From 0 Sent Wed, Aug 19th 1998, 04:41
From 0 Sent Wed, Aug 19th 1998, 04:41
A neat little record arrived in the mailbox today from some computer geeks in CO tittled: APPLICATION SPECIFIC PRESENTS: FLORA & FUANA - 9track ep by Gerald Wenzel and Kennith Morison If you have finally been able to track down ANYTHING by Lexaunculpt (we beachbums on the west coast are pretty luck Alex is so generous to play out sooo much) and you like that type of thing, I demand you seek out this FLORA & FUANA 12inch out. Trying to describe this 12" is extremely difficult. for now I'll describe it as a record that sounds like a bunch of machines (kitchen machines esp) going mad together with some MAS and COMATOSE label kinda sound. Maybe a little MARKANT too. The aren't any track names unfortunately. the tracks done by Gerald Wenzel are the more "experimental" atmospheric METASYNTH (mac program) sounding stuff, while the tracks by Kennith Morison often employ a static beat of what we've come to expect from the SCHEMATIC, SKAM, GESCOM, Lexaunculpt, even ATOM HEART (track 4 side one) sound of the last few years. I feel terrible I can't put this SOUND DESIGN into words so I feel like reciting from the insert that came with the record. It reads: "Until October of 1997, I found myself content with making music through the use of conventional midi hardware and software. However, in October, I found myself exceeding the data transmission rates of the midi gear I was using. Therefore I was unable to create a physical representation of my musical ideas because of the technical limitations. With my studio suddenly becomming useless for documenting my musical ideas, I found myself turning toward more unconventional means to create music. I disassembled everything in my studio except for my Power Macintosh. I replaced all of the midi hardware with computer manuals and began programming the sounds and sequences into my computer through the use of carious sound synthesis techniques. The tracks i have submitted for the Flora and Fauna ep are the results of my programming efforts, my new approach to music" - Gerald Wenzel (this sounds quite a lot like conversations I've had with Alex graham- aka Lexaunculpt) further.... "the tracks I've contributed to the Flora and Fauna ep are a qualitative account of my personal research of three musical disciplines 1. strict sound research throu experimental and technical means 2. music history and 3. sonic arrangement" - Kennith Morison personally i am VERY interested in the style of "music" (can it be called so, he he he) cuz I am very much into sound design. So far I've only come across a program called Metasynth for Power Mac's. Any other programs you suggest pls let me know..... more info: http://ra.nilenet.com/~apspec/ email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx oh yeah more music from these guys can be found on the OBLIQ Recordings comp (review last MAY) available from: xxxxx@xxx.xxx thanks for listening, -gilly ........ºprotest protestersº............. JESUS TOLD ME TO KILL- LUKE 19:27