[mp3]: Bekkar, "Mix for Imohtep"

Here it is, Bekkar's "Mix for Imhotep" as featured on this week's episode of the Soundscape. Thanks to Bekkar for making it available for free download. If you plan on partying it up on New Year's Eve this is perfect set to listen to that night or even the next day when you are recuperating. Enjoy.

 

1. Autechre - Kalpol Introl
2. Fairmont - Supercluster
3. Z2 - Black Finished Chrome
4. Helmut Wolfgruber, Herbert Gollini - Track 1
5. Andre Kraml - Koerbchen
6. Seph - Log 2
7. Jatoma - Paper Lights
8. Ni - Imugem Orihasam
9. Mastra - Reminded (Pawas mix)
10. DIgitaline - Avalache
11. Seph - Alquimia
12. Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B
13. Speedy J - Symmetry
14. Plaid - Spudink

[archive]: The Soundscape 2010 Year in Review Part 2 (12.27.10)

The Soundscape 2010 Year in Review Pt. 2 (12.27.10) by Needles Numark

 1) Alva Noto, "Garment (For a Garment)," For 2 (12k)

2) Kurt Vile, "Losing Momentum (for Jim Jarmusch)," Square Shells (Matador)

3) Circuit de Yeux, "Barrel Down," Ode to Fidelity (De Stijl)

4) Ducktails, "Mirror Image," Mirror Image 7" (shdwply)

5) Hype Williams, "Rescue Dawn," Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, and Start Gettin' Reel (De Stijl)

6) Rangers, "Airport Lights," Suburban Tours (Olde English Spelling Bee)

7) LA Vampires & Zola Jesus, "Searching," LA Vampires & Zola Jesus (Not Not Fun)

8) Lord Huron, "Into the Sun," Into the Sun

9) Painted Palms, "All of Us," Canopy

10) James Blake, "CMYK," CMYK EP (R&S)

11) Commix, "Japanese electronics (Instra:mental Moog Remix)," Re:Call to Mind (Metalheadz)

12) Minilogue, "Seconds (Thermalbear ReThink Remix)," Remixed Part 2 (Traum)

13) Chris Svoboda, "Gibson's Meow," Mid-Way Placenta

14) Baths, "lovely Bloodflow," Cerulean (Anticon)

15) Mortiz von Oswald Trio, "Untitled 1," Live in New York (Honest Jon's Records)

16) NDF, "Since We Last Met," (DFA)  

17) Actress, "Hubble," Splazsh (Honest Jon's Records)

18) To Rococo Rot vs Kaito, "Everlasting Forwardness (Traversable Wormhole Mix), Bekkar bootleg

19) High wolf, "The Sheperds 1," Shangri L.A. (Moamoo/Art Union)

20) Astral Social Club, "Free Wheels," Happy Horse (Happy Prince)

21) Ikonika, "Video Delays"

22) Bekkar, Mix for Imhotep

[Preview]: 2010 Year in Review Part 2

Tune in tonight to hear the second part of The Soundscape's 2010 year in review. We'll check out some of the best stuff from the past  year including tracks from Alva Noto, Ducktails, Circuit des Yeux, Rangers, James Blake, Actress, Astral Social Club, and many more.

Ducktails (Photo from undomondo.com)

We'll also have a very special in-studio guest this week when our friend Bekkar stops by. Bekkar will play us some of his favorite stuff from the past year including Commix, NDF, and Ikonika.

Iknoika (Image from Passionweiss.com)

 This year's been a blast and we are looking forward to an even better 2011. But first, we'll be closing out out 2010 right when Bekkar premiers his brand new mix for us, Mix for Imhotep.

Tune in tonight for the first listen to Bekkar's mix of progressive, breaks, and electronica. Then check back with the blog on Wednesday because Bekkar will make available the entire mix for free download. 

Show starts at 8pm. 

Needles

[video]: How to Dance to Dubstep

This is the funniest fucking thing I have ever seen. Talk about hitting the nail on the head.

 

DBGB's should fly this bird in to appear on dubstep night. They could set it up with the DJ and it could show the dubstep massive what's up. Yeh! Holla!!! Da Dirty Bird is gonna lock it down at DBGB's!!

[mp3]: Pat Cain and Jax Deluca, "Water, Wind"

Here is a teaser for tonight's show at The Vault. Check out the link for full info. 

