"Lasting Moments"

"Lasting Moments" Tape [90 minutes]

Experimental Mixtape / Audio Collage


Side A

Side B


"When I was small...
I was a cowboy...
I shot at Indians...
When I wasn't a fireman!"

This is another audio collage / mixtape effort following my work with "Channels", "Unsubstantiated" and "Aluminum Riding". This one was recorded as a live mix using three tape players and a keyboard, all of which were sent into a small mixer, which then sent the sound into another tape player to be recorded.

Side A is mostly darker, atmospheric tracks, many of them from experimental or electronic musicians, while Side B is made up more of pop and rock songs. The pacing of either side is very different - on Side A, there is a lot of space between the songs (a la "Channels" and in some parts of "A.R.") where I toggle between the two tapes of soundbytes, whereas on Side B, the "breaks" are for the most part shorter and by the second half of Side B, most only utilize one tape.

I think following "A.R.", with this mixtape, I tried to continue to ask questions of "boundaries" - what are the boundaries between what is socially permissible or "ordinary", and what is extra-ordinary or deemed as existing outside the sphere of what is acceptable. Sometimes, this is attempted with subtlety (i.e. Martin Landau's song followed by a disturbing sermon later on that refers to the "Texas Rangers") and other times I try to execute it much more overtly (Charlton Heston in "The Planet of the Apes" or Liza Minelli on Daytime TV). I noticed, too, in listening to this again, there is a very clear preference to a feminine voice in this tape, as opposed to a masculine one or a balance of the two - over and over again, between the songs and sometimes during them, we find women discussing their daily routines, expressing themselves to someone they feel they can confide in, and even recording an audio diary. I think one of the reasons why I preferred women speaking or acting over men is well, first, because it's more intriguing to me, as a man. And second, as a film student and someone who is trying to write screenplays, I often struggle to understand the perspectives behind the choices of the women in my scripts, so I think in some odd way, I was trying to put these voices out there so that in turn I might better hear them when listening.

For those who are interested, I am more than happy to make a copy of this cassette tape and send it to you.



Here is the playlist:

[Side A]

1. Cluster - "Hollywood" - Zuckerzeit (1974)
2. Catharsis - "Poemes Du 17 eme Siecle" - Les Illuminations (1971)
3. Ian Boddy - "Sundance" - Integration ICR (1983)
4. Pi Corp - "The Dirge" - Lost in the Cosmic Void ('73-'76)
5. Anar Band - "Side 2" [Excerpt] - s/t (1977)
6. Decibel - "Orgon Patafisico" - Contranatura (1978)
7. Rimarimba - "California + Guitars" - In the Woods LP (1985)
8. Gino D'eliso - "Track 3" - Il Mare (1976)

[Side B]

9. Aquelarre - "Yo Sere El Animal, Vos Seras Mi Dueno" - s/t (1972)
10. Roky Erickson - "Creature With The Atom Brain" - I Think of Demons (1980)
11. Jorge Mautner - "Olhar Bestial" - Para Iluminar A Cidade (1972)
12. Karamoko Keita - "Gnani Magni" - Super Sound SS-87 (198?)
13. Limonada - "Pasteles Verdes" - s/t (1970)
14. Os Novos Baianos - "Caia na Estrada e Perigas Ver" - Caia na Estrada e Perigas Ver (1976)
15. Topić, Dado i grupa Tajm - "Kad jednom odkrijem čovjeka u sebi" - Kad jednom odkrijem čovjeka u sebi (1973)
16. Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes - "Paix" - Paix (1972)
17. Jean-Claude Charlier et Son Orchestre - "Tarzan, L'Ami Des Elephants" - Sssh.... (1983)
18. Colin Potter - "Hear" - Here (1981)


[Below is a very nice video of Karamoko Keita]

Aluminum Riding (re-up'd)

The other day I was listening to "Aluminum Riding" on headphones and realized it was only coming out of one headphone. This was probably because I recorded it in Mono but exported it in Stereo. I re-exported it in Mono this morning and it should play in L and R channels now.

