Re: First KYBERMUSIK recordings online

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

It's really interesting for me to listen this, given that I've completely 
forgotten what I had played. I was just listening to the beginning of this 
and the melodic guitar came in....and it took me 30 seconds to realize it 
was me!!! Now at 6:50 I'm hearing some of my middle eastern guitar/sitar 
influence.

...I like what you did, Rainer....cool vibe.

...oh, here comes my ring mod madness at 7:55....I like the synth work 
from 
Rainer here....

I was definitely experimenting with the VST effects on this......some of 
you 
probably even here Reaktor Metaphysical and Krypt in there.

Unfortunately, I did not record this, as I had some problems with my 
system....two laptops going at once and too much stuff going on for me to 
figure it out at that time.  I should have pulled my larger Mackie out, 
then 
I could have recorded the whole thing in CD quality. Darn. Better luck 
next 
time.

I like what we did around 21:00 and onward too....that's a Reaktor Krypt 
sequence slowed down in half time with Mobius, with my using my Boss VF1 
synth patch. What are those voices in the background, Rainer? I like that, 
and the grinding, deep town that appears from beneath once in a while.

I like how it ends, with the nice electric piano progression, and the 
prior 
madness fading out. It's sort of Pink Floydish, amost.  I like to generate 
that sort of contrast in performances. Just about anyone can create atonal 
chaotica, but to infuse some melodic familiarity into that can be unique 
and 
refreshing. It was a nice resolution....though I can't figure out what the 
hell I'm doing at 31:54. I was either drunk, or I was playing to a 
completely different set of music changes....that's bizarre. I can't even 
conceptualize me playing that part.  Rainer, did you cut and past some 
parts 
at the end?  That's blowing my mind. It was 7am for me, I think....not 
enough coffee perhaps. :) I love the fadeout....reminds me of the sound 
effects in the original Time Machine movie.

This was a lot of fun!!! I'll see if I can record my next internet 
performances to share.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: AW: First KYBERMUSIK recordings online


> Thanks for your feedback. Let me address some of your questions below:
>
>> The segment from around the 5 minute mark to the 12 minute
>> mark really grabbed my attention, nice momentum with some
>> lovely delicate ornamentation.
>
> In the unedited recording, it took me about 15 minutes to decide what to 
> do
> after I set up the initial loop, and was really delighted when after an
> eternity of musical standstill I came up first with the bassline, then 
> with
> the drum groove. ;=)
>
>> I would suggest perhaps the use of a tad more percussion with
>> quirky motifs to thread thru a session, for instance, when
>> some of the ambientness needs a bit structure to gel - but
>> that is just my taste these days, not a deep observation.
>
> Then you're most likely not to like my live performances ;). I usually 
>try
> to combine sections with a clearly defined rhythmic structure or pulse 
> with
> completely odd-metered parts - just as in this recording.
>
> Having said that, I'll have to admit that I am not a percussionist by 
> heart
> so would have a hard time to spontaneously improvise the fitting 
> percussion
> to hold it all together
>
>> Pretty amazing sound quality given that I am listening to an
>> mp3 of a recording of something streamed in semi-realtime
>> over the cyber-aether.
>
> Actually, only the part Krispen played had been streamed over the net in
> this recording; this is what I recorded on my side, so my part is
> uncompressed PCM, Krispen's part is a 6kbps mono ogg/vorbis.
>
>> Did you both use headphones or studio monitors as you played?
>
> Can only speak for myself here; I used a pair of Dynaudio BM5As 
>listening 
> to
> the mains and a pair of headphones for the cue channel of Live. If you 
>ask
> because of the audible metronome in the first part, take a look at my
> message regarding "metronome bleed" in the archives.
>
> Rainer
>