LUCIFER SUN @ GOO NITE
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27TH JANUARY 2010
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Sunday 13 December 2009
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Monday 23 November 2009
Come on! (Scorpio's extended love mix)
Sunday 15 November 2009
Tuesday 10 November 2009
THE YEAR OF OUR DEATH
Was in the studio over the weekend rehearsing/jamming. Here's one of the "songs" that came out of the jams. It is the leading track off our "Poppy Tea Demos". More from that later.
Scorpiox
Monday 2 November 2009
Roll the Dice
I am a great believer in Aleatoric Music. Also known as Chance music.
There's something uncontrolled and liberating with Chance music which I really enjoy. Not only that but essentially the music is composing itself so therefor you get complete spontaneity. And this same concept filters into wig outs as a band, and for me into the drone. Getting lost into a trance with the music. A form of meditation. And then mental freedom as is the music.
(Photography by Wade)
Monday 26 October 2009
Sunday 25 October 2009
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Lucifer Sun have a last.fm
Myspace compression pisses me off.
LUCIFER SUN LAST.FM
A recording from my research project.
HARMONIUM DRONE
Lucifer Sun are working with a photographer/film maker and all round great friend Tom Wade. He is in my "followers" for those who wish to have a look. The collaboration is revolving around a soundtrack/live performance in parallel to the film. It's early days but I'm excited. For one I'm getting to really get my teeth stuck in a project with is more of a collaborative art piece. The combination of art with music. A reflection of culture by imposing our art on culture. I love the idea of performing the soundtrack live while the film is shown, interspersed with moments of dialogue and sounds. I want the music to be able to stand alone as a body of work without the film, just as much as it works in complete unison with it. From a recording perspective, it's gonna be recorded live, in dynamic and interesting spaces. Make use of locations that the footage is filmed in. Warehouse spaces, Churches, Rehearsal rooms, Bunkers, Lofts.
Scorpiox
Myspace compression pisses me off.
LUCIFER SUN LAST.FM
A recording from my research project.
HARMONIUM DRONE
Lucifer Sun are working with a photographer/film maker and all round great friend Tom Wade. He is in my "followers" for those who wish to have a look. The collaboration is revolving around a soundtrack/live performance in parallel to the film. It's early days but I'm excited. For one I'm getting to really get my teeth stuck in a project with is more of a collaborative art piece. The combination of art with music. A reflection of culture by imposing our art on culture. I love the idea of performing the soundtrack live while the film is shown, interspersed with moments of dialogue and sounds. I want the music to be able to stand alone as a body of work without the film, just as much as it works in complete unison with it. From a recording perspective, it's gonna be recorded live, in dynamic and interesting spaces. Make use of locations that the footage is filmed in. Warehouse spaces, Churches, Rehearsal rooms, Bunkers, Lofts.
Scorpiox
Saturday 3 October 2009
Lucy Love...
It's been a while since I last wrote some words here.
I'm in the last...two weeks of my Recording Arts degree, and nearing the end of my dissertation, which has been a chance to write about something which is a huge influence on all my work.
DRONE: What is its significance within the work of contemporary Recording Artists and Counter Culture
That's the title (although I feel it may change soon, once I have finished writing) The research project is about how drones have been used in music (Everything from Classical Indian composition, to bands like Neu! Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom, stuff from the Basic Channel label, Dub and minimalism etc etc) It also covers its connection to spirituality. So the use of drone for meditation, and the use of psychedelic drugs to reach ego-loss, enlightenment. Spending time reading about Dr Tim Leary, Aldous Huxley, and shamanistic psychedelic rituals has been great. The finished dissertation is in for the 16th. I think I'll be alright. I'm going to be in the studio over next week doing my own recordings of Steve Reich's Pendulum music. Pendulum music is a piece of chance music. By placing a series of microphones connected to amplifiers, then letting them all go at once so they swing in front of them-every time the microphone swings across the speaker, a squeal of feedback happens. Eventually each microphone starts to go out of phase with each other, and then stops swinging leaving continues feedback. I will also be doing a bunch of recordings with my harmonium and Electronic Tanpura.
