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:: Friday, January 29, 2010 ::

MP3 Friday

Quiet week. Have been away on work.
The new Braindance forum, which Pidgin has set up in place of the now defunct Planet Mu board, has hit the ground running with a weekly BrainPodDanceCast series. The first two are available here, including track listings. [~140MB each]

Pete says:
"A new Skip to the End has appeared at www.thejuxtaposition.co.uk. It's a bit SAD in places, but give it a go see what you think."
[Tracklisting and 58MB MP3 on page]

Labels: MP3

:: Dan 29.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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There's a live video collection from Alt Vault experimental improvised noise/electronica nights here on Vimeo. Including yours truly at Mr Wolfs/The Junction last November. The visuals are all mine too btw.

Gusset from non verbal on Vimeo.

Labels: Gusset, MP3, Video, Visual

:: Dan 22.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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/mode +v noise, the ever expanding ASCII based music platform

I saw the /mode +v noise installation by GOTO10 at the Arnolfini earlier today and loved it. Use the IRC link (remember that?) to listen in real time and influence the generative score.

It was made using Puredyne



Puredyne is aimed at creative people, looking for tools outside the standard. It provides the best experimental creative applications alongside a solid set of graphic, audio and video tools in a fast, minimal package. For everything from sound art to innovative filmmaking.

Puredyne is optimised for use in realtime audio and video processing. It distinguishes itself by offering a low latency kernel and the high responsiveness needed by artists working in this field.

Puredyne is based on Ubuntu and Debian Live. All packages provided by Puredyne can be used if you are running this flavour of GNU/Linux. Use, share, copy, modify, join the development team or fork :)

Software highlights

audio

puredata, supercollider, csound, chuck, ladspa plugins, ardour, audacity, ecasound, …

graphics

gimp, inkscape, fluxus, freej, processing + extras, imagemagick, gthumb, gphoto2, …

multimedia

mplayer, vlc, avidemux, kino, mencoder, transcode, luvcview, xawtv, recordmydesktop, …

streaming

icecast2, ices2, ffmpeg2theora, oggfwd, darkice, darksnow, gstreamer, dvswitch, …

network

firefox, links2, network-manager, wireless-tools, ssh, telnet, gftp, irssi, nfs, …

devel

gcc, make, patchutils, subversion, mercurial, bzr, emacs-goodies-el, java jdk, python, …

…and much more.

Labels: Art, Electronic Music, FOSS, Music

:: Dan 21.1.10 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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I don't usually write posts about fellow flickr users but something really caught me with Anatoly Zenkov's work. I'm not a fan of overly photoshopped work (it has it's place but it's just a tool) but this selection shows of processing and manipulating techniques, starting from good photography as a base and working on it in Processing / Flash / Java.


Persistent pyramids (via Anatoly Zenkov)
"Persistent Pyramids was made with flash application that I made specially for this project."


Chocolate Factory (via Anatoly Zenkov)
"That's it! First step in processing."


Mouse pointer track (via Anatoly Zenkov)
"Mouse pointer track after 3 hours of working in Photoshop. Black circles are pointer stops (not clicks)."
Jave applet code for the click tracker is in the comments.
[originally found via grom]

Reblogged with permission. Click through to see the original flickr pages and the rest of the stream. Go on, show some love.

Labels: Flickr, Photography

:: Dan 21.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Great post over on the flickr blog of book and library related photos. Some of places I've posted before, some great new finds. Worth a look.

Labels: Literature, Photography

:: Dan 20.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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It's closed again. So this Saturday's gig is cancelled. =[

I may have posted this already but I've created a Save the Black Swan flickr group, to run alongside the facebook group.

Labels: Bristol, Gigs, Gusset, News

:: Dan 20.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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OverClockHeadZ say:
"Hello every one,
We are proud to release the first OverClockHeadZ coproduction release:
MechaKucha - Messiah?
Label: NO-TEK Records
Catalog#: NO-TEK 018
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: France
Released: 25 Dec 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: Speedcore, Hardcore, Breakcore

Tracklist
A1 What I'm Searching For 4:20
A2 Kiss Me I'm A Sociopath 2:14
B1 Making Blue Screen 4:00
B2 Flushdown 2:55
B3 Wesside Fucker 3:43

