not a person, not a company, not a band, not a label but ..... a way of life!
These limited edition audio compact discs are a product of home digitizing, CD burning, production and distribution, there by bypassing the traditional methods of producing audio compact discs for the consumer market by record labels , distributers, and companies.
Listen to 000(distress)
000(distress ) 23:08 A collection of distressed audio collected and edited 'as is' in the form of loops, clicks, noise and drones from crashing computers. These digital audio recordings document the output of sound editing software and hardware at the moment of an internal error and computer system crash. A unique listening experience. The CD is packaged in a hand made custom metal case. The case is bolted together with the CD held in place by a rubber grommet.
1. ________(live) 39:00
live radio performance documentation
A new audio performance using custom editing software which allows
the performer to make real time decisions on how audio clips are to be
ordered, juxtaposed and mixed while the computer is performing the work.
Improvised performance recorded during the 24 hour web/broadcast at
Send + Receive: a festival of sound [003], October 18 2000 at Video Pool Winnipeg.
2. under the influence of ether (excerpt) 14:00
computer controlled audio/radio transmission documentation
The body as beach with millions of radio frequency carrier waves washing
up on shore carrying the debris of thousands of transmissions.This audio
installation considers the body as a beach(receiver) with an ocean of sound(data)
washing up on it. The software is a wave generator(weather) and the hardware the water(carrier).
This radio/audio program is produced by autonomous software running on the Macintosh computer.
Sounds used in the composition of the program are stored on hard disk and on a digital
audio sampler. An outboard sound processing device is used to process and modify the
sound in real time as part of the composition. This installation is transmitted
continuously 24 hours a day for the entire period of the exhibition.
Successfully installed at the;
-Sync or Stream, live video/audio streaming on the Internet conference, Banff Centre April 1999.
- Send + Receive: a festival of sound [002], November 1998 Video Pool Winnipeg.
-Muu Media Arts Festival, Muu Gallery Helsinki Finland October 1996.
-Electronic Arts Festival, Western Front , Vancouver April 1996
-Winnipeg Art Gallery, April/May 1995 .
3. ambient sleep(live) 13:00
Ken Gregory, Shawn Pinchbeck and Steve Heimbecker
Concert recording of a live improv performance for a quad
sound system recorded live atSend + Receive : a festival of sound [001]
November 21 1998, University of Winnipeg Bulman CenterWinnipeg
Re-mixed and mastered for stereo compact disc
January 20, 21, 22 2001 at Video Pool Inc. Winnipeg, Canada.
The CD is hand packed in a custom sleeve made from recycled 12" vinyl record sleeves
cut down to the standard compact disc size. Each sleeve is hand cut, labeled, and wrapped in clear packing tape
making each package a unique one-of-a-kind collectors item.
under the influence of ether 74:00 mono