The mp3 comes from a collaboration between Pat Cain and Jax Deluca that was posted to The Soundscape Group. I also played their song "Broken Sails" last night on the show. 

According to Deluca's website, both songs are previews of an upcoming disc based around their collaboration at Alfred's Institute for the Electronic Arts. 

Cain and Deluca will perform tonight as Gut Flora, along with some other folks including Gabe Gutierrez & Steve Baczkowski. Show starts at 9:30 with a suggested $3 donation.
water, wind - Pat Cain & Jax Deluca (IEA Residency at Alfred University, 10/2010)

"These tracks were recorded at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University, Oct. 17-21, 2010.

Pat and myself had quite an interesting time trying to record these tracks, as we had to do it piece by piece instead of one long shot - the room we recorded in had a couple dismantled pianos - guts exposed - some organs - and a doepfer. You'll notice these as drones in the background of some of these tracks. The metallic loud grating noise is Pat's neat little vibrating device from a baby rocker placed on a metal grid, rigged with a contact mic."

[archive]: 2010 Year in Review Part 1 (12.20.10)

The Soundscape, 2010 in Review Part 1 (12.20.10) by The Soundscape

Borful Tang, "Xevious," Herd and Unherd (Gigante Sound)

Mark McGuire, "The Vast Strucutre of Recollection," Living with Yourself (Editions Mego)

Marcus Fischer, "Between Narrow and Small," Monocoastal (12k)

Solo Andata, "Carving," Ritual (Desire Path Recordings)

Craig Vear, "Intertidal Pool," Summerhouses (Cluster / Mille Plateaux)

Loscil, "Dub for Cascadia," Endless Falls

Forest Swords, "Visits," Dagger Paths (Olde English Spelling Bee)

Matmos and So Percussion, "Aluminum," Treasure State (Cantaloupe)

Forest Feeling, "Mark Up Not Code," Forest Feeling

Sunburned Hand of the Man, "Now Lift the Outer Finger," A (Ecstatic Peace)

Bob Ohrum, "Every Time I close my eyes" Elevated (Relaxed Machinery)

Zs, "Black Crown Ceremony II: Six Realms," New Slaves (The Social Registry)

Pete Swanson, "U.O.A.," Where I Was (Private Pressing)

Pat Cain and Jax Deluca, "Broken Sails," IEA Residency at Alfred University (Oct. 2010)

Vladee Divac, "TECHNICAL," Technical Foul

Twinsistermoon, "Then Fell the Ashes," Then Fell the Ashes (Blackest Rainbow)

Steve Reich, "I. Fast 8:39 (Performed by Eight Blackbird)," Double Sextet and 2x5 (Nonsuch)

Oneohtrix Point Never, "Returnal," Returnal (Editions Mego)

Stereolab, "Neon Beanbag," (Atlas Sound Remix)," Not Music (Drag City/Duphonic)

Caribou"Kaili," Swin (Merge)

Beta Cloud, "Marsh of Sleep" Lunar Monograph (Laughing Bride Media)

Memoryhouse, "Elena," Choir of Empty Rooms

Keith Fullerton Whitman, "Disingenuity," Disingenuity b/w Disingenuousness (Pan)

[Preview]: 2010 in Review (Part 1)

Tune in tonight to The Soundscape on WTF 94.9 Buffalo Free Radio for the first in a two-part review of 2010. We'll look back and sample some of the great experimental music that came out this year, including Solo Andata, Zs, Steve Reich, Caribou, Oneohtrix Point Never, Loscil, Marcus Fischer, and much more. 

Zs (Photo originally from Brooklyn Vegan)

It was a good year for the Buffalo experimental community as well and we'll also take a look back at some of the great experimental music that came out of Buffalo this year. We'll be spinning tracks from Beta Cloud, Bob Ohrum, and a live take by Jax Deluca and Pat Cain. 

Beta Cloud

Show starts at 8pm. Don't miss it. 

And stay tuned for Part 2 of the  Year in Review next week when we'll continue our look back on 2010. 

We'll also take a look ahead to 2011 with the help of Bekkar, who is planning on stopping by the studio to premiere his new mix or us. I heard a rough draft of it back in November and it was pretty tight, so don't miss it. Perfect soundtrack for New Year's Eve (or the morning after). 

