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Sunday, 10 October 2011

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Sunday, 10 October 2011

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Sunday, 10 October 2011

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Sunday, 09 September 2011
  • Sculptor who shot a dog to death for an art film in the 70s commissioned for 750K sculpture project in SF subway. http://t.co/sK0fgE7n #
  • Today, we drove 200+ miles deep into the mountains, picked mushrooms, saw some moose & made recordings of trees creaking. #
  • Honestly, who cares about what George Lucas does anymore? #
  • .@Maraxnoise Sad noise? Hilarious! My bandmate in Drone Forest wanted to do "happy ambient" for a while. None of us could figure out how. in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • Can't believe the Republican echo chamber are talking about class warfare, and people aren't storming the fucking bastille in response. #
  • @Maraxnoise There is a "lightness" about some ambient, but I hesitate to call it happy. in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • @Maraxnoise Oh, go to droneforest.com and get my "Wormwood" – one of the first really good noise things I did. in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • @Le_Berger Actually, I don't. I appreciate the role blues played in rock development, & I like very early blues recordings… (1 of 2) in reply to Le_Berger #
  • @Le_Berger (2 of 2) … but I cannot stand Stevie Ray Vaughan style whitey electric blues. HATE it. Nothing recorded after 1950 something . in reply to Le_Berger #
  • I just grilled some fish & some wild mushrooms w/ oregano, lemongrass & tomatillos from the garden. Mmm. Heirloom tomatoes on the side. Mmmm #
  • @Le_Berger I understand this criticism, but I can also say simply & honestly, that latter blues just doesn't speak to me. in reply to Le_Berger #
  • @implicitorder Coffee in the morning, and booze in moderation in the evening. in reply to implicitorder #
  • @implicitorder Good for you w/ no booze. I've known too many folks who fall into the bottle. Pathetic. Moderation is key w/ anything. in reply to implicitorder #
  • @implicitorder Fucking 'A', man, that is seriously awesome. Keep it going. Addiction is fucking awful. in reply to implicitorder #
  • @Le_Berger It's important to have passion & interest in various directions. in reply to Le_Berger #
  • @implicitorder Yeah, some of my family is like that. It yanks at my heart. I'm a moderate partaker by nature. I like self-control too much. in reply to implicitorder #
  • @Le_Berger Folk also really doesn't do it for me after electrification. Weird. I love electric jazz, but folk & blues no. in reply to Le_Berger #
  • @Maraxnoise Yeah, me neither. There was some good ambient back then, but a lot was pretty froofy. in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: If, Bwana (24), Piano Magic (18) & Janek Schaefer (12) http://t.co/tvPbaNRK #
  • @Maraxnoise Thanks! Not really "harsh noise" but certainly far harsher than your avg. ambient thing. in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • I hate to say it, since I adore Pierre Schaefer, but the "acousmatic" concept is deeply flawed, an idea that is well past its prime. #
  • Be a listener first. #
  • Ok Conservatives, if a corporation is a person, when it goes out of business, does it go to heaven? Is Enron in heaven now? #
  • Conservatives have an anthropomorphizing problem. #
  • @dpnem REM was described on NPR today as "edgy" and "experimental". in reply to dpnem #
  • @jshell I'd love to get it, but I don't have surround sound. I've only heard their 1st collab, was surprised to find that this is their 3rd. in reply to jshell #
