"Synthpop Affinity" [mp3 moved to Bandcamp]
More tunes from the FM7 softsynth (a bass sequence and a sample and hold break), accompanied by the drum sample kit used in the last music upload (backwards cymbals, too).
October 2012
"Aye-aye-aye (2012 Mix)"
"Aye-aye-aye (2012 Mix)" [mp3 removed -- a further revised version is on Bandcamp]
Another redo of a 2005 track, with a techno house flavor. Was recording MIDI drum patterns from an Electribe groovebox and using them to trigger unrelated ROMpler sample kits -- pretty sure that's how this one was done. (The pattern might also have been a Battery demo.) Using MIDI note transposition in Cubase I could test how the pattern sounded with different configurations of drums or even playing virtual keys in softsynths.
In this one the pattern is triggering a Battery kit and three FM7 softsynth patches. One of the latter is making the weird vocal "I" or "aye" (or "ice") sound.
The original mix beat one or two ideas to death for three minutes. I shortened the song and included dropouts and one or two more ideas!
This is still going to be really harsh at high volume - the samples don't take this MIDI shotgunning well - but it purrs along adequately as a quiet piece.
planes
animated GIF by plams
level one: military history warplanes GIF pasted onto anime scene using overlay utility
level two: woman is dazzled as planes fly through her kitchen
level three: impossible welding together of "soft" domestic and "hard" military signifiers
level four: martha rosler-esque critique of feminine steretypes: the "plain" girl in apron and turtleneck (?), working in the kitchen, fantasizes about freedom and flying away, but also being a "bad girl" with guided missile stripper breasts and rotating tassels.
level five: militant globo-feminist: "Her Betty Boop kewpie doll face is an emblem of the masculine desire to dominate a pliable, child-like lover. The rounding of her eyes suggests racial self-hatred and self-colonization. There are some other complications in there but don't be fooled or misdirected. If you enjoy this GIF you are a bigot twice over, or complicit in your own enslavement."
pondering the nature of the internet user in vancouver
But seriously, "Pro-Am: Art and Culture on the Internet" was a bad idea for a show/symposium/whatever. The few artists who might be confused for genuine amateurs, giving the proceedings that all-important "WTF?" edge, are effectively cancelled out by all the professional net artists constantly seen on the museum circuit. Also, if you're going to use a porno-hot term like "pro-am" in your title you need Sasha Grey on at least one of the panels.
Rule one of being a successful amateur on the internet is don't talk about being a successful amateur on the internet.