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		<title>Crossing the Horizon: Brian Flanders/Nauseous Youth Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blurb on CD Baby reads: &#8220;A singing canary being thrown into a helicopter engine, yet still able to sing within the grinding noise of the chopper.&#8221; Well, yes. That&#8217;s a good summary.
But don&#8217;t let this put you off. Dosage combines a real melodic sense (chords! form! modulations! more than one key!) and glitch done [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/nauseousyf">blurb</a> on CD Baby reads: &#8220;A singing canary being thrown into a helicopter engine, yet still able to sing within the grinding noise of the chopper.&#8221; Well, yes. That&#8217;s a good summary.</p>
<p>But don&#8217;t let this put you off. <em>Dosage</em> combines a real melodic sense (chords! form! modulations! more than one key!) and glitch done with <em>style</em>. Yes, it is possible, twenty-minute pointless laptop improvisations notwithstanding. Take slightly creepy, sometimes haunting, sometime plaintive melody. Add rhythm tracks ranging from straight-ahead shuffle to light-speed drum-n-bass, all completely composed of crunchy fuzzy squelchy noises, manipulated with a gleeful digital buzzsaw. Now the hard part: make it <strong>work</strong>. <em>Dosage</em> does.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m normally not much of a glitch fan: too often the aesthetic seems to be more &#8220;I am obviously far more an artiste than you, for I like this&#8221; or maybe &#8220;man, I  cannot <em>believe</em> you putting up with this and applauding&#8221;. Nauseous Youth Future comes from a place that says &#8220;this genre has something to say that can&#8217;t be said otherwise&#8221;. Anything that does that is worth a listen.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a lot of technical excellence here too. In-your-face, dry glitchiness combined with cavernous processed spaces &#8211; which are subject themselves to the glitch treatment <em>in toto</em>. There&#8217;s also a good sense of musicality, with nice choices of instrumentation. No fear of allowing either pure glitch or pure melody its own time before recombining them again.</p>
<p>Overall, I think this CD does a great job of bridging genres, with its own interesting aesthetic. Definitely worth a listen.</p>
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		<title>Crossing the Horizon: Steve Castellano</title>
		<link>http://www.ibiblio.org/emusic-l/2004/10/19/crossing-the-horizon-steve-castellano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I&#8217;m looking at the Metasonix website, which has the most wonderful selection of hurtful signal processors, including the (perhaps not safe-for-work) Agonizer. And I see a link to this guy Steve Castellano. Having listened to some of the really nasty noises that the Agonizer could make, I figured, hey, I&#8217;m on a roll, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, so I&#8217;m looking at the Metasonix website, which has the most wonderful selection of <em>hurtful</em> signal processors, including the (perhaps not safe-for-work) <a href="http://www.metasonix.com/TX1.htm">Agonizer</a>. And I see a link to this guy Steve Castellano. Having listened to some of the really <a href="http://www.metasonix.com/TX1Karma.mp3">nasty</a> noises that the Agonizer could make, I figured, hey, I&#8217;m on a roll, let&#8217;s see what his stuff sounds like.</p>
<p>Folks, Steve can <em>cook</em>. I listened to the first minute or so of &#8220;Shame On You&#8221;, with the Dubya samples (nicely used, too!), and then grabbed everything he had. I&#8217;m listening to <a href="http://stevecastellano.com/audio/increased.mp3">Increased In Strength</a> and I keep turning it up. This is a Good Sign. Yow!</p>
<p><em>Way</em> recommended!</p>
<p><a href="http://stevecastellano.com/index.cgi/sc/audio/">http://stevecastellano.com/index.cgi/sc/audio/</a></p>
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		<title>Crossing the Horizon: Elaine Walker / Chaos Melody Theory</title>
