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2013-05-11 KRUI Noise Radio

Posted on 2013/05/12 by chaircrusher

The only thing the end of a college term means to me now is that the grad students in my office are scarce for a week or two, and we get a break on Noise Radio. But I tried to … Continue reading →

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2013-04-20 KRUI Noise Radio

Posted on 2013/04/21 by chaircrusher

New stuff, including several skimmed off the top of the promo avalanch in my inbox. Some older stuff — the Microlife tracks were resurrected by someone from the ashes of MP3.com. In honor of the date, I brought Nancy Reagan … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 and Audio Performance: File History Kills!

Posted on 2013/04/21 by chaircrusher

I had Ableton Live’s audio get interrupted several times last night. The culprit was a nonsensical ‘warning’ to reattach my ‘file history drive.’ I had never set up File History, and certainly not set it up to write to an … Continue reading →

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KRUI Noise Radio 2013-03-30

Posted on 2013/03/31 by chaircrusher

More specifically Techno & House than usual. Featuring new Shawn Rudiman on Detroit Techno Mlitia, new Cephax Acid Crew album Cro Magnox, Kommon+Appleblim, Trus’ Me, and things found trawling through my ITunes collection… http://cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-20130330-KRUINoiseRadio.mp3 Kommon+Appleblim Silencio Anika In The City … Continue reading →

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Sound Forge Pro + Windows 8 = Frustrating Frustration.

Posted on 2013/03/31 by chaircrusher

With the advent of Windows 8, Sound Forge users may run into a registration brain fart that can’t be fixed simply. I ran into this on two different machined. The symptom is that Sound Forge works fine, for a while, … Continue reading →

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In which SoundCloud sends me a hilarious takedown notice

Posted on 2013/03/26 by chaircrusher

So today I got this interesting message from Soundcloud: Hi chaircrusher, Our automatic content protection system has detected that your sound “Rubber Duckie (Wub Machine Remix)” may contain the following copyright content: “Get Some Fruit (Wubstep Dubstep Remix)” by Anand … Continue reading →

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Live @ PS One 2013-03-19

Posted on 2013/03/21 by chaircrusher

It was cold and snowy and there wasn’t much in the way of an audience, but I got to try out some new stuff. Starting about 14:00 I have a section that samples (well, granulates) Milk & Eggs aka Jordan … Continue reading →

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KRUI Noise Radio 2013-03-02

Posted on 2013/03/03 by chaircrusher

So it’s been a bit since I did a radio show, so I have a backlog of new stuff to work through. New Burial, Autechre, My Bloody Valentine, Alex Under, Ron Trent, Terrace, and of course Chaircrusher…. http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher2013-03-02-KRUI-NoiseRadio.mp3 My Bloody … Continue reading →

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Making Whole Wheat Bread: Recipe and philosophizing.

Posted on 2013/02/10 by chaircrusher

This grew out of a discussion on Facebook about bread making. Kylie Buddin requested a recipe. Bread really seems daunting to many people who are otherwise confident cooks. My first advice to people is to lower their standards: Your lumpy, … Continue reading →

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My Bloody Valentine “M B V” Review.

Posted on 2013/02/03 by chaircrusher

OK, new MBV first reactions. The overall sound hasn’t changed much if at all. If I had made a record as epochal and evocative as Loveless, I guess I’d have problems finishing a follow-up. There are kids in their 20s … Continue reading →

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KRUI DJ Set 2012-12-08

Posted on 2012/12/09 by chaircrusher

The last show of the semester! Found some stuff downloadable on Soundcloud (Ekko, Delany Duvall), some recent-ish Terrence Dixon/Juju&Jordash/Sigha. Merry frikken Xmas! http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chiarcrusher-2012-12-08-KRUI-DJSet.mp3 Ex Action Model Heavy Shadow Chaircrusher Michelle Juju & Jordash Shakshuka Dub Ekko Pawnmover Marc Evans Crescent … Continue reading →

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2012-11-17 Chaircrusher DJ set.

Posted on 2012/11/18 by chaircrusher

So this was a vinyl mix, which means it isn’t as perfect with respect to mixing as my Ableton Live sets. It’s more fun, and scarier, actually, and track ordering is more spontaneous. I did a few level adjustments and … Continue reading →

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KRUI DJ Set – 2012/10/20

Posted on 2012/10/21 by chaircrusher

Rather than my usual grab bag of tracks, this mix focuses on just a few releases: Deepchord’s Sommer Mala’s Mala In Cuba Deadbeat’s Eight John Tejada’s The Predicting Machine Dom Dumoulin’s Gone EP DFRNT’s Fading … which takes things several … Continue reading →

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Chaircrusher Live @ Gabe’s October 11th 2012

Posted on 2012/10/13 by chaircrusher

I had a fine time, though it would have been great if more people showed up — I mean I’m used to playing to mostly empty rooms, but we had guys in from out of town who hit a deer … Continue reading →

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KRUI DJ Set 2012-09-22

Posted on 2012/09/23 by chaircrusher

Haven’t done a radio show since the spring, and had rather a backlog of interesting stuff that has been filtering in. Mr. DE from Detroit Ad– the man from ElectroFunk — Has a new album Sol+Mind which has an eclectic … Continue reading →

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Past Shock – Chaircrusher Live 1996

Posted on 2012/06/09 by chaircrusher

My friend David Talento was trying to organize his studio and found some cassettes I’d sent him in the 1990s. The real find was what may be the last remaining copy of tracks by Jason Welch, local rave promoter and … Continue reading →

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Chaircrusher June 1 2012 WNUR Radio Mix

Posted on 2012/06/02 by chaircrusher

This is being played tonight (June 1 2012) on WNUR Radio’s long running Street Beat radio show in Chicago. Thanks to Max for the hookup. Music-wise it’s my usual thrashing all over the map under the guise of eclecticism. Some … Continue reading →

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The Hallway Samples as an Ableton Live Pack!

Posted on 2012/05/11 by chaircrusher

I previously had posted about a couple of sample sets I made by banging on stuff in the basement hallway, (Hallway 1 and Hallway 2) but today I went through the steps to package them as an Ableton Live ALP … Continue reading →

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Rhys Chatham, Rene Hell, Solid Attitude Live @ Gabes 2012-03-27

Posted on 2012/03/29 by chaircrusher

A performance of Guitar Trio by Rhys Chatham is always a stunning, overwhelming, transcendent thing to experience. The composition itself is a schematic set of instructions for 3 or more guitarists, a process that Chatham directs from the stage as … Continue reading →

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KRUI Radio DJ Set 2012-03-03

Posted on 2012/03/14 by chaircrusher

This mix was delayed in posting to the blog because…I forgot it. It reflects some of my recent obsessions, including the new Burial EP Kindred which seems to reflect my mood right now in ways I can’t explain. It also … Continue reading →

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