Norwegian Harvest, pt.II: Symphonie Monotrone tape

as announced before: here's the Remörk Symphonie Monotrone tape, also known as the fifth NoBasementIsDeepEnough release!
acoustic guitar and korg monotron. and lots of feedbacking funk with both.
51 copies, amazing packaging fully handmade by an enslaved pensioner they keep somewhere in a hole in the ground of a catacomb that was already pretty deep down.

comes with neatly folded photographic artwork by Babs Decruyenaere, which i think is a beautiful visual representation of the two interlocking closed systems to be heard on tape.

mine were all gone before i got home to this keyboard..
so for orders, contact and more things NBIDE, go here!

Norwegian Harvest, pt.I: Knotmees 7"

almost an oldie..
finished in may for 'The Taxandria Colaborations: A Feast Of Friends', but only got my hands on it yesterday. came out pretty well, too!

the result of a very pleasant collaboration with Lieven Segers, which started off as an absurd email and drawing conversation about a fictional bird species - de knotmees - but soon deteriorated.

The whole thing took place in the taxandriamuseum, dedicated to local Cultural Heritage.
Seeing how i was residing in Norway at the time, it didn't take too long to put the obvious together: a black slab with 2 sides of Taxandric Pride, it's a Black Metal warcry for independence of De Kempen!

Gargles From Ipanema 10" - UE105

Vom Grill/Remörk collab. 10 copies. 2 highly annoying sides.
only the A-part of 'girl from ipanema' in what is possibly the most retarded way ever, played again and again and again until even Stout Italian Law Enforcers will whistle along unwillingly.
Tyfus on synths and vocal duties without caring about the lyrics. i played bass, organ, guitar and pressed the 'fill in' button on the drum box at irregular and inappropriate places. where else but on the critically acclaimed Ultra Eczema label? click title link to go to audiosample on UE website..

these foot tappers are all sold out!

for the hour-long version (that's right..) you will want to visit the Contour 2011 exhibition, where it's handling looped muzak duties in the mechelen nekkerspoel trainstation as part of tyfus' installation (27/08-30/10).

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.

Circuit Bent Yamaha DD-14

spending some time in Norway, i got into circuit bending again.
well, only a little.
we threw a 2-oscillator squeal machine together in a joystick - would have to check for footage of that one.
meanwhile, back home, i got another dumpsterbound present: the Proud Yamaha DD-14.
boom tchh boom.

it's gotten a new pitch control that's independent of tempo settings (i like!!), a subD connector that still needs a breakout glitch bay boxy thing and external trigger inputs for CV control.
i could prolly do the same with midi (this thing has Midi! wha..? - need to check if that is still alive.), but that's not quite the same, is it.

little temporary viddy to slooshy:

check www.circuitbenders.co.uk for all your bendy bender needs!

Rad #2 - Tala Ur Minnet

or, as the old adage goes:
"Red Fish, White Meat."

the Bergen center for electronic art (BEK) organised a great evening of poetry readings and improvised music. location was the private cabin of composer Knut Vaage.
participants were Anne Marthe Dyvi, Espen Sommer Eide, Dag-Are Haugan, Sigbjørn Apeland, Signe Lidén, of course Knut Vaage himself, and me.
names were drawn right then and there to form instantaneous duo-combo's, and everything inevitably culminated in a full-headcount improv session.
find a small photo-report by Anne Marthe Dyvi here.
the whole thing should have been recorded thoroughly, and will be mixed down shortly i hope.

Symphonie Monotrone - a preview

just finished a small feedback symphony for acoustic guitar and Korg Monotron in 5 movements. totals about 18 minutes - here's the fourth movement in a sneak preview.

4 division by Remörk138

of course it's 'just noise' as the neighbours would say.
still, props to Korg: some amazing sounds in a machine small enough to pocket.
haven't even gotten round to heating up the soldering iron yet.
(not that i don't plan to, but that's a different story altogether.)

so you'll hear the Korg Monotron just as i bought it in the store, and a distorted acoustic guitar.. no extra fx added.

enjoy.


edit: the whole thing will be released as NoBasementIsDeepEnough #05, a tape on 51 copies in a beautiful handmade package for which the elderly are being whipped in the sweatshop as we speak.