Credits
Artwork By - Brilliant Beast & Neurobug
Notes
Coproduction No-tek Overclockheadz
Thanks to all friends everywhere, you know who you are! No name-dropping needed. Underground is a state of mind and a way of living, not a brand or whatever commercial bullshit, never forget this, cause life always give people what they deserve.

www.discogs.com/release/2053493

Extract from the rec: www.myspace.com/mech4kuch4 => track: Making blue screen

Now available from toolbox en 3 coloured versions:
black: http://www.toolboxrecords.com/en/product/11197/hardcore/No-Tek-18-Black/
red: http://www.toolboxrecords.com/en/product/11195/hardcore/No-Tek-18-Red/
brown: http://www.toolboxrecords.com/en/product/11196/hardcore/No-Tek-18-Brown/

Thanks for your attention

Have a nice day.

D-phaz"

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NIN say (or said, as I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago):
"Our 2008 Lights In The Sky tour was an ambitious multimedia production on a scale well beyond anything we'd ever attempted before. Everyone involved was extremely proud of how it came together, and we were devastated when, for a variety of reasons, we were unable to capture it professionally for a theatrical or commercial release. As a "plan B" of sorts, early last year we released a massive 405gb free download of raw HD footage captured at three different shows during the tour. The idea was to get the footage out in the wild and see what our notoriously enterprising fans could do with it. There were no rules. No strings attached. This was a gift, and an experiment, and for the past year we've watched it come to life in more ways than we could have ever imagined."

Another Version of the Truth: The Gift

"12 months,
a core team of dozens (with a network of thousands)
spanning 3 continents,
4 languages,
5 specialist teams,
countless sleepless nights...

It's finally here.

Filmed in Sacramento, Portland, and Victoria by the Nine Inch Nails team, edited and produced by their fans, The Gift is a stunning work in 1080p High Definition video with 5.1 Surround Sound, multi-language subtitles, and artistically-driven ethics."

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the orb: dolly unit

"a crazy full-steam-ahead video for "dolly unit" from the new orb album "baghdad batteries"... filmed and photographed in battersea power station and beamish open air museum with a smattering of archive footage courtesy of the prelinger archives... imagine battersea power station having a restless dream... the album's available from http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/shop/ plus most other shops on cd & download"

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Simon Reynolds: on the Hardcore Continuum
"Illustrated by seminal tracks, revered journalist Simon Reynolds outlines his oft-quoted theory of a 'hardcore-continuum' that links all the UK's rapidly changing electronic music genres.
The talk at FACT was run in association with the Wire Magazine, and part of the Ding Dong exhibition."

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Handmade Electronic Music – Mini Book Review
Handmade Electronic Music - The Art of Hardware Hacking - Second Edition with DVD
by Nicolas Collins, reviewed by Leafcutter John
Includes example videos

Labels: MP3

:: Dan 15.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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The legendary Black Swan has been temporarily closed down over Christmas and New Year but it has won the second licensing appeal!

This also means that the next Gusset gig IS BACK ON! Opening hours will be reduced to 3am as of 21 days from the hearing (14.01.10) but that will not affect this gig.

Labels: Bristol, Gigs, Gusset

:: Dan 15.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Forgot to pass this on a couple of days ago...

I guess its good news for those concerned about Google's presence in China. Seems things are getting worse rather than better (the official line was the hoped to improve the situation over time) so they are as good as giving up. Shame the goal of bringing information to the people wasn't reached and sad to see the extent the government (presumably) will go to to infringe human rights and prevent activism.

"Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident--albeit a significant one--was something quite different.

"First, this attack was not just on Google. As part of our investigation we have discovered that at least twenty other large companies from a wide range of businesses--including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors--have been similarly targeted. ...

"Second, we have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Based on our investigation to date we believe their attack did not achieve that objective. ...

"Third, as part of this investigation but independent of the attack on Google, we have discovered that the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear to have been routinely accessed by third parties. These accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers."

Click through to read on.

Labels: Censorship, IT, Liberty, News, Politics

:: Dan 14.1.10 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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European court condemns police misuse of stop and search
The Guardian reports on "Officers using Terrorism Act against citizens on 'a hunch' means serious risk of discrimination, say judges"

"The home secretary, Alan Johnson, app­ears to be in serious trouble over a ruling today by the European court of human rights against the unlawful police use of ­counter-terrorism stop and search powers on peace protesters and photographers."

Labels: Law, Liberty, News, Photography

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