		<link>http://www.ibiblio.org/emusic-l/2003/11/12/crossing-the-horizon-elaine-walker-chaos-melody-theory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elaine Walker has done some interesting stuff with iterated function systems, mapping points in both the real line and the complex plane to melodies. Melodies that almost but don&#8217;t quite repeat, and which vector off at strange angles from your expectations.  Hynotic minimalist metallic sculptures. What Philip Glass might sound like if he came [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/">Elaine Walker</a> has done some interesting stuff with iterated function systems, mapping points in both the real line and the complex plane to melodies. Melodies that almost but don&#8217;t quite repeat, and which vector off at strange angles from your expectations.  Hynotic minimalist metallic sculptures. What Philip Glass might sound like if he came from a planet orbiting the Crab Nebula.She has a four-movement piece (mp3&#8217;s: <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/chaos/1minusrxsquared/movement1.mp3">1</a> <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/chaos/1minusrxsquared/movement2.mp3">2</a> <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/chaos/1minusrxsquared/movement3.mp3">3</a> <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/chaos/1minusrxsquared/movement4.mp3">4</a>) that explores different points of the complex space laid out by the equation 1-rx^2, as well as a <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/chaos/ListeningExamples/CCimprov.mp3">live improv</a>.I&#8217;ve heard a number of &#8220;music from chaos&#8221; pieces and have generally been bored silly within a few minutes. Walker&#8217;s pieces, however, are lively and interesting. Very tasty stuff. Her <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/elaine/chaos/">thesis</a> on the subject is good reading.[update 01/08] &#8211; Since I originally found her work, she&#8217;s been doing a <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">lot</span>Â of recording: the bandÂ <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/ZIA/sections/bio.html">ZIA</a>,Â <a href="http://www.myspace.com/numbersine">Number Sine</a>, andÂ <a href="http://www.ziaspace.com/ZIA/sections/music.html#ELAINE">solo work</a>Â as well.</p>
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		<title>The EMUSIC-L Jukebox</title>
		<link>http://www.ibiblio.org/emusic-l/2003/11/05/the-emusic-l-jukebox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2003 21:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, before MP3s became ubiquitous and streaming audio became a possibility, I floated the idea of an EMUSIC-L &#8220;jukebox&#8221; &#8211; links to music by the members of the list.
&#60;p&#62;
I&#8217;m still considering the possibility; ibiblio has lots of disk space and bandwidth, and it&#8217;s no longer a problem for people to either encode [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once upon a time, before MP3s became ubiquitous and streaming audio became a possibility, I floated the idea of an EMUSIC-L &#8220;jukebox&#8221; &#8211; links to music by the members of the list.<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
I&#8217;m still considering the possibility; ibiblio has lots of disk space and bandwidth, and it&#8217;s no longer a problem for people to either encode or decode their music.<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
Since I&#8217;m investing my own time here, I&#8217;d be picking and choosing the music. Recommendations and pointers are certainly welcome, but the last say will be mine.<br />
We won&#8217;t get into freedom of speech or equal access or favoritism here; I&#8217;m doing the work, so I make the rules. Simple.<br />
&lt;p&gt;<br />
Watch this space; if and when I get this underway, I&#8217;ll post &#8220;Crossing the Horizon&#8221; notes for new stuff added, and you&#8217;ll see a new link in the sidebar.</p>
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		<title>Crossing the Horizon: Harry Haecker</title>
		<link>http://www.ibiblio.org/emusic-l/2003/09/17/crossing-the-horizon-harry-haecker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry was one of my favorite folks from EMUSIC-L; enthusiastic, experimental, and always ready to try something new. An idle Google turned up his music page with several pieces available there.I wish MP3&#8217;s had been available while EMUSIC-L was running; Harry&#8217;s got some fine stuff here. Everything from &#8220;Yolobro&#8221; (think Kronos Quartet plus Jack de [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harry was one of my favorite folks from EMUSIC-L; enthusiastic, experimental, and always ready to try something new. An idle Google turned up his <a href="http://www.ggsounds.com">music page</a> with several pieces available there.I wish MP3&#8217;s had been available while EMUSIC-L was running; Harry&#8217;s got some fine stuff here. Everything from &#8220;<a href="http://www.ggsounds.com/music/yolobro.mp3">Yolobro</a>&#8221; (think Kronos Quartet plus Jack de Johnette and tasty plucked bass) through Enoesque ambience (&#8221;<a href="http://www.ggsounds.com/music/takingtime.mp3">Taking Time to Make Love</a>&#8220;) to mysterious swamp music (partly actually recorded <em>in</em> a swamp, from my recollection &#8211; &#8220;<a href="http://www.ggsounds.com/music/springnight.mp3">Spring Night</a>&#8220;). Lots more. Recommended.</p>
