I’ve put a new album up on Bandcamp: For Delia Derbyshire 2011-03-10 This EMS Putney came into my hands when I purchased it from Iowa City South East Junior High School in 1997. It is one of the unique artifacts of electronic music. The Putney & it’s close relative, the attache-case-housed Synthi, were workhorse synths… Continue reading New Bandcamp Release: EMS Putney Improvisations
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KRUI DJ Set 2010-03-05
[audio:http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/2011-03-05-DJSet.mp3|titles=KRUI DJ Set 2010-03-05|artists=chaircrusner] http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/2011-03-05-DJSet.mp3 A little different than the last few sets I’ve done, as I brought the computer; I just didn’t have enough fresh vinyl for a show. It’s a combination of things that have been on mind, some for months, some as recent as this week. The Darkstar album North has been… Continue reading KRUI DJ Set 2010-03-05
In the Herzog film Strozek Bruno S shows a small sculpture of twisted wire and says “this is a schematic model of how it looks inside Bruno. They’re closing all the doors on him.”
So this track goes out to my boy Muammar Gaddafi; it’s a schematic diagram of how it looks inside Muammar. Thug Life 4Ever, Brotherly Leader and Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya!
[audio:http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/ChairCrusher-HallucinogensInTheNescafe.mp3]http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/ChairCrusher-HallucinogensInTheNescafe.mp3
For those who give a shit about such things:
Drums: Battery3 with tweaked percussion presets.
Funny noises: 2 instances of Reaktor.
High synth: Jupiter6
Bass: FM8
Effects: Audiodamage Dubstation delay, Audiodamage Eos reverb, UAD EMT140 Reverb (on filtered snares), a Reaktor BBD delay simulator, UAD LA2 Compressor on some tracks, Audiodamage RoughRider Compressor on others. UAD Pultec EQ on some percussion sounds.
Sequenced in Live, several passes of live recording of effects tweaks. This was actually a track that came together when I was actually focusing on something else — i.e. it was a scratch track to test something.
KRUI Noise Radio — DJ Mix
There’s some overlap in tracks played with my September DJ Mix, but this mix is longer, and starts out with a sampling of the many amazing tracks by the recently-departed and deeply missed Aaron Carl Ragland. The funny thing about Aaron Carl is that I knew him as a person first and as a fan… Continue reading KRUI Noise Radio — DJ Mix
Chaircrusher September Mix
This is what Google Image Search comes up with if you search for “UK Bass” Sequenced live in Ableton Live — 45 tracks in 99 minutes. Starts at 100 BPM and ends at 142. I find it hard to stick with one particular beat so there are some hectic transitions. [audio:http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-SeptemberMix.mp3|titles=Sepetember Mix|artists=Chaircrusher] http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-SeptemberMix.mp3 Urban Tribe… Continue reading Chaircrusher September Mix
New Track: Expemsible
All the hootenanny about PaulStretch got me playing with it again, and this is what I came up with. As my vrave buddies used to say ‘very ambient.’ [audio:http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-Expemsible.mp3|titles=Expemsible|artists=Chaircrusher] http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-Expemsible.mp3 The source material was a couple of samples downloaded from the Internet — a drumloop and a bassline. I added the phaser effect. So the… Continue reading New Track: Expemsible
Summer 2010 DJ Mix
It’s been mad stupid hot in Iowa City this summer. I like it that way! There’s nothing wrong with sweating. Which is something you learn if you like to go dancing in a club. Somehow the hotter and sweatier it is, the better. To satisfy this need for humidty I’ve assembled a mix out of… Continue reading Summer 2010 DJ Mix
New Track – Missing The D
In honor of DEMF underway right f*cking now — without me. [audio:http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-MissingTheD.mp3|artists=Chaircrusher|titles=Missing the D] http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-MissingTheD.mp3
My mini-live-set @ Dawn’s 2010-04-03
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 out live felt really good. In the context of live music in 2010 I’d have… Continue reading My mini-live-set @ Dawn’s 2010-04-03
Sergeant Ridiculous EP — Update… Fehler Nach Fehler.
Somewhere in all the re-mixing and remastering, something screwy crept into my original version of the Sergeant Ridiculous track. So if you downloaded either the Zip or the original track, you can get the new improved version without the drums cutting out inexplicably. Sorry for the very unprofessional fuck up. As it happens, I am… Continue reading Sergeant Ridiculous EP — Update… Fehler Nach Fehler.
Cornwarning Free Digital Release “Sergeant Ridiculous EP”
The “Sergeant Ridiculous EP” is two new Chaircrusher tracks, with remixes by Sean Deason, Mike Perkowitz, Dave Powers, Chris O’Grady, and Andrew Duke. Go here for audio previews and downloads.
The menacing sounds of my office
[audio:http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/ChairCrusher-TheOffice.mp3] The Office The percussion is all banging stuff in my office with a sharpie, a bottle opener, and my knuckles. Including banging on the Presonus preamp that I was using at the time, a can of compressed air, etc. http://www.cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/OfficeSamples.zip Nothing to do with the television show, though I do enjoy it. Unless you… Continue reading The menacing sounds of my office
Pluggo gratification
Well it took 4 days, but my shiny new Pluggo is authorized. In honor of this I put together a sort of fake techno jam: [audio:http://cornwarning.com/chaircrusher/Chaircrusher-Pluggotest.mp3] Pluggo Test All sounds are from Pluggo Instruments — Analog Drums, Analog Percussion, Deep Bass, Additive Heaven. Pluggo FX are Feeback Network and Chamberverb. Other than that I used… Continue reading Pluggo gratification
SO FAR SO SO: Retrospective 1995-2005
I’ve been meaning to do this for some time, so here goes. This is a collection of unreleased songs from my back catalog. There’s all sorts of genres represented, but in choosing the tracks, I tried to pick songs that were the best example of I was doing at any given time. I haven’t dated… Continue reading SO FAR SO SO: Retrospective 1995-2005