Needles

Future of Music Coalition's Statement on the Passing of the Local Community Radio Act

Legislation paves the way for more Low Power FM stations in American towns and cities

 

December 18, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressional champions joined with grassroots advocates and public interest groups — ranging from civil rights, environmental, arts, and religious organizations — to secure a pivotal victory in the effort to expand the diversity of views and voices on American radio.

The Local Community Radio Act passed the House of Representatives and Senate, thanks to the bipartisan leadership of Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) and Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ). The bill now awaits the President’s signature.

The addition of more Low Power FM (LPFM) stations will increase local civic engagement, diversify the airwaves, support local music and culture, assist during emergencies, expand religious expression and provide a platform for the voices of underrepresented communities to be heard.

The following statement is attributed to Michael Bracy, Policy Director for Future of Music Coalition (FMC), a national non-profit research, education and advocacy organization for musicians that has championed the expansion of community radio opportunities for a decade.

“The need to expand and protect non-commercial radio was a key driver in the creation of the Future of Music Coalition over ten years ago. We could not be more appreciative of the years and years of hard work by Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator John McCain, Representative Mike Doyle and Representative Lee Terry and their staffs to get to this point. Today’s passage is a historic milestone in the effort to provide local communities with greater opportunities for local, independent and niche music on the FM airwaves.

“Our sincere gratitude goes to these Congressional champions, as well as the musicians and media reform activists who have made this victory possible.”

PopMatters' Best Experimental Music of 2010

You can check out my year-end list for PopMatters on 2010's best experimental music. 

PopMatters' Best Experimental Music of 2010 

List includes a full introduction on the experimental scene in 2010, plus full reviews of the releases chosen.

Needles

[mp3]: Featured Soundcape Group Track

This week's featured Soundscape Group track comes from The Freemandown Duo. The two-piece improv group features Buffalo/Rochester's own synth-constructor and guitar player Martin Freeman alongside his reed-blowing partner Ed Downey. This track comes from their recent release on the Output:Noise label, titled simply Live. 


Freemandown Duo - Penelope

"Penelope" would have fit in great with this week's episode of The Soundscape which focused on nothing but improv music. (Truth is, I meant to play it during the show but totally forgot to slot it in.) So here you go the Freemandown Duo, a whole blog post to yourself! 

Enjoy,

Needles

[Archive]: 12.13.10

The Soundscape 12.13.10 by Needles Numark

1) Tony Conrad, Edley O'Dowd, and Genesis Breyer P. Orridge, "Part 3," Live at WFMU's Strength Through Failure

2) Glenn Kotche, "Monkey Chant (Live)"

3) Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, "Mom's Marmalade," Live

4) Hey Exit, "Live at 381 Congress Street Boston, 10/22/10"

5) Beau Sievers, "New England Digital-Untitled Improvisation"

6) Anbis, "Construction for Improvised Flute and Electronics"

7) Ornette Coleman, "Love Call," Love Call (Blue Note)

8) Alberty Ayler, "Holy Holy," Witches and Devils

9) John Coltrane, "Living Space" Living Space (Impulse! Records)

10) Sun Ra, "Sea of Sounds," Space is the Place (Grp Records)

11) Steve Baczkowski, Ed Klavoon, Ravi Padmanabha and Michael McNeill, "Untitled"

12) Cooper-Moore, "Duet with Elliot Sharpe," Live at Brecht Forum (1.17.09)

13) M. Nageswara Roa, "Anuragamuleni," The Ten Graces Played on the Vina Music of South India

14) Rangda, "Plain of Jars," False Flag (Drag City)

15) Icarus, "Three False Starts," Tweet the Birdy Electric (Leaf Label)

16) Four Tet, "Hands," Live in Copenhagen (2004)

17) Taylor Duepree and Christopher Willits, "Live @ Tonic, 11.26.02"

[Preview]: A Special Improv Edition of The Soundscape

Tune in tonight to The Soundscape on WTF 94.9 Buffalo Free Radio at 8pm for a special show dedicated to Improv music of all kinds. 

We'll hear come classic free jazz from Coltrane, Ayler, Coleman, and Sun Ra, along with some cool new stuff from Rangda, a collaboration between Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Sir Richard Bishop.  

