BLUECUBISM
Transcoded Audio Structures
DNCD007
UPC: 1753-32594-2
Remix Project / Source material: Blue Cube cd by Kim Cascone (Rastermusic)
2 years in the making, 'blueCubism - transcoded audio structures' is a
who's who of contemporary electronic music composers. These composers
represent the cutting edge of the 'glitch' movement and their work is
testament to the unique mis-application of new software synthesis tools.
Many of these artists work with minimal computer systems and make use of
share-ware programs created by music technology students. All the source
material for these pieces was taken from the CD blueCube() by Kim Cascone
which was released on Rastermusic in 1998. These treatments contain a
variety of DSP signal obliteration techniques: from the layered granulated
textures of Terre Thaemlitz and Mego artist Pita's signature number
crunching fury, to the somber organic entropy of v/vm, the work here is a
top notch introduction to the post-digital genre of music known as 'glitch'.
track info:
Terre Thaemlitz - "Blue Code" (6:32)
Toru Yamanaka (Dumb Type) & Koji Marutani - "Rain" (4:38)
Pita - "Bubwraout" (5:17)
*0/kim - "territory2layer" (4:09)
Robert Henke - "Bubblex Simplex" (5:39)
Kim Cascone - "cubeQuadratische (Herniated Mix#1)" (8:53)
V/VM - "3 Studies into the relationship of air and dust within a mainframe
environment (stranger simulation)" (10:03)
Tetsu Inoue - Ultra Brite (3:31)
Taylor Deupree - "bubblewarp13.66mB" (4:51)
NobukazuTakemura - "Child`s View Mix" (7:49)
Quest - "Blue(s) Cube" (5:07)
John Hudak - "4.6" (3:53)
Bochum Welt - "chromeBlue" (1:38)
The remix project is meant to evoke the spirit of the source
material...keeping the resultant remix moody, minimalist, bleepy,
deconstructive, involving sounds / textures that evoke the spirit of the
mainframe (IBM360)...Lots of sinewave textures but also adding a bit of a
"post-digital" subversion into the mix as well... It should have an
"attitude" (ie: challenging) and soul (ie: connectivity )... The more
abstract the better but it should reference the original on some level even
if you only take one sample or one instr...no beats are needed but if I had
to set a ratio of beats/atmo I'd say a 80% atmo to 20% beats would be close
to the max ie: throbbing lushness is OK, 4x4 is not but no beats is fine
also... (Kim C)
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