“In time, I came to the conclusion that the dehydrated cats and the application of Fourier analysis to hearing problems became more and more a handicap for research in hearing.”
Georg von Békésy

As announced earlier, I’m working on my next release. My original plan was to release it around christmas, however, I skipped this plan for several reasons.
First: There might be a very limited physical release of this record, which takes additional time for realization. Second: I do want to add some remixes of the original compositions. I’m working on different versions myself…

Oblique Texture Remix by ab-arts

If you, dear reader, are interested in remixing (and if like the original material…), just feel free to contact me.

Just saw this special offer on the thomann website, guitar & bass department:

pretty much money (and obviously too many strings) for a NI maschine mikro!

I’ve been busy quite some time lately, different projects catched my attention and destroyed my free time. First, there’s a Capybara320/Kyma in my studio now. Wonderful sound design workstation, I must admit.
On the other hand there’ve been just enough summerdays left not to stay in doors too long, keeping me away from the Kyma a bit.

Nevertheless I’ve been working hard on two projects, first my Fairground Recordings, which I’ve been able to give a listen and further postprocessing. I’ll probably finish a sample pack this winter, if you’re interested.

Apart from this I found my bandcamp page somewhat half-empty. So I decided to work on a follow up to my imperfect objects for perfect moments EP. Have a first glance:

Also some time ago I placed this demo recording on soundcloud. A different version of this song will end up on the EP:
opaque texture by ab-arts

I’ll report when the thing is finished and released, meanwhile please also watch my soundcloud and bandcamp!

I’m on “summer vacation” currently, which does not mean that I’ve a time off and travel or so, but rather that there were lots of people visiting me durint their summer vacation, so I spent my free time with friends instead of machines.
There will be updates on my soundblog though, since I’m working on a release again. Watch here and the bandcamp site in the next months!

However, to make this post somewhat sound related: I bought the supercollider book and started learning this powerful language in a more formalized way. I’m lacking time though (when room temperatures reach 25°C and more, like in the last period of heat lately, I don’t start up the computer for several reasons).

My bandcamp site is now online. Purchasing information follows as soon as the CDr’s arrive.

As mentioned before, I’m still working on an EP. Meanwhile I had a first listen to the mastered material. The mastering turned out to improve the listening experience quite much – annoying frequencies are now well behaved, levels are more equal, the impression is more homogenic.
Currently, I’m working on the artwork. This depends mainly on my decision in which format I should release the music. Still undecided… Certainly I’ll try with bandcamp, but I’m really considering a physical (= CD-R) release too. Cost is a factor though:
Mastering is already payed (awaiting the master discs). I’ll consider this as “just for fun”-cost and not a “release process”-cost. I wanted to have this mastered even when not considering a release. But pressing and printing CD-Rs, packaging (Digipaks are expensive, while jewel cases boring), and packaging for delivery are costs, and then there’s the 15% for bandcamp (same fees as for topspin).
Additionally I’m trying to get a feeling for the ways of promoting. I’ve some plan on my desk for this, but again: Cost is a factor. And promotion is costly. As soon as everything is rolling out, I’ll be in need of support (= people buying the release) to reduce the loss.

This movie about Stephen Vitiello, a sound designer and musician working with top-class labels like 12k, is simply awesome. Stephen was filmed while doing recordings in the australian wildlife. His view on things, and certainly his ear on things, opens a totally new perspective for me.

By the way, Stephen Vitiellos latest release MOSS (with Molly Berg, Olivia Block and Steve Roden) is out on 12k.