Filed under: 2008, 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Christmas, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, EQ, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Holiday, IDM, MIDI, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Remix, Silent Night, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Stille Nacht | Tags: 2008, 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Christmas, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, EQ, Experimental, Holiday, IDM, MIDI, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Remix, Silent Night, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Stille Nacht
Just for the holidays, here’s a free mp3: Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! Remix 2008 (3.2mb mp3 file)
It is more closely based on the original melody by Franz Xaver Gruber, composed in 1818 and based on the text written by Rev. Joseph Mohr in 1816. Of course, this version is considerably more modern in arrangement and sound (more of a sound sculpture imitating the melodies). Enjoy!
I need to figure out what I’m going to do about the abandoned Sonic Sculptures 2008…
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Minnesota, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, PBS, Short Film, SmartFilms, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video, Video Editing, WDSE, YouTube | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Minnesota, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, PBS, Short Film, SmartFilms, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video, Video Editing, WDSE, YouTube
Short film called “Visual and Sonic Study of Plastic” will be airing on WDSE-PBS Channel 8 in the Duluth/Superior area. The program begins at 11pm Central Time. Be sure to watch it as well as the other films by local filmmakers in the show “Smart Films.” Hope you enjoy!
Also, be sure to check out: Ryan Rapsys YouTube Channel
And if you haven’t had the chance, I also appeared in a live interview on WDSE-PBS along with Craig Blacklock: Interview of Ryan Rapsys with Craig Blacklock
And one other show I appeared on: Ryan Rapsys on On The Road with Jason Davis
Thanks and enjoy!
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Film Scoring, Improvisation, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Nature, New Age, North Shore, Orchestra, Organic, Overtones, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spiritual, Video, Water, Waves | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Film Scoring, Improvisation, LinkedIn, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Nature, New Age, North Shore, Orchestra, Organic, Overtones, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spiritual, Video, Water, Waves
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Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack Disc 1 || Ryan Rapsys (iTunes)
Disc 1 of the relaxing, ambient soundtrack to Craig Blacklock’s film Minnesota’s North Shore.
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Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack Disc 2 || Ryan Rapsys (iTunes)
Disc 2 of the relaxing, ambient soundtrack to Craig Blacklock’s film Minnesota’s North Shore.
Filed under: Abstract, Amazon.com, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, IDM, Improvisation, Mp3, Music, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static, Synthesizer | Tags: Abstract, Amazon.com, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, IDM, Improvisation, Mp3, Music, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static, Synthesizer
Click on the link below to purchase Antiquichrome on Amazon.com as an mp3 album (immediate download). If you’re a fan of Steve Roach, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Biosphere, LaMonte Young, etc…definately check this out: Antiquichrome
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, MPR, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, News, North Shore, On The Road, PBS, Radio, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Water, Waves, YouTube | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, LinkedIn, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, Mp3, MPR, Music, Music Composition, News, North Shore, On The Road, PBS, Radio, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Water, Waves, YouTube
Here is the link the story I was featured in on On The Road with Jason Davis: Harbor Sounds. You can view the entire video story at that link. I certainly was happy it turned out how it did…it’s a unique topic to cover with video.
And here is an older, related radio story about some of the same things I have been experimenting with (on Minnesota Public Radio – text and streaming audio): Dancing to the sounds of the Duluth harbor
And since I’m putting links to horrible interviews of myself, here’s another one where I talk about some of my compositional techniques: YouTube: Interview – Craig Blacklock and Ryan Rapsys on PBS-WDSE
If you enjoyed these stories and the music you heard, you may enjoy this album I recently released (available digitally and on CD):
Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.
Free-form glitches, bleeps and distortions for the open-minded listener.
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Composition, Concrete, EQ, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, Improvisation, Keyboard, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Composition, Concrete, Electroacoustic, Electronic, EQ, Experimental, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, Improvisation, Keyboard, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape
And number 5 for the May of the series of Sonic Scultpure, 2008 (okay, I cheated a little and did three today…):
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 22. May V [1 min 50 sec, 1.68mb mp3]
For this sculpture, I improvised on my keyboard with a simple piano patch, recording the audio material. I added a delay, reverb, and I EQed the piano material to give it a certain quality, also cloning the track and transposing it up (the higher frequency qualities of the piano tones). This was done in Sonar Producer. When the piano material hits the low frequencies, I enhanced them and added reverb, and then sneaked in some synth bass material that continues on. I also slowed the tempo gradually toward the end, occasionally sitting at near 0 tempo to stretch some of the sounds.