Here is ALUMINUM RIDING, surround sound...

Side A

Side B

Sunday someway

Inactivity, activity. Headache. Head clear. If you want to be closer with me than I want to be closer with you.

The academic experience is either the mimicking of your professor to impress him/her or the recycling of someone else's ideas, or often a combination of both. What about the re-imagination of cultural items? Can this be thought of as the re-imagination/reinvention of certain ideas?

Since beginning school three years ago, I've taken mostly courses in history and philosophy, film theory and production and writing workshops. Each year my interest in radio and experiments in audio in general has deepened and evolved, at times often crowding out my other interests, like filmmaking, for instance, which I don't become dis-interested in, it's just that - next to the other stuff, it's gets put off or forgotten for however long. Writing has been more complimentary to some of my radio/audio pursuits. With my senior work, I'd like to try to draw on these three areas: radio/experimental audio, film and writing. The goal is to, through a project of some sort, be it a piece of creative (interactive) writing, a film, an audio piece or an installation, "articulate" my "education" over this four-year period in my life. The ways in which I found education, at three different schools - in libraries, on bus rides, alone in houses, with/without loved ones, in a recording studio - wherever it was found. Articulate that, play that, see that education, see how I grew or shrunk in certain situations, what school was or was not doing for me, what other experiences were working and not working.

Hopefully, I can come away with a piece of work which is not an imitation of one of my professors, nor a recycling of someone else's ideas. Instead, can it be a re-imagination of the narrative of "my life" over the past four years? A partially non-fictional, partially fictional restaging of my reality? Understanding things that happened not necessarily...well, what I mean is, watching things happen again not necessarily within the narrow scope of their circumstances and merely their circumstances, but instead, re-playing these things within a broader range of understanding incorporating maybe what I now know about the larger formation of things in "my life."

Aluminum Riding

“Aluminum Riding”

90 Min. [Tape]

*The times on the case in the above picture were mistakenly written - each side is 45 minutes long, not 30

This was recorded as a live mix with audio collaging (found audio, movie and television clips & tape recordings). Follows “Channels” (Fall ’08) and “Unsubstantiated” (Spring ’09), though I’d say it’s more in line with “Channels” in that there is a lot of open space left between songs, sometimes two or three minutes. I like the idea of taking the listener to get lost. It becomes difficult to guess when the next song will begin, or, as is a common and often desired effect in collaging, the listener struggles to understand which layer should be focused on. To where should he lend his ear? Which voice? Drifting, there’s a lot of drifting in this mix, alike “Channels,” which is made up mostly of shorter songs (1:30 to 2:00) and longer segments of confusion, layering and “drowning.” This is best taken in the early morning. Most importantly, though, while “on the go”, preferably “behind the wheel.” My belated birthday gift to you.

ARTIST – SONG TITLE – ALBUM - YEAR

Side A (45 Min.)

1. Angel Rada – Basheeba – Upadesa (1979)

2. Gilberto Gil - No norte da saudade – Refavela (1977)

3. Ashra – Deep Distance – New Age of Earth (1976)

4. Gammagluboline – Side B – Live Paradiso (1983)

5. O Terço - Plaxe Voador - O Terço (1970)

6. Chemistry Set – The Dreams That I Saw Yesterday – Chemistry Set (1987)

7. Luli & Lucinha - Yorimata okà arua – Luli & Lucinha (1979)

8. Japan – The Experience of Swimming – The Art of Parties EP (1981)

9. Folkdove – Dark Eyed Sailor – Folkdove (1975)

10. Lô Borges - Não Se Apague Esta Noite - Lô Borges (1972)

Side B (45 Min.)