Rangda (Photo marginally from Brooklyn Vegan)

We got plenty of experimental live jams from the likes of Four Tet, Cooper-Moore and Elliot Sharpe, Christopher Willits and Taylor Duepree, and a recent collaboration between Tony Conrad, Genesis Breyer P. Orridge, and Edley O'Dowd, along with a few others. 

Tony Conrad and Genesis Breyer P. Orridge

We'll also hear a special live unreleased jam from Buffalo jazz players Steve Baczkowski, Ed Klavoon, Ravi Padmanabha and Michael McNeil. 

And don't worry....we won't subject you to any of that 20-minute guitar solo hippie jam band shit. So you can leave those glowsticks in the closet and that granola in the fridge 'cuz this ain't gonna be a Phish party. Serious experimental Improv only.

Show starts at 8pm.

Needles

[mp3]: A Recording of the NYC FM Radio Dial from the Night John Lennon Died 30 Years Ago

Radio Dial on the Night of Lennon's Death, 12.9.80 by The Soundscape

I stumbled on this clip awhile ago. No idea who made it, but it is poignant to say the least. 

Thirty years ago today, John Lennon was shot in front of his home  by a deranged fan whose name is not worth mentioning. Upon the announcement of Lennon's death, someone in the New York City area spun through the FM radio dial and recorded various broadcasts that range from news updates, grieving fans calling in to talk shows, and Beatles songs.  

Thirty years later this recording is haunting to say the least. If you ever considered yourself a Lennon fan, this clip is worth a listen.

Surround:Visual - A Multimedia/Dance Performance with Live Music

Tonight in Buffalo a true multimedia event is taking place over at Babeville. You can check out the Facebook page for all the info, but here is the quick rundown if you don't already know what's up.

Photo originally from Artvoice.com

Surround:Visual a Multimedia/Dance Performance with Live Music will feature a total of 25 performers across 3 mediums: dance, video, and music. The performers will present a collaboration that is intended to, from the sound of it, engulf the audience in a sensory overload experience. The audience is in the middle, enclosed by a circle of video projections and surround-sound audio. Dancers will then roam in between the screen and the audience.

There will be two 50-minute improvisational performances.The show is free, but a donation is encouraged.

List of performers:

Dancers: Erin Bahn, Beth Elkins, Nancy Hughes, Angela Lopez, Leanne Rinelli, Bonnie Jean Taylor, and Elyssa Bourke.

Video artists: Cory Gath, Courtney Grim, Carl Lee, Tammy McGovern, Brian Milbrand and Vince Mistretta

Musicians: Jim Abramson, Kathleen Ashwill, Steve Baczkowski, Michael Basinski, Gabe Beam, Kevin Obrien Cain, Jenece Gerber, Mike Kimaid, Keir Neuringer, KG Price and T. Andrew Trump 

Check out this video of the group rehearsing for tonight's show:

Both performances are supported in part with funds from the Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds which are supported by The New York State Council on the Arts and the Strategic Opportunity Stipends Program through New York Foundation for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. The project also received a generous donation of steel from ALP Steel Corp.

Reactionary Ensemble Blog:

http://reactionaryensemble.blogspot.com/

Presented by Beyond/In WNY:

http://beyondinwny.org/

THE EVENT IS A BENEFIT FOR HALLWALLS !!!!!

[Archive] The Soundscape 12.06.10

The Soundscape 12.6.10 by Needles Numark

1) The Fun Years, "Little Vapors," God Was Like, No (Barge Recordings)

2) Richard Skelton, "Old Rachels (Part 2)," Landings (Type)

3) Failing Lights, "Serve in Silence," Failing Lights (Intransitive)

4) Chapels, "Untitled," No Voids (House of Alchemy)
5) Tim Six, "Evoked Machine"

6) Augustine Leudar, "The Wild Hunt,"  Installation at Eden Project in UK

7) Dolphins into the Future, "Observations Through the Halocline of the Worlds 1," The Music of Belief       (Release the Bats)

8) Six Organs of Admittance, "Cover Your Wounds With the Sky," Luminous Night (Drag City)

9) Coil, "Godhead=Deathbed," Scatology (Force & Form)

10) Cinnamon Aluminum, "Godhead," Mad Monty in the 8^th Dimension of Nine

11) The Gibbets, "Baby Ain't Happy," Playground (Fubar Bundy Presents)

