the silent stars, sintéticos mixtape by nofi
A 20m mixtape, featuring excerpts from my recent collection of weird tales:
melton.granular.mix-2011.06.22 by nofi
A mix of various tones and soundscapes from my melton.granular.01 and .02 releases, plus several current works-in-progress; FREE to download or stream.
I have released an album of experimental ambient, freeform and microsound compositions:
The Silent Stars is my “side-project” for exploring (slightly) different directions in music. El libro principal is a “concept album” featuring granular synthesis, microsound tone colors and freeform arrangements. These pieces are my take on post-ambient space music using modern digital methods; an homage to the early electronic music pioneers, post-prog-rock instrumentalists, early New Wave synthesists and proto-New Age experimentalists of my youth.
Granular synthesis and microsound techniques were used for sound generation. Sources include: flute, harp; strings; toy instruments; vinyl records; elementary sound waveforms and more.
Density GS and Pulsaret instruments were the primary instruments. Arrangement, mixing and mastering was done with Ableton Suite. Processing effects were limited to resonant filters, grain delay, reverb and EQ.
Cryoacoustic Orb is a sound installation involving multiple illuminated acrylic orbs filled with slowly melting ice (above, video).
Everything is a Remix Part 2 (video).
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25 Years of Digital Vandalism by William Gibson.
Unsolving the City: An Interview with China Miéville.
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Dingsaller is a workspace for creating algorithmic compositions on the iPad.
Americans Have No Idea How Much Welfare They’re Getting
Binaural Beats = Synchronize Brainwaves & Alter Consciousness.
Phil Durrant on Reaktor and the Laptop as Improvisational Instrument.
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Useful Resources and Tips for Managing Your Virtual Staff.
I have released two collections of ambient, freeform and microsound compositions:
melton.granular.01 and melton.granular.02 collect my recent work in microsound-scapes, featuring granular and pulsar synthesis, freeform rhythms and tone colors. Tracks can also be streamed on my Soundcloud page.
All sounds were created with Density GS and Pulsaret instruments (both the standalone apps and Max for Live versions). Arrangement, mixing and mastering was done with Ableton Suite. Processing effects were limited to resonant filters, grain delay, reverb and EQ.
Taking John Cage’s statement “There is no noise, only sound” as a starting point, these compositions explore the hinterlands of microsound particles and drones, non-sequenced rhythms and the diversity of organic and synthetic timbres. Rather than be static, each piece evolves with components that swell and recede, resonate, percolate, pulsate, shimmer, flutter, meander and migrate. Sample sources include: strings; flute; toy piano, bells and cymbals; vinyl records; elementary sound waveforms.