I have a project with Eric Mattson, the great ZZ TOP montreal curator, about creating a picture vinyl inspired by my project DUST. My idea was to put a bunch of dust directly on a vinyle and record the audio trajectory of the needle trying to find his way find through this pile of dust.
We are about finishing the patch max and arduino. The accordions are suspended from the ceiling of my studio. We expect that the wind is blowing in the lungs of these magnificent creatures.
We experimented with ventilators to find what harmonies seemed the most appropriate for the intallation Urban Wind. With switches like we could find what was the best harmonic associations. Next week, we will be already to test our patch Arduino+Max to creating gradient sound connect to the wind amplitude.
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Some screen shots of the evolutive different trains / steve reich project.
This month, I started to work on a ‘hommage’ to Steve Reich that will be presented in Rennes, France _ next october. The Bretagne Orchestra directed by Jean-Mickaël Lavoie will play this amazing piece in a front of my video. It’s a great honnor that Cultures Electroni[k] invite me to create visual for Different Trains. Steve Reich is for me a very significative influence _ not only because I’m basically a drummer, but because he has experience with repetitive rhythmic cycles and phases. What I particularly like in different trains, is that these are the voices pre-recorded on tapes which dictate the beat and the harmony to the musicians. My idea is to create 3 ‘tableaux kinétique’ that will establish an atmosphere suited to the three separate movements of this piece. I opted to does not, or hardly ever show the train. Rather, we will look through the windows _ the frosted window, the anamorphic window, the poetic vision. From the eyes of passengers to the outside world. For the few parts that we will see a train, I worked with a miniature train shooted in macro optic.
hey, I forgot these tracks . . . Dominique Godderis sent it to me 3 months ago and they stay in my mails box _ never too late, so there is these 2 mini life moments . . . Always spontaneous and blurry. thank’s.
04-see it coming_
05-little man
Last fryday, I went with david to Casavant, one of the best pipe organ builders in the world ::: at Sainte-Hyacynthe, Quebec. Eva told me that Simon from Casavant can help me in my Urban Wind installation. We took great time talking with Simon and Denis ( the master technicien of Casavant ) about the air problematic we had with our accordeons. It was very helpfull to share with them some Casavant’s secret tips . . . just for non commercial use _ thank’s art !!!!!!!!!!
Our first meeting lab ( with Omar, Eva and David ) to test air compressor and accordeons for the UrbanField installation that will be presented next september at Incheon city in Korea.
Yesterday, at mutek11 _ it was the most special and impredictible event at Ectoplasm :::: EricZZmattson improvised a NoisePunkSet on the Steve Bates Guitar. Ectoplasm one of the best event at mutek, the audience was very enthousiasm and have a great respect for all the artists. thank’s to Eric to make it happen Here some picts from my cellphone.
The ZZ maximalist guitar heroe
Today we test our improvisation set-up for Mutek Ectoplasm
mister kloud in the front of is lab
my little set-up EctoPlate on the floor
EctoPlate