Next week I also have plans to do a bit of stereo mixing to the masters of Lucifer Sun's recent recordings. We've been down in our rehearsal space the past couple of weeks, and did a bit of recording. Stereo room recording - Two MD421's that I bought recently. They seem to be dated from around the 1960s, and they sound far better than Sennheisers recent manufactured ones. Set up in an AB technique, capturing the room sound. You can hear the results on our myspace
For rough demo's they are sounding alright, although I will work on some more refined placement. I'd love to get my hands on a Stereo Pair of Coles 4038s and run them through some Telefunken pre's.
I'm in the last...two weeks of my Recording Arts degree, and nearing the end of my dissertation, which has been a chance to write about something which is a huge influence on all my work.
DRONE: What is its significance within the work of contemporary Recording Artists and Counter Culture
That's the title (although I feel it may change soon, once I have finished writing) The research project is about how drones have been used in music (Everything from Classical Indian composition, to bands like Neu! Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom, stuff from the Basic Channel label, Dub and minimalism etc etc) It also covers its connection to spirituality. So the use of drone for meditation, and the use of psychedelic drugs to reach ego-loss, enlightenment. Spending time reading about Dr Tim Leary, Aldous Huxley, and shamanistic psychedelic rituals has been great. The finished dissertation is in for the 16th. I think I'll be alright. I'm going to be in the studio over next week doing my own recordings of Steve Reich's Pendulum music. Pendulum music is a piece of chance music. By placing a series of microphones connected to amplifiers, then letting them all go at once so they swing in front of them-every time the microphone swings across the speaker, a squeal of feedback happens. Eventually each microphone starts to go out of phase with each other, and then stops swinging leaving continues feedback. I will also be doing a bunch of recordings with my harmonium and Electronic Tanpura.
Next week I also have plans to do a bit of stereo mixing to the masters of Lucifer Sun's recent recordings. We've been down in our rehearsal space the past couple of weeks, and did a bit of recording. Stereo room recording - Two MD421's that I bought recently. They seem to be dated from around the 1960s, and they sound far better than Sennheisers recent manufactured ones. Set up in an AB technique, capturing the room sound. You can hear the results on our myspace
For rough demo's they are sounding alright, although I will work on some more refined placement. I'd love to get my hands on a Stereo Pair of Coles 4038s and run them through some Telefunken pre's.
Monday 23 February 2009
Candy Stevens, what have you done? You took the hand of the Lucifer Sun
The last couple of days have been spent working on new songs with my band and getting some rough recordings of initial ideas/wig outs for reference. Here are some edits of the session. Apologies for the ghostly "crackles" on a couple of the tracks.
Sunday 8 February 2009
Tanpura
As I said earlier, I would be posting either a Drone or Field recording that I have done.
The internet confuses me, so in till someone shows me how I can get an embedded player for this page, you will unfortunately have to click the link.
Tanpura Drone Recording
The recording is of a Electronic Tanpura.
Essentially a Electronic or Digital Tanpura is used to replicate the sound of the stringed drone instrument used in Indian Music.
It was invented to allow musicians to practice without the need for an actual Tanpura player.
Now these "little white boxes" are pretty cool and this one gets a lot of use in my band. The recording was done pretty quickly, and more so for a listening test. Over the next few weeks, I will be doing some proper recordings, sending the tanpura through various amps and effects. When I get them done, I'll post them up. Maybe by then the internet wont be so confusing.
The internet confuses me, so in till someone shows me how I can get an embedded player for this page, you will unfortunately have to click the link.
Tanpura Drone Recording
The recording is of a Electronic Tanpura.
Essentially a Electronic or Digital Tanpura is used to replicate the sound of the stringed drone instrument used in Indian Music.
It was invented to allow musicians to practice without the need for an actual Tanpura player.
Now these "little white boxes" are pretty cool and this one gets a lot of use in my band. The recording was done pretty quickly, and more so for a listening test. Over the next few weeks, I will be doing some proper recordings, sending the tanpura through various amps and effects. When I get them done, I'll post them up. Maybe by then the internet wont be so confusing.
As quiet as a spider/As loud as a tiger
Currently working on a number of things at the moment. If I sort my shit, I'll get a Field or Drone recording up on here by the end of the day.
But for now I'm going to spend my time reading about Arnold Schoenberg.
But for now I'm going to spend my time reading about Arnold Schoenberg.
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Never been the finest with introductions, so I'll keep it sweet.
You mean nothing to me (Should i even care?) is the vehicle for my field and studio recordings, drawings, collective projects, occasional writings and anything else that deems itself good enough to tag along.
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