Archive for September, 2005

Serenity Dawn - Happy Birthday, Big Nerd plus Contest

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Yup. Happy birthday to me, as of two days ago. I share a birthdate with Bruce Springsteen and (more importantly) John Coltrane. Had a lovely, lovely time celebrating the equinox with many of my close friends here at our humble abode. Had to take 2 days of from work to clean the place up… I need to try to remember that that’s not a good way to take vacation days, but you gotta do what ya gotta do.

I have a grand idea for the next podcast - unfortunately, it’s so grand that I’m not done with it yet. If I can’t finish before Wednesday morning, I’m going to re-encode the pilot episode into mp3 format and all of you who haven’t already downloaded it (because iTunes is the devil) can do so.

In the meantime, I’m totaly hyped about Serenity. Those of you that know me will understand how big of a nerd I am. Those of you that don’t - you either know how cool Firefly was and are chomping at the bit just like I am or you are totally in the dark about this whole Firefly/Serenity thing. To clue you in just a bit, here’s the official synopsis for Serenity, premiering on Friday the 30th -

Joss Whedon, the Oscar® - and Emmy - nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE, ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity. The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family –squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.

If you want to find more, you definately should check out The Official Serenity Website and check around for the Firefly boxed set to get yourself up to speed.

In the meantime, the first podcast listener to email me their favorite Firefly/Serenity character/episode/phrase of slang or profanity in Chinese wins their own privately-curated podcast. You’re the DJ for the day - better yet, if you’re an electronic musician - the entire show can feature your own music, no matter what genre you work in. Email any responses or questions directly to me.

Episode 7 - The Village Orchestra

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This time, a live set from The Village Orchestra (Ruaridh Law from The Marcia Blaine School for Girls) as performed on the Electromagnetic radio show on July 26 2005. Many, many thanks to Ruaridh for offering up his sets for re-transmission here. It includes material from his forthcoming CD due out on Highpoint Lowlife entitled Et In Arcadia Ego. Make sure to check it out and offer your support by handing over your hard earned dollars on this sure-to-be excellent release.

For those of you that dig on descriptions, this set is a very atmospheric-style idm mix, with nice electro drum crispness submerged among mutating synth pads, string swells and the occasional vocal break. The mood doesn’t stay in one place, with some nice James Brown spotting hiphopness creeping in later in the mix.
Here’s the tracklist:

In Arcadia (from forthcoming Et In Arcadia Ego album)
Many Rooms In My Fathers House (from EIAE)
What Time Is Made Of (from forthcoming Square Roots compilation 12″)
(Production Unit talks about Freemasonry)
Ruskia demo version 3 (unreleased)
(Agent Cooper/Chris Isaak)
Jacob / Bad Hand At Cards (from EIAE)
(William S Burroughs - Bradley the Buyer excerpt)
Right Wing Fear of Hiphop (unreleased)
Sudoku is the Opiate of the Middle Classes (unreleased)
(Inner City - Good Life)
Red Lever (from Stuff Records 003 compilation 12″)

FlightDynamics07_21Sep05.mp3

For anyone who has been wondering, we are now listed in the iTunes podcast directory. Just do a search on FlightDynamics and you can subscribe to the show from there! Hopefully a special Logickal set for next week… come back for more, and make sure to get in touch if you want to be featured on a future show!

 
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Episode 6 - Conch (Live)

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This week we welcome the first “touring act” at the FlightDynamics virual nightclub - Conch, who are artists after my own heart as far as performance is concerned, building their tracks with a distinct improvisational mindset.

Those of you prone to keeping up with the net IDM scene may have heard this streamed back on 04Sep on The Kids Are Bored. Very spacious, with beats that hearken me back to dreams of running a rave chillout room. Well suited for listening with low light levels. Imagine us all here, hedonistically reclining on our beanbag furniture in a blissfull haze, soft blue lights playing across the life support system control panels, spacesuits becoming optional. It’s a great gig, give it a listen.

Here’s info on the set from the artists:

Info on stream:
This excerpt of Conch’s recording was performed live and fully improvised at the Full Moon festival, 2005 in Germany. http://www.fullmoon-festival.de

Philosophy:
Conch is a collaboration project between Walter and Sebastian from www.the-well.nl and www.ArcTone.com respectively. Our mission is to explore possibilities and the imagination. As a live performance we make music ‘in the moment’ using a variety of tools, synthesizers, guitars, drum pads and other instruments to record, loop, layer, process and compose music in real-time. By following this creative principle we hope to bring a new breath of life in the art of contemporary performances.

Conch is currently working on a debut album entitled “Bubble”. Conch’s web site is: www.conch.nl

We’ll have another live set for next week, so make sure to check back! My Odeo Channel (odeo/54ee07327d7a2245)

http://www.offnominal.com/podcast/FlightDynamics06_14Sep05.mp3

 
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Episode 5 - Netsoundmix 1a

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on 9/6/2005
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FlightDynamics05_07Sep05.mp3

Here’s another DJ set for your ears. Do yourself a favor and follow the links to download more music by these oh-so-tasty artists. I don’t have a lot to say this week, other than to encourage everyone to donate even a small amount to the Red Cross for disaster relief and recovery. People need help, and it’s obvious that our Government isn’t doing jack. Send these people all the support you can - they need it badly.

Logickal - Broken Levee - PLEASE DONATE TO THE RED CROSS
Angina-P - Belladona D30
Jensen Sportag - JapaneseZombieSchoolgirls
Bovaflux - Sleepytime
William S. Braintree - Robotic Heart Breaks
Retconned - Live at the Driverdome
Jensen Sportag - Bass Cops
Incinereight - Plasticine
Preview - Sun_5 (I’ve lost the link - contact me if you know where to find more)
Recompas - Plasticine

Nope - not a typo. There are indeed two tracks called Plasticine this week.

 
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Koji Tano tribute

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on 9/1/2005
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Koji Tano tribute

The Steinklang Records tribute to Koki Tano (MSBR) is now online. It is a massive 10-CD free compilation, featuring 151 noise and experimental artists from 31 countries, including Dan Menche, Emil Beaulieau, Telepherique and collaborations between MSBR and Mr. Natural (as part of Blazen y Sharp) and myself. I’m guessing download times will be very slow for a while, but if you’re into experimental/noise music, this will be very worth the wait.