12) David Lynch, "I Know," Good Day Today/I Know (Sunday Best)

13) SJ Esau, "Wears the Control" Wrong Faced Cat Feed Collapse (Anticon)

14) Reactionary Ensemble, "Surround: Audio Variations II" Live at Burchfield Penny Art Center, 11.10.10

15) Memoryhouse, "Untitled," Choir of Empty Rooms (We Are Bandits)

16) Zelienople, "Indifferent Dreams," Give It Up (TypeP

17) Boom Bit, "Pulse All Over (Peel Session Version)," Corymb (Lex Records)

18) Broken Social Scene, "Professor Sambo," Lo-Fi for the Dividing Nights (Arts & Crafts)

19) Christopher Willits, "Sun Body," Tiger Flower Circle Sun (Ghostly)

20) Forest Feeling, "Wowbagger," Forest Feeling

21) Krob, "Time," Soundscape Group 

22) Black to Comm, Live on Rare Frequency 11.03.10, Rare Frequencies Podcast Special Ed. 48 

23) Beta Cloud, "Bay of Billows," Lunar Monograph (Laughing Bride Media)

[Preview] Tonight's Show

Tune in tonight to The Soundscape to hear new music from Failing Lights, Forest Feeling, The Fun Years, and Cinnamon Aluminum.

Mike Connelly of Failing Lights (Photo Originally from Intransitive Recordings)

We'll also hear a new song from Mulholland Drive director David Lynch, a live recording from Black to Comm, and other semi-recent stuff from Christopher Willits, Dolphins into the Future, and Richard Skelton.

David Lynch

Plus local sounds from Chapels, Beta Cloud, The Gibbets, and a live outtake from the Reactionary Ensemble's performance at Birchfield-Penny Art Center back in November. 

We'll also check in on some Soundcloud artists like Pied Piper and Krob.

Tune in at 8pm. Check back with the blog tomorrow for full playlist info and an archived version of the set. 

Needles

[video]: Kyla Kegler "Buffalo Grain Music"

I've always wondered what would happen if a sound artist made use of the giant, rotting grain elevators located just south of the city. This video here from Kyla Kegler offers a hint at the possibilities.

buffalo grain music. from kyla kegler on Vimeo.

in this video you travel by bicycle through downtown buffalo, ny, through the deserted ruins and into the old abandoned grain elevators.

all of the sound in the video is live and natural to the environment. the music comes from the incredible acoustics in the grain funnels, and is only voice and sounds made by touching the sides of the funnel while sitting inside of it.

if you get bored at the beginning, skip to 15 minutes ahead, to see the music.

[mp3] Featured Soundcloud Group Track: Martin Freeman, "Schuele"

Schuele by Martin Freeman

This week's featured Soundcloud Group track comes courtesy of Buffalo's own Martin Freeman. According to Freeman's Soundcloud page, "Schuele" was "recorded live with shortwave radio, the growler (homemade synth) and guitar pedals."

Martin is involved in a number of projects including Repeater, Freemandown Duo, and Obody. What's really interesting is that a lot of the sounds Freeman uses are made with home-made synthesizer gear. You can follow Freeman's Tumblr blog where he details the equipment he makes, which you can buy as well. Sound samples of his home-made gear can he heard at his Soundcloud page. 

If you're looking for a piece of gear to give you that grainy, analog sound that computer software just can't replicate, I suggest you look into Mr. Freeman's gear.       

Don't forget to head over to the Soundscape's Soundcloud Group to check out what everyone is up to. Upload your own stuff, too, and I'll feature it on the blog and on the show. 

Needles

Kickstarter for Surrounded:Visual Show

The upcoming Surrounded:Visual event set to take place at Babeville on Wednesday, December 8 needs help raising funds. The Reactionary Ensemble and nimbus dance group are hoping to raise $2,500 in order to meet their needed funding for the event.

Right now they are at $210.

Head over to their Kickstarter page for more details on the event (which sounds fucking awesome, by the way) and what you can get by donating anywhere from $10-$500. Donations as low as $1 can be made as well.

The money will go toward the materials needed for the the screen used in the performance, costumes for the dancers, ultrasonic range sensors and stipends for the artists involved in the project.

Monday, December 6 is the deadline for raising the funds. 

