[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

[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

[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.

Soundcloud Group Track

This week's track from the Soundscape Soundcloud Group comes by way of an Argentinian living in New Zealand. Axel Shaw, who operates on Soundcloud under the name of somethingshaw, created this piece while taking a bath.  

Might sound simple but, as the attached message to the track reveals, this was actually a fairly complicated and somewhat dangerous process, one that involved using a hydrophone (an underwater microphone) while in the tub. 

Take a listen to the tack and check out Shaw's description on how he recorded it below the image.

 

"This is me having a 10 minute bath at home. Recorded with my home-made Hydrophone [mic].

3 Samples were loaded into Gleetchab:
Channel 1: the raw (pre-edited) bathtub recording
 -This went straight into the mixer and into the Granulator

Channel 2: a bass drone I did sometime ago
 -This was the Carrier of my Convolution effect

Channel 3: a kick drum sample (pre-edited)
 -This acted as the Modulator of my Convolution. I wired it to a Feedback channel as well.

 The Convolution Output went into the granulator as well, producing a drony feeling. Then the Granulator was fed into the Feedback for a tiny little bit of humidity.


Sample Reading Speed were altered up to 0.00001 of the
original, giving a nice sub bass. Some of the samples were dubbed in order to create more character.

Then, of course, everything rewired into PT and some PlugIns here and there for the final mixdown and mastering. The session contains 1 Audio Track, 1 Aux Track, and the Master.

Funny little thing: this being my first home-built Hydrophone (which I did together with my friend Benni), there was a bit of tension and preoccupation of submerging myself into a liquid medium, knowing that if there was any leakage not only I would end up electrified, but it would have meant the instant death of my dear MacBook and MBox. To make sure I was up to OSH standards :P I wrapped it into a double-condom (the pinky Durex, for you curious people) layer. Still, this wasn't quite the most relaxed bath I ever had! haha, glad I made it ;)

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks Axel. 

Everyone else keep posting your tracks to the Soundscape Soundcloud Group. I'll keep featuring songs on the The Soundscape or right here on the blog. 

Needles

Tonight on The Soundscape, 11.8.10

Tune in tonight to hear The Soundscape at 8 pm on WTF 94.9 Buffalo Free Radio.  Got a great show lined up for you. We'll hear plenty of stuff from local artists, including Enxu, Jax Deluca, Intension Quintent, and Lazlo Hollyfeld. 

And in honor of the return of Buffalo's own Vincent Gallo this Friday to Soundlab with his group RRIICCEE, we'll hear a rare live performance from the group recorded back in 2007. Do not miss this! The group does not record any of their material and you cannot hear this or any other RRIICCEE material anywhere else! 

Vincent Gallo

 
We'll also hear some new stuff from New Zealand duo Glass Vaults, LA producer Flying Lotus, and Hartford noise rock group Magik Markers. 

Tonight's show will also feature much of the music that has been posted to the Soundcloud group. If you haven't checked out the Soundscape Soundcloud Group yet, head over and listen to all the great music being posted by not only Buffalo-based artists, but Sounscape listeners from around the world. Post your own stuff, too.  

The adorable members of The Soundscape Group. Why wouldn't you want to join a group like this?

Featured Soundcloud Group Track: "Golden Dusk" by Denes Dobai

Here is an incredible track that was posted to the Soundcloud Group that is getting a lot of attention. Its called "Golden Dusk" and comes from Denes Dobai (dnsdobai) out of Banary, Britian. This is a very refined, yet deep track that will be worth repeated listens.  Dobai has loads of other stuff on the site, too, so make sure you check him out or follow him if you're on Soundcloud.

So take a listen here or head over to The Soundscape's Soundscloud Group if you haven't yet and listen to all the other great tracks that people are posting. Some good stuff from Buffalo based artists Jax Deluca and Enxu just went up overnight. Enjoy.

Needles

  

Soundcloud Group

As promised from tonight's broadcast, here is the link to our Soundcloud group for The Soundscape.  A link will be permanently placed in the Contact/Follow box on the right from now on. All listeners are encouraged to upload their tracks, regardless if you live in Buffalo or Brussels. 

Please limit your uploads to 3 tracks per week. Feel free to include a picture and info with each track so that if I play it on the air or post it to the blog, I can say something about it. Links to your sites or Soundcloud pages are good as well.

I will continue to play the tracks that I like during my broadcasts based on how well they fit with the stuff I am playing.  I will also keep an eye on the group and highlight the songs that get the most plays and/or comments by incorporating them into the broadcasts and featuring them on the blog.  

Below is the first track from the Group page to make it to the blog. It comes from Brooklyn based artists, Anthony Distefano. Thanks Anthony! Everyone else spread the word and make sure to comment on the tracks you like! Enjoy.


   Andalus by anthony distefano

And for those of you committed to physical media for the transmission of your music, I am planning on setting up a physical drop box somewhere in Buffalo for you to get me your stuff. Any suggestions where? Let me know.

Needles