Category Archives: Music

Even More Granulosity – PaulStretch

Posted on 2010/07/03 by chaircrusher

GO HERE FOR LATEST AND GREATEST When I did the OS X build for PaulStretch, it became the most popular and enduring blog post I’ve ever done. Paulstretch has kind of a funky user interface, but the way it sounds, … Continue reading →

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More Granularity — Christopher Hipgrave’s Ambient Software

Posted on 2010/07/02 by chaircrusher

Christopher Hipgrave’s Ambient is a piece of software distributed by Audiobulb. Ambient is based around granular synthesis of any audio file. It’s pitch shifted, delayed and filtered, and there are several controls you can tweak to control the sound, though … Continue reading →

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New Chaircrusher Track “Amber Waves”

Posted on 2010/06/23 by chaircrusher

http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-AmberWaves.mp3 Had a track on the back burner, when i downloaded the ArgotLuna granular delay effect VST plugin. Slowed it down 50BPM, put ArgotLunar on the pad synth, and there you are. Argotlunar is pretty cool — I like especially … Continue reading →

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New Release: “Off Prairie Du Chien” — Chaircrusher v Derek Piotr

Posted on 2010/06/21 by chaircrusher

Listen and/or buy here on BandCamp Derek makes glitch/experimental/spoken word pieces on a crappy old computer. I chose 5 tracks of his to use as source material for new compositions. One track (Vend) is one of his pieces mashed up … Continue reading →

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Pansonic “Gravitoni”

Posted on 2010/06/21 by chaircrusher

I’ve never been a heavy metal fan per se. My education in the art of metal comes second hand from having local musician friends who play in metal bands. Don’t know if it still happens but Gabe’s used to have … Continue reading →

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Autechre “Move Of Ten”

Posted on 2010/06/19 by chaircrusher

As has been their wont, Warp released the download version of Autechre’s new album Move of Ten as a digital download in advance of the physical product. So I bought it yesterday. I got the 24-bit WAV file version because, … Continue reading →

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New Track – Missing The D

Posted on 2010/05/29 by chaircrusher

In honor of DEMF underway right f*cking now — without me. http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-MissingTheD.mp3

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Worst Mashup Ever: Benny Hill vs Blue Monday

Posted on 2010/05/29 by chaircrusher

Did this on a dare, now I feel kind of dirty. http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/BootsRandolphVsNewOrder-BlueBenny.mp3

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Chakachas “Jungle Fever”

Posted on 2010/05/15 by chaircrusher

Picked up this album in Santa Cruz, on the strength of it actually having a track called “Chica Chica Bau Bau” — like the cliched porn music sound everybody makes on sitcoms. Turns out, “Jungle Fever” was a disco hit … Continue reading →

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Putney Bloody Putney

Posted on 2010/05/06 by chaircrusher

I just received 10 brand new patch pins for my EMS Putney VCS3. In honor of that I’ve recorded a 5 minute experiment. You’re hereby given permission to sample this under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution License. Meaning you have … Continue reading →

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Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band

Posted on 2010/04/15 by chaircrusher

Dennis Coffey was (and is!) a true son of Detroit, one of the few musicians to score instrumental top 40 hits. An associate of the Funk Brothers, he’s someone you should dig. He even is responsible for one of the … Continue reading →

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Bomb Squad Live @ Yacht Club 2010-04-01 – High Speed Hosting

Posted on 2010/04/06 by chaircrusher

http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/BombSquad-Live@YachtClub-2010-04-01.mp3 The Bomb Squad made history in Iowa City, using the bully pulpit of their fame to bust the dubstep cherry of a couple hundred sweaty nutters in the Yacht Club’s brick-lined basement. They tweeted a link to a Mediafire … Continue reading →

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My mini-live-set @ Dawn’s 2010-04-03

Posted on 2010/04/03 by chaircrusher

As Greg Davis pointed out to me last night, making music with just sine tones isn’t an original idea. But for me, the simple setup of 4 sine wave synths in Ableton Live, set up such that I could jam … Continue reading →

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I’m playing Friday at Dawn’s for Mission Creek Festival #mcic

Posted on 2010/03/30 by chaircrusher

If you’re in Iowa City, and you like FREE music, with FREE food and FREE drinks, I’ll be playing this Friday at Dawn’s @ Dusk In a week with a lot of sweet shows, these will be very interesting — … Continue reading →

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Roland must have hired Funny Or Die to do their promotional videos

Posted on 2010/03/24 by chaircrusher

There is so much that is unintentionally humorous about this video. Is Roland incapable of finding a proper tone in their promotional materials? This is the video equivalent of the hilarious manuals that came with Roland gear in the 80s. … Continue reading →

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Bomb track: Black Coffee feat. Zakes Bantwini “Juju”

Posted on 2010/02/25 by chaircrusher
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DJ Mix: Autechre Retrospective

Posted on 2010/02/25 by chaircrusher

In the process of writing my review of Oversteps today, I listen to bits and pieces of the entire Autechre discography. Maybe it was because I was trying to listen critically to Oversteps, but something about Autechre clicked in my … Continue reading →

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Review: Autechre “Oversteps”

Posted on 2010/02/24 by chaircrusher

There are few musicians whose music is as polarizing as Autechre. It would be one thing if they were resolutely in the experimental music camp. The avant-garde have their audience, who embrace abstraction and difficulty, and revel in sound only … Continue reading →

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Durban To Detroit To Chicago To London DJ Mix

Posted on 2010/02/21 by chaircrusher

In keeping with my new-found enthusiasm for South African Dance Music, this mix is heavy on stuff from Durban, with some detours to at least 2 other continents and an island nation…. http://music.cornwarning.com/audio/Chaircrusher-DurbanDetroitChicagoLondon-DJ Mix.mp3 This is mostly live from my … Continue reading →

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South African Kwaito — Some Ridiculous Great Tunes…

Posted on 2010/02/15 by chaircrusher

Blackdown’s Blog got me going on this kick, but what really got SA on my radar was DJ Mujava’s Township Funk which was an undeniable floor filler from 2008. I can’t even keep up on Iowa City music, much less … Continue reading →

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