<p>Â [Updated 01/08 to fix the links - JM]Â </p>
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		<title>Crossing the Horizon: Deconstructing Eno</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing what you can run across by accident.In the process of cleaning up some old mail, I came across a reference to the Dartmouth College Electro-Acoustic Music group. Idly looking there, I foundÂ MP3&#8217;s of a project in which &#8220;Triennale&#8221; (from Eno&#8217;s &#8220;The Shutov Assembly&#8221;) was reprocessed and reimagined by five students. The results are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s amazing what you can run across by accident.In the process of cleaning up some old mail, I came across a reference to the Dartmouth College Electro-Acoustic Music group. Idly looking there, I foundÂ MP3&#8217;s of a project in which &#8220;Triennale&#8221; (from Eno&#8217;s &#8220;The Shutov Assembly&#8221;) was reprocessed and reimagined by five students. The results are fascinating.Kyoko Kobayashi&#8217;s <a href="http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/eno/kyoko.mp3">A Frog Named Brian</a>Â combines tree frogs, retuned bits of ambiance, and pure computerklangfarben into a completely new piece. Masaki Kubo&#8217;sÂ <a href="http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/eno/masaki.mp3">Eno Desuka</a>Â starts off with quiet time-travel quotes and veers off into happily detuned weirdness, sliding slowly back into the quiet.Â <a href="http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/eno/steve.mp3">En-o-scope</a>, by Steve Pierce, shows us a picture of the inside of the atoms making up the original piece &#8211; a tight, complex and gorgeous space. Bruno Ruviaro&#8217;sÂ <a href="http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/eno/bruno.mp3">Sal de Fruta</a>Â combines a wandering shivery fragility with ghosts of the original track, adding a spoken track that fits just right. The final version, sTEfan Tomic&#8217;sÂ <a href="http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/eno/stefan.mp3">one + 1.7&#215;103</a>, combines brittle indistrial hums with excerpts from the original received over a broken shortwave receiver.All highly recommended. Go get &#8216;emÂ <a href="http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/eno/">now</a>.</p>
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		<title>Crossing the Horizon: David Lee Myers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longtime readers of EMUSIC-L may remember Arcane Device &#8211; the brainchild of David Lee Myers. A visit to Myers&#8217; website is recommended to anyone who&#8217;s interested in the artistic potential of feedback. Of particular interest is the diagram describing theÂ basic setupÂ used in the recording of the Resonant Coil CD. His new CD Ourobouros is available; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Longtime readers of EMUSIC-L may remember Arcane Device &#8211; the brainchild of David Lee Myers. A visit to Myers&#8217; <a href="http://pulsewidth.com">website</a> is recommended to anyone who&#8217;s interested in the artistic potential of feedback. Of particular interest is the <a href="http://www.pulsewidth.com/Soundart%20%26%20Soundtech/soundartsoundtec.html">diagram</a> describing theÂ basic setupÂ used in the recording of the Resonant Coil CD. His new CD <a href="http://www.pulsewidth.com/Pulsewidth%20Releases/pulsewidthpw01.html">Ourobouros</a> is available; the short samples from the tracks reveal sounds ranging from insects and gongs to nervous marimbas; robot guitar heroes and shortwave non-radios; distant sawmills and rubber drums: ice sculptures on the dark side of a far planet.</p>
<p>[updated 01/08 to point to new pages on Myers' site. - JM]</p>
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