Filed under: Abstract, Acquire Goods, Ambient, Art, Art Film, Avant-garde, Classical, Commercial, Composition, Concert, Contemporary Classical, Coprorate Videos, Documentary, Duluth, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film & Video, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, Hip-hop, IDM, Industrial Show, Jingles, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Music Video, Remix, Rescoring, Short Film, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Soundtrack, Television, Theatre, Theatrical Score, Training Video, Video, Video Editing, Video Scoring, Web Videos | Tags: Abstract, Acquire Goods, Ambient, Art, Art Film, Avant-garde, Classical, Commercial, Composition, Concert, Contemporary Classical, Coprorate Videos, Documentary, Duluth, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film & Video, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, Hip-hop, IDM, Industrial Show, Jingles, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Music Video, Remix, Rescoring, Short Film, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Soundtrack, Television, Theatre, Theatrical Score, Training Video, Video, Video Editing, Video Scoring, Web Videos
The Erratik Music Solutions page has been updated/redesigned. Here’s a little bit more about it:
Offering cutting edge music and sound solutions for your cutting edge product or service. Commercial or creative. Radio, television, theater or web. Discuss total audio solutions for your project with us today.
If you’re looking for music for any kind of project, feel free to contact me through that site! Be sure to look through the examples – I’ve worked on a variety of projects, including commercials, web videos, corporate videos, training videos, industrial show videos, theatre, film (documentaries, short films, feature films, art films), etc. Samples of nearly all of these are included at: http://www.erratikmusicsolutions.com
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…
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Here’s the playlist from last night: Digital Nimbus Playlist – 11/29
Hope you had a chance to listen to the show! Be sure to check out http://digitalnimbus.com/.
Filed under: Abstract, Alternate Soundtrack, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, DVD, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film Scoring, IDM, Improvisation, Music, Music Composition, Rescoring, Silent Films, Sound Effects, Soundscape, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Video | Tags: Abstract, Alternate Soundtrack, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, DVD, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film Scoring, IDM, Improvisation, LinkedIn, Music, Music Composition, Rescoring, Silent Films, Sound Effects, Soundscape, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Video
I have a new project that I have been working on for some time that is beginning to get close to release….perhaps even this upcoming Spring… It will be the first full DVD release from Erratik Productions.
For more information, go here: Iragilac
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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
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Antiquichrome is now available from CDBaby.com – here is a basic description:
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience. Free-form glitches, bleeps and distortions for the open-minded listener.
If you like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Roach, Biosphere, or any other type of experimental ambient electronics, you will certainly enjoy some of the sounds, textures and timbres in this album. This CD is available both as a physical CD and as a digital download. Get more information and listen to samples from the album here.
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Here’s the latest Sonic Scultpure, March II:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 9. March II [1 min 38 sec, 1.50mb mp3]
First I recorded some fast improvisations in the lower range of my keyboard with a bell-like pad. Next, I resampled it to 50% (bringing the pitch up an octave and making it twice as fast). This was done with Adobe Audition.
Next, I imported the sound to Sonar Producer and created a short loop out of it. I created two duplicates of this track and then panned one far left and the other far right. Next I tweaked the EQs of these to stereo-seperated sounds so that they would each have a unique sound profile. Once this was completed, I duplicated all three of these tracks once again, and swapped speakers with the two additional tracks. This created a copy of the same sound with a distinctly different stereo-phonic quality. I looped these two sound fragments with distinct stereophonic qualities in a variety ways, in polyrhythms, and transposed up or down in various ways.
The resulting sculpture has a unique melodic profile primarily because of the changing stereophonic qualities of each note/chord articulated. Oh, and the scale improvised is a type of Slavic scale: C F G Ab (C), but of course the sound fragment with the fast improvisations is transposed as well in a variety of ways.
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Here’s the latest Sonic Scultpure, the first for the month of March:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 8. March I [1 min 25 sec, 1.31mb mp3]
For this scultpure, I decided to expand on some similar ideas I explored in the 5th Sonic Sculpture (February I). Again, two primary textures drive the composition–this time, the faster rhythmic material was derived from an old electronica track I had written (available here: Tesla – Ryan Rapsys). I resampled the track in order to speed it up and raise it’s pitch, then added a couple of subtle stereophonic flanger effects, all in Adobe Audition.Once I created the faster base of the composition, I added a second more ambient layer. Similar to the 5th Sonic Sculpture (February I), I took a recording of a percussion instrument (this time an orchestral bass drum instead of the Lion’s Roar) and created a contrasting layer with a slower, bassier characteristic to compliment the faster, higher texture. To create the kind of complimenting texture with the bass drum sound, I used a variety of reverb and compression techniques. This emphasized the decay of the bass drum more on a level par with the attack–hence the resulting unique texture. These two layers were then mixed together in Sonar Producer.
So, one simple way to work with concretè sounds is to create two contrasting textures, one fast and higher in general frequency, the other slower and lower in general frequency. Leave feedback, as it is greatly appreciated. Enjoy!
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Craig Blacklock, DVD, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film & Video, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, High Definition, Hip-hop, IDM, Lake Superior, Music, Music Composition, Music Video, Nature, North Shore, Organic, Photography, Public Television, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, TPT, Television, Trip-hop, Video, Video Editing, YouTube | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Craig Blacklock, DVD, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film & Video, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, High Definition, Hip-hop, IDM, Lake Superior, Music, Music Composition, Music Video, Nature, North Shore, Organic, Photography, Public Television, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, TPT, Trip-hop, Video, Video Editing, YouTube
I finally put most of my experimental videos up on YouTube. 10 different videos are now available at my playlist: Videos by Ryan Rapsys – YouTube Playlist
Many of these videos explore the relationship between editing and rhythm in music in various forms. Hope you enjoy them, and feel free to give general comments about them here!
Also, Minnesota’s North Shore by Craig Blacklock (and original music that I composed) is airing a number of times on Twin Cities Public Television. To see when it’s playing (it’s airing in High Definition), go here: TPT – Minnesota’s North Shore