[video]: Rotary Signal Emitter: "Side A"

Stumbled on this....check it out.

Rotary Signal Emitter - Side A from The Wire Magazine on Vimeo.

Sculpture is the London based duo of musician Dan Hayhurst and animator Reuben Sutherland. Rotary Signal Emitter LP is featured in an article by Matthew Ingram in The Wire 322, and is out on Dekorder.

[Preview]:Tonight on the Soundscape

Tonight on The Soundscape: new music from Atlas Sound, Tristan Perich, Apparat, Reporter, and Golden Panda.  We'll also hear another new track from local artists Chris Svoboda's new album Mid-Way Placenta. 

  
Tonight's show will also feature special in-studio guest DJ Bekkar. Its Bekkar's birthday today so he will play a few tracks for us that he's been listening to and we'll hear a special up-tempo set tonight in honor of his birthday.  

Show starts at 8pm. Stream here. Check back on the blog for the night's playlist. Out of range? Have no fear. Each and every show of The Soundscape will be archived online here. 

Don't forget….send me your stuff if you want to hear it on The Soundscape. Use the Soundcloud Dropbox on the blog at the top right of the screen. 

Needles

Soundscape Archive 11.29.10

Soundscape 11.29.10 by Needles Numark

Atlas Sound, "Freak Train," Bedroom Databank

Tristan Perich, "Movement 3," 1-Bit Symphony (Cantaloupe)

Burial and Four Tet, "Moth," Moth/Wolf Cub 12" Single (Text Records)

Chris Svoboda, "Flick Show," Mid-Way Placenta

Plaid, "Even Spring," Spokes (Warp)

Gold Panda, "Killing Yourself on a Beach," You EP (Ghostly)

Apparat, "Sayulita," DJ-Kicks (!K7)

Reporter, "Lab Test," Time Incredible (Holocene)

Horsepower Productions, "Poison Wine," Quest for the Sonic Bounty (Tempa)

Addison Grove, "Foot Crab," Foot Crab/Dumb Shit 12" Single (Swamp 81)

Mr. Scruff, "Sweetsmoke (Manitoba Mix)," Zen RMX (Ninjatune Recordings)

Tom Middleton, Essential Mix (May, 2001) [excerpt]

Grand Master Flash, "The Adventures of Grand Master Flash on the Wheels of Steel," Street Beats (Sugarhill)

Crackhaus, "Birthday Bangers and Mash," But Then Again (~scape)

Matthew Herbert, "The Audience," Bodily Functions (!K7)

Chris Joss, "You've Been Spiked," You've Been Spiked (Eighteenth Street)

Aphex Twin, "We Are the Music Makers," Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (R&S)

Asura, "Asura II"

Kupa, "Bloody Tears"

Javelin, "C-Town," No Mas (Luaka Bop)

LB, "Superbad," Ashes to Ashes (Output)

Sun Araw, "All Night Long," Heavy Deeds (Not Not Fun)

[mp3] Featured Soundscape Group Track

 

This week's Soundscape Group track comes from the artists Red Fog. Not much info is available on Red Fog, except this description from the artists' Soundcloud page.

"Red Fog is an ambient project with blurry sonic boundaries. The project mission is to translate & convert subconscious ephemeral states of mind into atmospheric aural pieces, by experimenting & using dense drone, sustained morphing sounds, manipulated field recorded samples, deep ambient pads and synthesized atmospheres."

And that's exactly what you get with "The Silicon Hawk is Watching."  

Plenty of other good tracks have been posted to the group in the past week. You can listen to what is being posted here and don't forget to upload your own stuff. I'll keep featuring tracks on the blog and in each week's show.

The Soundscape, 11.22.10

 1) Simon Scott, "I Tried So Hard," Air Textures Vol. 2

2) The Fun Years, "Makes Sense to Me," God Was Like, No (Barge)

3) Excepter, "OBOH," LATE (Woodist)

4) Lesser, Matmos, Wobbly,  "Untitled," Simultaneous Quodlibet (Important Records)

5) Freeform, "Nothing to Say," Wildcat (Skam Records)

6) Zelienople, "Drugs Legs," Hollywood (Under the Spire Recordings)

7) Yellow Swans, "Going Places," Going Places (Type)

8) Hubble, "Hubble Dust"

9) Chris Svoboda, "Vandercent," Mid-Way Placenta  

10) Strukturator, "Salvation"