1. Kenny Vance – I’m So Happy – Vance 32 (1975)

2. Clear Light – They Who Have Nothing – Clear Light (1967)

3. Victor Jara – La Partida – Manifiesto (1974)

4. Neo - Eros In Exile Pts. 1 & 2 – Global Network (1985)

5. Falx Cerebri – Nature is Noise Enough – Antimuzick (1985)

6. Módulo 1000 – Curtíssima - Nao Fale Com Paredes (1970)

7. Sensation’s Fix – Voices – Boxes Paradise (1977)

8. Milton Nascimento – Minas – Minas (1976)

9. Rob Smit – Metaal 3 – Metaal (1981)

10. Cluster & Brian Eno – Die Bunge – Cluster & Eno (1977)

11. Mountain Bus – I Know You Rider – Sundance (1971)

Roger Moore at 50 - Show #3 - "Unsubstantiated"

This should be up on WNSR by tomorrow, where you can stream it

You may download it now HERE

I recorded this show, titled "Unsubstantiated", as a live mix with video and found audio sampling. It is in the same vein as the "Channels" mix I recorded last fall.

Playlist:

1. Ghédalia Tazartès - Mourir Un Peu – Diasporas (1979)
2. Telegraph Avenue – Happy – Telegraph Avenue (1972)
3. Secos & Molhados – Amor – Secos & Molhados 1º (1973)
4. Leo Kottke – Poor Boy – Mudlark (1972)
5. Mogöllar - Yalnizlgin acikli güldürüsü – Mogöllar (1976)
6. Chris Thompson – Back in the City – Chris Thompson (1973)
7. Arco Iris - Vientos Celestiales - Agitor Lucens V (1974)
8. Sema – Passion K – Theme From Hunger (1982)
9. Milton Nascimento – A chamada - Milagre dos peixes (1973)
10. Grateful Dead – Fire On The Mountain – Shakedown Street (1978)
11. Grupo Água – Caldera – Transparencia (1978)
12. Los Deu Larvath - Lo Naveth Monde - Coneguda Causa Sia (1979)
13. Robbie Basho – Where Butterflies in Winter Go – Twilight Peaks (1984)
14. Módulo 1000 – Teclados - Nao Fale Com Paredes (1972)
15. Brian Aspro – Without Frets - Music For BBC2 Documentaries (1982)
16. Dante's Inferno – Banal - Mick Ness / Dante's Inferno (1983)
17. Suso Saiz - Aprendiendo A Amerizar - Prefiero El Naranja (1984)
18. Persona – Lago – Son (1975)

April

Time to play catch-up.

Here is the playlist for my final show at WNYU (1/14/2009):

WNYU - Net Radio New York University Radio

Playlist for Program: A Sunflower the Color of His Hair Date: 1/14/2009 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Host: Martin (TheBeatless@wnyu.org)

Artist "Track" Release (Label) FORMAT Year Released [Keys]

Keys: [N]=New Release/ New Reissue; [C]=Compilation, [S]=Soundtrack, [SR]-Split Release

10:03 AM O Terco "Saturday Dream" O Terco (1970) CD 10:08 AM Miguel Abuelo "El Largo Dia De Vivir" Miguel Abuelo & Nada CD 10:12 AM Som Imaginario "Untitled #7" O Matanco Do Porco (1973) CD 10:18 AM Jose "Chepito" Areas "Morning star" s/t 1974 CD 10:22 AM Marcos Valle "Tiu-ba-la-quieba" Previsao do Tempo (1973) (Odeon) CD 10:26 AM Ms. Rita Lee "De Novo Aqui Meu Bom Jose" Hojo e o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida (1972) CD 10:30 AM Pescado Rabioso "Cementerio Club" Artaud (1973) (Sony BMG) CD 10:36 AM Os Incriveis "Adeus Tristeza" Mingo, Nene e Risonho (1973) CD 10:46 AM Claudia "Com Mais de Trinta" Jesus Cristo (1971) (Odeon) CD 10:51 AM Novos Baianos e Baby Consuelo "De Um Role" No Final de Juizo CD 10:54 AM Doris Monteiro "Partida" Agora CD 11:02 AM Marconi Notaro "Oh, greedy life" No sub reino dos metazoarios (1973) CD 11:07 AM Angel Rada "Panico a Las 5 a.m." Upadesa (1979) CD 11:11 AM Embrujo "Al morir el dolor" Embrujo (1971) (Arena) CD 11:15 AM Das de Blues "Vuela" Das de Blues (1972) CD 11:21 AM We All Together "Cloudy Night" We All Together II (1973) CD 11:25 AM Galie "Solap" Galie CD 11:32 AM Los Jaivas "Mira ninita" Todos Juntos (1972) (Wea/Warner) CD 11:42 AM Fernando Goin "Fabula y disfraz" Fernando Goin (1979) CD 11:47 AM Paulo Bagunca e a Tropa Maldi "Olhar Animal" Paulo Bagunca e a Tropa Maldi (Continental/Discos Mariposa) CD 11:56 AM Lo Borges "Eu Sou Como Voce E" Lo Borges (1972) (Bomba) CD

