On Wed, 24 Sep 2025, Rjyan Kidwell wrote:
quoted 10 lines On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM Brian Behlendorf <brian@behlendorf.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM Brian Behlendorf <brian@behlendorf.com> wrote:
>
> Can anyone make some recommendations in this "Haphazard Sounds" genre? It
> sounds pretty cool actually. Aside from say field recordings at NYC Grand
> Central Station.
>
>
> Network Glass is pretty solidly in this sphere..
> https://norentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/laugh-now-laugh-later-norent003
> https://reservematinee.bandcamp.com/album/tired-stupid
Wow, the No Rent label is a nice deep rabbit hole for a rainy afternoon!
quoted 5 lines The promo for his first couple cassettes expressed very explicit intentions to disregard a
> The promo for his first couple cassettes expressed very explicit intentions to disregard as much compositional convention/narrative interpretation as
> possible.
> I think the method changes from release to release, but I'm pretty sure some of his stuff has been mostly assembled from the sounds made by external hard
> drives, other stuff from code he wrote to trigger audiofiles randomly from giant directories full of disparate recordings, or pulling from livestreams on
> Twitch or online game lobby chatter.
The digital equivalent of a walk through Times Square or a flea market.
Love it.
Brian