Steve Burnett // Blog

Oppressive heat and humidity here. I recorded this short cloudburst at dusk last night. Tunder, short rain. Nice distant sirens, jetliner, lots of insects. http://www.subscapeannex.com/other/summer_thunder.mp3 (archived on http://www.subscapeannex.com/sounds.html ) 52min, 40MB mp3. As usual recorded with an M-Audio 24/96 at 24-bit WAV, converted to 192kbps mp3 using iTunes on OS X. Use as you like, let me know if you do.

I recently participated in creating one of two new soundtracks for the classic horror film _The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari_ with others in the Chain-Tape Collective, and the result has been released under a Creative Commons license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ A downloadable DVD-quality version of the silent film with the new soundtracks is available from archive.org. This version contains both soundtracks in a single file, and requires either QuickTime Pro or VLC ( http://www.videolan.org/vlc ). http://www.archive.org/details/Caligari_AnExquisiteCorpse Versions with each soundtrack encoded separately can be downloaded for QuickTime or Windows Media formats. (There are two downloads, one for each soundtrack.) QuickTime: http://www.archive.org/download/Caligari_AnExquisiteCorpse_QuickTime Windows Media: http://www.archive.org/download/Caligari_AnExquisiteCorpse_Windows DVDs are expected to be available in September. thanks, Steve Burnett Subscape Annex http://www.subscapeannex.com/

Ouroboros, my instrumental improvisational live looped and processed tuba duo with David Morris, played a house concert Thursday evening with Pacific Before Tiger [1] I recorded the Ouroboros sets, here, in the order they were performed:

Dawn Chorus - 13min7sec

Chaos - 9min58sec

Walking with Belgrand, Part Two: The Phantom of the Sewers - 10min2sec

Meander - 10min2sec (Linked on Ouroboros website) [1] If you're in the Atlanta area today, Andrew's performing tonight at the Eyedrum.

Spent last evening playing around with my new Piranha guitarbow that I ordered with the rest of the order flood on this list. Recorded this short spacemusic-ish piece using the Piranha with the Eagle 6-string fretless bass, processed through a Moog MF-105B bass MuRF and a Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator. http://www.subscapeannex.com/other/cassini.mp3 (archived on the Subscape Annex sounds page) http://www.piranhaguitarbow.com/

Today I thought I'd take a shot at an idea I saw on a maillist I read, looking for pieces for The Sound of Failure, a show with a post-glitch/bricoleur/gomi no sensei theme. Slipping Discs - 6:06, 4MB mp3 http://www.subscapeannex.com/other/slipping_discs.mp3 Live looping improvisational. Contact mic, gone-bad CD, tools, loop pedals, Moog MF-104 analog delay, Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator. Archived on Subscape Annex Sounds. http://www.subscapeannex.com/sounds.html

D came over this afternoon and we worked on our Ouroboros live-looped tuba project. Two sets sampled today: (All names my fault. All tracks recorded live, all source audio live-sampled tuba, no post-processing or layering other than cleaning noise using SoundSoap.) Didjwalk - 19min43sec. Only non-looping effect used was the Moogerfooger MF-105B Bass MuRF. I like how this came out. Whales at the Event Horizon - 15min01sec. Moog MF-107 FreqBox and MF-104 analog delay, plus a couple more in spots. There's a couple of volume peaks in the first minute that headphones might not be advisable for.

Sunday afternoon I went back to the Temples and Tombs exhibit at the NC Museum of Art. After spending an hour wandering through ancient Egyptian artifacts and making my way over the excavations outside in the hot and oppressively hazy afternoon, I couldn't stop thinking of north Africa with Bill Burroughs shopping for finds in the Interzone bazaar. This influenced my Sunday afternoon music, with the result of the following:

Cardamom Traders (5:34, 3 MB mp3)

(Archived on Subscape Annex Sounds)

If you like Coil, you might like this.

Recorded with Moog Etherwave Pro theremin, MF-107 FreqBox, MF-105 MuRF, MF-105B Bass MuRF, MF-104 analog delay. All Moog, all the time.

We had a nice heavy rainstorm this morning. I recorded three 2-3minute chunks using a BLUE Snowball USB mic with the lo-gain firmware, WireTap Pro, and a MacBook Pro. Files are available as both AIFF and MP3 on this page: http://www.subscapeannex.com/rain.html I moved the mic different distances from the floor, from resting to just a little off, to higher, so the deck-level impacts differ. No processing, just fieldwork. Anyone is welcome to use these as you like. (I'd like to know if you do, though.)

Minimalist drone piece I recorded recently I thought I'd share. http://www.subscapeannex.com/other/darkmatter.mp3 (20:12, 14 MB mp3) Chapman Stick, Westone Rail Bass, E-Bow, effects (Moog, Z-Vex, E-H), loop pedals (Boss RC20&RC20XL, Digitech Jamman).

Recorded three Ouroboros sets today: (All names my fault. All tracks recorded live, all source audio live-sampled tuba, no post-processing or layering other than cleaning noise using SoundSoap.) The Face of the Waters - 16min34sec Walking With Belgrand - An evening stroll underground with the architect of the epic Parisian sewer system. - 19min19sec Circus of the Rat Catchers - 10min55sec