Principium 2.0 in full effect

on july 2nd, we had a presentation of the full stack of 12 records that make up Principium 2.0.

i'm only posting this now, because the whole performance lasted for eight hours, and i only just finished going through the full length recording to chop out some interesting bits.. quite the chew.

the setup was the following:

- 12x 10" records, each containing a single note drone. the full set equals notes from C to B.
like the rows of the original artwork matrix, they were in 6 pairs of the same color.
- 6x record players, each dedicated to one vinyl colour.
- 6x custom electronics, basically a crude gate based on a magnetic sensor. gates work in 2 modes, either standard gate behaviour (sound when magnet is sensed), or punching silence when a magnet is present. these modes are independent for L and R channels.
- 8x magnets per record player, taking the role of the columns of the original.
underneath the 10" vinyl is a 12" metal base, leaving 1" around the vinyl to place magnets on.

i decided to build myself a random score generator/ conductor in Pd.
basically, with every press of the button, it decided for me in what order and combination the vinyls would have to be played. for every vinyl that reached its end, there would be a random decision to either play that record again, play the other one of the same colour, or leave the turntable empty, introducing silence. that decision would also be applied to the other turntables that were empty at that moment.
the program also gave me the number of magnets that needed to be on every turntable, the mode switch settings and the turntable volumes.

(click pic for closer look at pd program screen, and possibly the loverly youngsters of Mittland Och Leo watching the installation.)

seeing how the vinyls all have different lengths, the overlaps are quite intriguing..
started at three in the afternoon, and ended at eleven at night sharp. with a wonderful instruction from the program to leave all the turntables empty. first time it had done that! that was an insane moment. i love it when technology pretends it's cognitive.

thanks to Alex Dumitran for grabbing this screenshot:

excerpts to be uploaded soon!
all twelve Principium 2.0 boxes that were used in the installation have been sold, so those of you that are interested will have to wait for a possible release of the recorded material.
i guess that would be Principium 2.1..

Remörk live in brussels, oct 24 2013

here's the set i played opening up for Deafheaven.
i came in as a last minute Pharmakon replacement, who was unable to play due to sickness..
too bad, would've loved to see a Pharmakon show.

with not too much time to prepare things, i decided to recycle some old 4track tapes, field recordings and melodies i'd used on previous shows and releases, and to pile some new stuff and improv on top of that.

conclusions of the day:
* murphy was right - prepare all you want.
* i prefer pink over white noise
* singing a Van Morrison song in front of a black metal audience isn't necessarily going to make you a lot of friends.

Remörk Live set @ factor44

..using cheap CB mic > Remörk Swash > tape delay > looper.

to experience near to what the audience experienced, hook computer up to stereo and max it.
shizz was loud.

Live @ De Affaire

July, 20th. stage curated by extrapool. weeeiirrdest outdoor park festivity setting.
had a blast together wif taifun tyfus!

threw in a little Brenda Lee there. hah! i loves me some Brenda.
we ended up playing an impromptu set together after those.. hope to find footsies of that one as well.
for now, just press play on both videos at about the same time, maybe.

Live @ Landmark - Guitar chance composition

100 Bergen Notes For Guitar by Remörk138

i went around Bergen asking people to roll two dice for me.
one 6-sided, determining which string to play, and one 20-sided, determining what note i'd play on that particular string (0-19 frets.)
i also asked people the same when they entered the venue.
i quit when i got to 100 notes.
then i played those 100 notes later that evening.

for PrøveRommet, may 9th 2011
Landmark, Bergen, Norway

Live @Polonia

Gerard Herman played a brilliant set using his saxomophone, a tapedeck, a mic, and his grandpa's Snarenbalk (played automatically by a rubbery contraption, all very interesting.)
all i needed was the wink and the nudge and off we were.
mauro pawlowski's drums -already set up for the Club Moral show- decided to join me while their owner was laying down new dEUS vocal tracks two blocks away.

on the record: Doepfer Dark Energy, Gristleizer, Moogerfooger delay and a Roland spring reverb.

Gerard Herman / Remörk jan112011 by Remörk138

Günther

part of the set at Günther, as filmed by Gee No.
prolly best to listen on headphones or a decent system - i certainly found his camera mic outdoes my laptop speakers in the bass response department.
that mutron clone does sound nice and nasty.
makes people want to go to the bathroom, apparently.



not too sure what to think of the rest of it, bit of a handicapped set, as i fucked up the wiring on a switch repair i did too hastily 5 minutes before i left for the show -
which left me with about a 60% synth.
should have taken the time to check thoroughly.. oh well.

lotsa love for mr. Higgs, outdoing himself in the story isle.
i thought i'd heard entertaining storytelling before.

i was wrong.

Live @ De Kreun, Kortrijk Rock City

Had a Blast yesterday!!
Impressive line-up, and supersets by BBBlood, Naked On The Vague, True Deep, Sewer Election a.o... and honoured to have met some great people.

ended up travelin' light w/ Hohner, voice and some effects.
for a first solo show based mainly on the synth, i think it turned out pretty well. 
here's a Master Out > DI > FOH desk recording, mono as fuck.
Mono mortel aka Spacy.
Remörk DeKreun250910 by Remörk138
^ click to go to soundcloud for download.


enjoy.