The-Novus-Arcadia || Ryan Rapsys
“Overall, [The-Novus-Arcadia's] an immensely enjoyable experience,
and it could well become a piece of electronic art that may
be a required listen in the near future.”
Muse’s Muse, 7/31/2007
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, EQ, Electronic, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, MIDI, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Trip-hop | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Electronic, EQ, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, MIDI, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Trip-hop
The fourth Sonic Scultpure of the Month of May, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 21. May IV [1 min 19 sec, 1.21mb mp3]
This one just spilled out of me rather quickly. I took a sort of hip-hop loop and wah-wahed it, synchronized to the tempo. Next I added a bit of reverb to it in order to give the bass swoosh a little extra staying time (and create a unique low-end sound). This was mostly done in Sonar Producer.
Next I created a sort of bell texture with a MIDI glockenspiel sound, which I then mixed down to audio and gradually changed its EQ properties. This texture gradually moves up to the higher frequencies, where the piece ends.
Thoughts?
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, EQ, Electronic, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Synthesizer, Trip-hop | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, EQ, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Synthesizer, Trip-hop
Sonic Scultpure number 3 of the Month of May, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 20. May III [1 min 9 sec, 1.06mb mp3]
For this sculpture, I began with a little loop created out of the first Sonic Sculpture (I reversed it then sped it up to a couple seconds long). I looped this in Sonar Producer, adding a reversed hip-hop loop of a sort, as well as an odd ambient synth loop. I worked with these loops, shifting between layers, occasionally shifting their pitch, etc. Thus, the creation of this sculpture, which is one of the first with a more distinct drum-loop quality (must be the coming summer…).
Filed under: Abstract, Album, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, EQ, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Lake Superior, Lift Bridge, Lisa McKhann, Local News, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video | Tags: Abstract, Album, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, EQ, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Lake Superior, Lift Bridge, Lisa McKhann, Local News, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video
Here is the schedule for the episode of “On The Road” with Jason Davis that includes a segment on some of my experimental music making:
Sunday, May 18th @ 10:35pm – KSTP Channel 5 (Minneaplis/St. Paul)
Saturday, May 24th @ 10:30pm – WDIO Channel 10 (Duluth)
More information: Coming Up Sunday: Duluth Harbor
Here is what I had written earlier about my part in this episode:
The show is centered on the Duluth harbor, and my segment focuses on my recording of sounds in Canal Park and then modifying and composing music with those sounds… I was video-taped and interviewed while playing with some sounds in my studio. The resulting music I used for one of my Sonic Sculptures:
Check it out if you can…and of course, feel free to let me know what you think! Thanks!
Also, if you enjoyed the story or enjoy some of this kind of music, you may be interested in this:
Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.
Free-form glitches, bleeps and distortions for the open-minded listener.
The-Novus-Arcadia || Ryan Rapsys
“Overall, [The-Novus-Arcadia's] an immensely enjoyable experience,
and it could well become a piece of electronic art that may
be a required listen in the near future.”
Muse’s Muse, 7/31/2007
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape
Here’s the final Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 17. April V [1 min 19 sec, 1.21mb mp3]
This was done rather quickly and easily in Adobe Audition. I took an old electronica track of mine, copied the very ending of the track (which kind of floats out with some ambient, higher tones), and pasted it into a new track. I rounded out the edges and slowed it down.
Next, I copied the segment (which now was about 30 seconds long) and pasted it again, repeating the segment. Then I reversed the second incidence of the segment. Next I pasted that same segment into a seperate file and stretched it (only changing the length, not the pitch) to twice its original length. I then reversed the right speaker output, copied the entire stereo image, and pasted it back into the track with the two segments mirrored linearally.
This took about 5 minutes to compose. Recycling sounds can work out quite well on occasion.
Thoughts?
Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.