11) Motor, "Gok," (Audio.nl)

12) Growing, "Lateral" Lateral (The Social Registry)

13) Beta Cloud, "The Book of Earth (Flowing Water Cut)," The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) (Relaxed Machinery)

14) Jax Deluca, "They All Make Fun of Us," The Soundscape Soundcloud Group

15) Vladee Divac, "76ers," Technical Foul EP

15) La Monte Young, "The Dream House"

16) Avrocar, "Fega," Cinematography (Earworm)

17) Stars of the Lid, "The Atomium part 1, 2, and 3," Avec Laudenum (Kranky)

18) Poverty Hymns, "And Put to Rest Manic Limbs"

19) Jim O'Rourke, "Side B," Despite the Water Supply

20) Denes Dobai, "Sundown- The Dreams of Moons," The Soundscape Soundcloud Group

Tonight on The Soundscape

Tune in tonight at 8 PM for another episode of The Soundscape on WTF 94.9 Buffalo Free Radio. We'll hear new stuff from Simon Scott, Excepter, and The Fun Years. 

The Fun Years, Mutek 2009

Plus local stuff from Chris Svoboda, Poverty Hymns, Beta Cloud, and Jax Deluca. 

Beta Cloud- The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho)  Design by Chase Middaugh

 

And of course tons of other great stuff. Talk to you soon.

Needles

Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony

Here is something that should call into question ever getting obsessed over finding an ultra limited vinyl, cassette, or CD-R again. 

After all, those are only copies. 

Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony, on the other hand, is a not a recording for you to listen to. This release, which comes in a CD jewel case and is described as "juxtaposing the grand form of a classical symphony with the minimal nature of 1-bit circuitry," actually "performs" its music live when turned on.

How many of those 7" singles you got on Record Store Day can do that?

It can perform, instead of play, because 1-Bit Symphony is a complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—and you can hear the circuit perform though a headphone jack mounted into the case itself. 

According to Perich's website, "1-Bit Symphony utilizes on and off electrical pulses, synthesized by assembly code and routed from microchip to speaker, to manifest data as sound. The device treats electricity as a sonic medium, making an intimate connection between the materiality of hardware and the abstract logic of software."

Confused? Watch this video below.

Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony (Part 1: Overview) from Tristan Perich on Vimeo.

Despite the elementary design, 1-Bit Symphony is not lined up for mass production. An artist's edition of the project is limited to 50 copies. Each one is signed and numbered and includes silkscreen print of source code and schematic. Buy it for 150 bones HERE. Or pick up the regular edition for $30.

Thanks to Ethan Becker for passing this along. See you Wednesday night fool!

Download Chris Svoboda's New Album Mid-Way Placenta

Free download available from Buffalo-area artist Chris Svoboda. His new album Mid-Way Placenta has a lot of different electronic stands holding it together like minimal techno, progressive tech-house, and even some flourishes of downtempo. 

That's not surprising considering that Svoboda is also an established media artists that works in animation, music video, painting, and live visuals for music performance. He was even at the controls for the Intension Quintet show last Saturday at Shakti Yoga. 

Needless to say his album is worth checking out. You can download it here for free.

Nat Baldwin at the Vault Tonight

Interesting show tonight at the Vault brought to you by Little Red Booking. Dirty Projectors' member Nat Baldwin will perform with Kurt Weisman (Witch, Feathers) and Travis Laplante (Little Women) opening the show. Tickets are $8. You can get them at Cafe Taza or Spiral Scratch if there are any left. Only 70 were made available.

Check out the video below of Baldwin performing in NYC this past August.

If you go to this take some pics and upload this to the Soundscape Flickr Group.

[Video]: Vladee Divac Live

Oh, you have GOT to see this. Witness the birth of 'dunkwave.' Not sure if this is awesome or just down right hysterical. Regardless, it has to be seen. Basketball meets live drone and noise.

Vladee Divacc Short Park Set (Chris Mullin, Expansion Teams, Phoenix Suns) 

from Christian Filardo on Vimeo.

"My Dunkwave, drone, noise project Vladee Divacc in Daily Park I get asked to stop after about seven minutes. They threaten to call the cops as people in the back attempt to fulfill their hoop dreamz!"

Download his EP for free here.