As a reminder, you can check out all of the "Sunflower" shows here:

SUNFLOWER ARCHIVES


Since January, I have begun a new show at WNSR, an exclusively web-based (at least for now) radio station based out of The New School in New York. I am producing shows on a bi-weekly basis.

Here is the link to the first show I did for ROGER MOORE AT 50, where you can find the playlist and stream it:

ROGER MOORE AT 50 - SHOW #1

And here is a link to where you can download the show as an mp3 and listen to it on your own time:

RM50 - SHOW #1

The next ROGER MOORE AT 50 show should be completed by next week and up on newschoolradio.org / mediafire around that time - I will let you know here.

I'm also planning on up'ing mixes I've done in the past half-year or so, including the "Channels" mix (which is below), the "Love Me Like This" live mix from WMUA, and the "Greg Hines Mix Tape." Keep an eye out for those, plus more music.

Here is "Channels" + a description I wrote several months ago to some friends whom I wanted to share it with:

CHANNELS

"Last night at about this time, I went over to WNYU to record a demo air-check for my show. Once I got there, I decided I was in the mood to try something else, so I put off the air-check and instead recorded a live mix of music, drawing from songs in my iTunes library and Youtube videos. I picked the songs and videos on the fly, that is, I had a general idea of what I wanted to use going into it but I had not set aside any specific tracks or clips beforehand. The end result is a bit messy but I believe that the themes and ideas I originally wanted to get across are there with clarity. The entire mix is 62 minutes long. I called it "Channels" because after listening to it a couple of times since then, I've realized that in some ways it evokes the experience of watching television, flipping through channels almost endlessly, picking up something from one and something else from another, and always moving on.

I first tried this style of sampling, "live sampling", "dramatic sampling", "collage sampling", whatever you want to call it, last semester while I was training at WMUA at UMass. During an overnight, I played an Eluvium song, mostly ambient orchestral music, and decided to try sampling a Taxi Driver clip over it. I was intrigued by the result, and later tried again, sampling a Rivers Phoenix interview over an already somewhat-sampled-on DJ Shadow track from "Diminishing Returns." This sort of sampling may become popular, may sort of already be popular, I'm not sure, but I'm really interested in it and I'd like to keep trying this and recording it to see how people feel about it and how I feel about it.

I want to share this with you because this unexpectedly became a personal experience for me. I was surprised to find that after I pressed STOP on the CD recorder and finalized the mix, I literally felt as though I had just put a piece of myself into the last hour, into the production of this "thing." It felt sort of like I had put a part of myself into making it, or that the "thing" itself had come from a part of me. The sound felt personal to me and it seemed to, as a whole, have flowed smoothly and even somewhat logically. Even though it was definitely sort of messy at times, it felt real, and I realized that sharing it, especially with friends who I'm separating from at the moment because of distance, would be a special way of re-connecting with them...

Oh, and lastly, I recommend listening to it in full (if possible) and around the same time of day in which I recorded it (between 1045PM and 1215AM) or early on a weekend morning (9AM-11AMish, Saturday morning cartoon time)."