February, 2008

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No Money
Fiddle
Folk Singer
Hymn

The concept behind the Found Sound series is simple. Sound manipulated is new sound, but it is also, theoretically speaking, the same sound too. This idea fascinates me to no end. Technically, when a waveform is adjusted it is not the same waveform, but what about at a vibration-relationship level? What about sound source? Is this sample music or computer music?

Working within a program called Bidule, I focus on manipulation of the sound on my end, and the atmospheric result for the listener (myself included). These records are improvised and performed live "in the studio." Basically, it means I can never recreate the music on any of the releases exactly although many of the "objects" I've saved so I could do a similar version, I suppose.

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Street Musicians is the simplest example of the process. Each of the four pieces are reprocessed from one of four audio samples. The titles hint at the original recording samples. Brian Slagle recorded each of the four samples while recording and interviewing street musicians in Germany. So, in case there is any confusion, each soundscape is designed from one individual sample processed differently. For each new piece, there is a new sample.

Here are the tracks individually "listenable"

#1 No Money

#2 Fiddle

#3 Folk Singer

#4 Hymn