Artist : Robert Henke
Title : Layering Buddha
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2006
Date : Oct-27-2006
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 10
Label : Imbalance Computer Music
Source : CDDA
Length : 59:10 min
Size : 84,3 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Layer 001 04:54
02.Layer 002 06:58
03.Layer 003 07:25
04.Layer 004 07:30
05.Layer 005 05:20
06.Layer 006 05:08
07.Layer 007 03:31
08.Layer 008 03:16
09.Layer 009 08:17
10.Layer 010 06:51
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59:10 min
The FM3 Buddha Machine is a low-fi loop playing device
containing nine pre-recorded loops which cannot be changed by
the user. Due to
manufacturing imperfections, individual machines play the loops
with a slightly different sound, pitch and duration. The
built-in playback
circuit, with its low sampling rate and bit resolution,
produces a very rough sound, similar to ancient computer games
or talking toys.
Rich, spacious textures and moving echoes occur when many of
these machines are played at the same time.
I recorded the sound of one single buddha machine at 96 kHz,
using a state of the art A/D converter. The recording contains
audio
information up to 48 kHz, which makes it possible to transpose
the loops down and expose otherwise inaudible hidden details.
The pieces
on this CD have been created by granulating, filtering,
pitching and layering either the original loops, or new loops
which were re-assembled out of
parts of the originals. Most pieces are based on one single
source loop. The pieces as they live within my computer are set
up as continuously
permutating structures and theoretically could go on forever,
just as the loops do within the buddha machines.
I made quite long renderings of these permutations and later
decided which excerpt of each structure to put on this CD.
Therefore, the
tracks are not closed works, but views onto a perpetual
machinery.
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