"MIDI Drum Theme" [mp3 removed -- this track is now on Bandcamp]
A commercial MIDI drum pattern was used to generate a bassline on the modular synth (sine wave). Then the same pattern (and a related one) were used to trigger General MIDI-esque drums from a couple of kits. The bass and drums were overtracked; then modest "lead" lines were added on the synth (triangle wave).
From "the vault." This was originally a work on paper, sampled and flipped to make this mandala-like image.
The paper part was all computer printouts, collaged.
"Sonar Death Ray II" [mp3 removed]
Noise music piece, analog synths with a fair amount of modulation and patching, and minimal MIDI control. The square wave with varying pulsewidth at the end is fairly punishing. I sampled it and made it into a riff.
Paddy Johnson is caught in an impossible predicament trying to both praise and excoriate the Frieze Art Fair.
What is the purpose of this fair? It's wa-a-ay off the beaten path, on Randall's Island (not to be confused with North Brother Island, final resting place of Typhoid Mary).
Presumably it's so some London galleries can get within sucking distance of New York art collectors but it's "intellectual" because Frieze, the magazine, frequently cribs from the Frankfurt School.
And surprise, it's anti-union, anti-protestor, and its director thinks artists get their ideas of life from Bravo (the TV channel).
The Friezesters pack enough influence to convene a panel of 3/4 of NYC's top museum directors, who mainly want to talk about their pricy buildings and are stunned speechless when some rabble get in and ask about the unions and so forth. They probably thought the 40 dollar ticket and ferry ride would be sufficient screening.
Fairs as a whole suck, the art always looks bad, and trust me, you don't really want to hobnob with dealers whose eyes are constantly scanning around the room for someone more important to schmooze.
Paddy's beat is galleries so she's more professionally obligated to cover this nonsense than say, moi. For me it's good enough to be in NY where there are year-round galleries and I don't have to take a boat to a tent to see art.
