Sound art pieces, live compositions and improvisations featuring loop-based compositions of sounds from various objects and sources.

http://soundcloud.com/garyfisher/sets/ground-loop-problem

 An EP of 5 selected live improvised, minimal composition experiments from 2010 and one from 2009. The tracks ‘Six Lines’, ‘Buddha Book Taps’ and ‘Accidental Ending’ are taken from the same recording. ‘Buddah Book Taps’ features samples from the FM3 Buddha Machine II and the end to ‘Accidental Ending’ is a genuine accident with the main loop cutting off instead of fading out. The sounds are made with; amplified books, contact mic, broken cymbal, small cymbal, toy xylaphone, wire rack, pill packet, typewriter, breath, 3 band pocket radio, tape recorder, found field recording tape, ‘Steam In The 50s’ tape, turntable, ‘Golden Age of Steam’ record, fence brace, various found objects, reel-to-reel tape recorder, digital delay, Loopstation. Available as a free download.

“Networked music is music in which we consciously manipulate,
transform, or mediate the connections between performing musicians
and/or between the composer, performers, and listeners.” Jason Freeman

Networked_Music_Review (NMR) focuses on emerging
networked musical explorations made possible by computers, the
Internet, and mobile technologies. NMR gathers data about projects,
performances, composers, musicians, software and hardware. It includes
interviews with artists, articles, papers and reviews. It provides
up-to-date information on conferences, workshops, competitions, and
festivals. You may comment on each of the blog entries and converse
with invited guests about their work.

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Artists behind the excellent soundtoys project