  • Better late than never! Great work by SS. RT: @dpnem: Today's AoS Review: @saffronslumber's "Somnogen" (Resting Bell) http://t.co/H1HSNpvT #
  • "There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody." – Elizabeth Warren http://t.co/cbiPO6ra #
  • @snooksarmy I feel a little more square about her than about O, frankly. Dems will never be solidified. Against our nature. in reply to snooksarmy #
  • Feldman mania! RT: @c_a_harebell: @vuzhmusic thought that thought that thought that(falls falls) snow. Who'd have. #
  • The Quay Brothers take up residency in Philly's Mutter Museum to film their newest work. http://t.co/8pXoBPp6 #
  • @Maraxnoise I'm on G+. I'm only using it a little bit for promo of new stuff. Mostly for other stuff. in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • @implicitorder You're damned straight, Conny Plank! Conny Motherfucking Plank! in reply to implicitorder #
  • ARGHHHHH. The car goes back to the shop. #
  • @newpractice Same thing. in reply to newpractice #
  • @newpractice New transmission, also gets stuck in gear. in reply to newpractice #
  • Bring back the apocalypse! It's never too late for the end of time! #
  • @implicitorder Yeah What the fuck did you do now? 😀 rt @maraxnoise You aren't on it are you? “ Must watch the local 11 O'Clock news….” in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • @c_a_harebell It would be fascinating the extent to which pain caused identity issues if it weren't so all-consuming. Fuck pain. in reply to c_a_harebell #
  • Several times today I found myself saying "@CERN is awesome!" #
  • Today can only be saved by beer. #
  • RT: @Le_Berger: I'm positively mesmerized by what I composed today. #
  • @ValhallArts @newpractice Alright you've talked me into it. Beer… AND gin. Whoooooo! in reply to ValhallArts #
  • Susanne Lewis provides three invaluable pronounciation guides: http://t.co/XFbNqcHY #
  • An interview with Jeph Jerman, whom I admire more than I can say here: http://t.co/KAT6A25a #
  • Jerman: "Removing the context so that the sounds stand alone." — Never thought of Jerman as an acousmatic artist, but… #
  • It has become very clear over the course of the last weeks that 'pure-sound based' vs. 'idea based' is a KEY internal conflict. Unresolvable #
  • @c_a_harebell Acousmatic is Pierre Schaeffer's idea of sound removed from context. Pure sound. Listen to the sound, remove associations. in reply to c_a_harebell #
  • .@c_a_harebell 'Acousmatics' is Pierre Schaeffer's idea of sound removed from context. Pure sound. Listen to the sound, remove associations. #
  • @newpractice I think you're going to have to read this: http://t.co/KAT6A25a – I disagree w/ him, yet REVERE this guy. Conflict deeply felt. #
  • .@Le_Berger You cannot expect every experiment to be a success. in reply to Le_Berger #
  • Welp, we're screwed. Time to hunt for a new car. #
  • @tobiasreber I cannot STAND people talking at a performance. So rude. Why not go to a bar? in reply to tobiasreber #
  • @tobiasreber I think a lot of people go just to say they were there. in reply to tobiasreber #
  • Just learned about a schoolmate's death. We were good friends in Middle school, bonded over computer programming. We were nerds. 🙁 #
  • The white cube is a humpty dumpty eggshell always ready to be broken & put back together again. #
  • The white cube is "an echo chamber disguised as a regular room". – Michael Brewster #
  • Ugh. Seriously. Must there be drama? = #
  • Right now, I am listening to an EP by a very admired composer who has recorded a new work specifically for Vuzh Music, and it is AWESOME. #
  • … Too bad you all have to wait until later this year to hear it! #

