The 1st of June I went to TATE Britain. I saw Turner and Rothko’s art exhibited.
I also go to see some of Francis Bacon work, which made me extremely happy.
Strangely enough, right beside Turner work there were a couple of CDs and vinyl by Drexciya. I was not expecting to see Detroit techno being presented at TATE Britain.
Ive been using surround panner and dearVR micro and having lots of fun. For ear candy and small percussion, glitchy sound it gives the track life.
Also for ambient music is great because it lets you create an artificial space, where you let your track grow
We can find this technique being employed in many different art forms. The first use was in literature, but it has expanded more than that.
Some of my favourite uses are Thom Yorke in the opening track from Kid A, or Julio Cortazar in Hopscotch.
“As a medium-specific term (such as video art or performance art) radio art implies that the artist who works in, and with, radio is not necessarily a trained DJ, programmer, producer, engineer, or personality, but one who uses sound to make art and seeks ways to transit it through radio as art. The act and process suggests that the radio medium can be used in an alternative way (even shaped as a material), in relation to its familiar use.
The origins of radio are deeply rooted in a very idealistic socialist potential to provide the communication necessary to connect people across space and time. At the beginning of the 20th century, radio was the equivalent to the Internet today in terms of its social as well as political possibilities. However, its development into a highly hierarchical system with expensive licensing fees and severe punishments for violations of these laws in order to protect certain industries has resulted in radio space being controlled by guardians of commerce. Radio licensing laws are concerned with the protection of copyrighted material. Radio has the potential to be a completely liberated, mobile and inhabited mass media.”
Ann Magnuson, singer of the band Bongwater, she used to have a dream journal and she would later use it in her music.
I got a cheap radio a couple of weeks ago and Ive been using it to create textures in my music. I really enjoy the sound of the static in the recordings and the sound it does when you change between stations.
To maximise its potential I pair it up with Morphagene and with a distortion pedal and the results have been great
I decided to buy it as a sort of instant sampling device, where I am not in total control of what’s coming out of the device.