaudraeu song from http://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Beaudreau/Odds_and_Ends/Ascension_Hall
Ep 2.1: Walks
Walk everywhere. Nowhere. Take in the sounds of the city. Take back cognitive experience.
Featuring walks through the installations at the Pixilerations festival in Providence, RI.
Playlist: [Ryan Lester : Claps, Tim Rovinelli : puma automatic, John Caley : Reading Room (Walked through by Ryan Lester), Daniel Jones (erase) : Prime Composition, Blair Neil : Color-a-Sound, Peter Traub : ItSpace Physical Version (Walked through by Ryan Lester)]
Sources: http://www.freesound.org/people/rutgermuller/sounds/50725/, http://vimeo.com/7306407, http://vimeo.com/11606420, http://www.turbulence.org/Works/itspace/
Episode 1.1: An Experiment
This week on Sine Languages: Ryan’s been busy going back to school, so here’s an episode from back before the show really got its start, between the lost pilot (which shall remain forever hidden) and Episode 1.2 (where, for all purposes, the show really starts). It’s a mix of drone and ambient music with field recordings, an experiment in mixing that influenced the way I design and mix together each episode of SL. I lost the last playlist, but here’s what I remember: [ Lawrence English : The Surface of Everything (from A Color for Autumn), Arvid Tomakyo-Peters : A Pitcher of Old-Fashioneds, Jacaszek : Martwa cisza (from Treny), Tod Dockstader : Lala (from Aerial I) ]. Hope you enjoy.
Ep 1.5: Inspiration
This week on Sine Languages: Extended improv, meditation, the sounds that surround us.
Playlist:
[circle side out : Stereo Music for Organ Toys Microphone and Laptop, Arvid Tomakyo-Peters + Barbara Byers : Electrokacapi I, Tim Rovinelli : drone, Medical Procedures : Hip Replacement]