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Sunday, 09 September 2011

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Recursive MP3 Encoding

Thursday, 09 September 2011

From an idea posed by Tobias Reber, of degrading sound files by repeatedly encoding and re-encoding them. His idea was to use SoundCloud’s compression as the filter.

That’s a very good idea, but in this case, I instead used iTunes mp3 compression, set at 128 kbps. The original sound file was a ten second white noise blast.



It is here as the first ten seconds, then the second ten seconds is the first encoding, and each subsequent ten seconds is the next iteration of the file which came before re-encoded at 128 kbps, until the twentieth time.

Recursive MP3 Encoding (for Tobias Reber) by vuzhmusic

By the end, according to the spectrum, there is virtually no information above 16000 Hz, but this is obviously much more than just a low-pass filter.

If I had a fancy paid SoundCloud account, maybe I’d re-upload this file twenty times, to test Tobias’ original idea!


Weekly Twitter Update

Sunday, 08 August 2011

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Sunday, 08 August 2011
  • @dpnem The Easy Pace is awesome, but where's the RSS feed link? #
  • I'm trying to identify a mushroom. Any fellow amateur mycophiles following me? http://t.co/q4x2WTj #mycology #
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Front 242 (16), Stretta (14) & Burial (8) http://t.co/slnWdq8 #
  • Last night, I dreamed about trains crashing, obsessive flag waving and a woman with small breasts. You know, the usual stuff. #
  • I haven't listened to a single netlabel release in something like three weeks. I probably ought to make that right soon. #
  • @dpnem Ha ha! I know, how DARE I? in reply to dpnem #
  • @cinchel @mrdankelly RT @Kane_1 Come to "Markings on the Wall: The Graffiti Artist” Tomorrow from 5-6:30 http://t.co/Ezotq0c #
  • Big crisis at casa Vuzh. Our crisis is dragging on for too long, and it's too mundane to even describe. If it were a movie it'd get 1 star. #
  • Rotten tomato. #
  • Although, at casa Vuzh, we grow gorgeous heirloom tomatoes, so a rotten one is cause for bitter rueing and much gnashing of teeth. #
  • This crisis gets a 15% on the heirloom tomatometer. Worse than the Smurfs. #
  • One percentage point better than "the Smurfs DO Dallas". #
  • Who the fuck is Katy Perry? #
  • She's Smurfette. In the movie that rates seven percentage points better than our life. #
  • READ THIS! RT: @icystew: INTERVIEW: PBK interviewed by C. Reider http://t.co/XXlleyF #
  • @dpnem WHAAAAAAAATT????? in reply to dpnem #
  • @dpnem … Oh, she can say that kind of stuff, 'cause of the fact that we're now in a "post-racial" society. in reply to dpnem #
  • Just published: an interview I gave to friend and colleague PBK about his music. You WILL enjoy reading it: http://t.co/XXlleyF #noiselife #
  • @Maraxnoise Thanks! You knew it would be, he's such an interesting guy. in reply to Maraxnoise #
  • Social media connoisseurs. #
  • Heirloom tomatoes make everything better. #
  • @implicitorder Do tell, what varieties does he have? We're growing some doozies this year! in reply to implicitorder #
  • Catching up on the band Testament, and enjoying more than I ought to. I can't deny I was a lower-class white teen in the 80s. HEAVY METAL! #
  • New semester starts next week, and it is cause for much contemplation. #
  • Founders of 'Videogame History Museum' don't like museums, think they're boring, can't wait to get out of them. http://t.co/8suDLRN #
  • Same 'Videogame History Museum' guys have no problem asking for donors so they can start a museum. Good luck with that. #
  • .@Gurdonark Just like a book or a movie, whether a museum is 'good' or not has NOTHING to do with its thematic material. in reply to Gurdonark #
  • @JRichterJ Eyebrow looking bugs? You've got me curious now. in reply to JRichterJ #
  • Coalescing some improv stuff together to edit for possible cassette release. #
  • Been having fun editing these improvs, I haven't worked on music in a while! (It's good to take a break, y'know.) #
  • @c_a_harebell sounds good. I was a little unhappy with the setup & its possibilities. I think I need to re-think stuff. in reply to c_a_harebell #
  • @c_a_harebell Been trying to think of a way to get some spikier sounds into the improv format-droning noises are easy… and can be boring. in reply to c_a_harebell #
  • I have various limbs in different limbos. … I am hoping for clarity soon. #
  • @c_a_harebell Yes. That's one line of thinking. I was considering some equipment purchases before shit hit the fan. in reply to c_a_harebell #
  • @c_a_harebell On the other hand, equipment shouldn't matter, something spiky should be possible with the equipment we have. in reply to c_a_harebell #
  • @c_a_harebell I was pretty impressed with the metal tine improv we did. That holds a lot of promise. in reply to c_a_harebell #
  • I am rocking my butt-cheeks off right now to Siouxsie & the Banshees "Tinderbox" #
  • @c_a_harebell I was looking at boutique synth pieces, like the noise chaps have, also sampler, looper and stuff. in reply to c_a_harebell #

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