The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

sound and new instruments


sound

http://www.alansondheim.org/thump1.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/thump2.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/thump3.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/thump4.mp3

192k recordings of desktop activity, Eyebeam
with vibration microphone raised 2-4 octaves
tools: Motu Ultra, Asus stealth, CoolEdit, Audacity,
1920 electro-medical spark-gap generator

new instruments

when i'm worn out, i learn something new:

acoustic oud, large hasapi, ken bau with gourd bell (not jackfruit):

http://www.alansondheim.org/ultra1.mp3 oud
http://www.alansondheim.org/ultra2.mp3 oud
http://www.alansondheim.org/ultra3.mp3 oud
http://www.alansondheim.org/ultra4.mp3 hasapi
http://www.alansondheim.org/ultra5.mp3 hasapi
http://www.alansondheim.org/ultra6.mp3 hasapi
http://www.alansondheim.org/ultra7.mp3 ken bau

(ken bau's amazing, hasapi sings, oud plays the canyons)

ululations, weeping in caverns

http://www.alansondheim.org/ululu1.mp3 oud, voice
http://www.alansondheim.org/ululu2.mp3 hasapi
http://www.alansondheim.org/ululu3.mp3 ken bau

with reverb/resonance out of control, sound is transformed from speech to
murmur, and murmur to the resonance of the world. everything that is
spoken is spoken-for; here, everything is reversed, and what is spoken-for
is no longer discernible as speech. every hollow carries its own signature
within it, and every hillock registers the sky. i think of ululations
within the discomfort of the throat, someone might ask of hirself, what is
my throat doing