a r t i s t : Alan Sondheim
t i t l e : Boojum
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Majmua
c a t : mm 9
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2009
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 66,3 MB
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Boojum was our cat, who died recently at 18, and is missed
terribly. Most tracks are recorded mono directly from a Yamaha
keyboard output. This is the 'pure' sounding of the machine;
there's no stereo enhancement or graphic equalization. I
determine the state of the machine, that's called playing it.
The accompaniment is automated but its figuration is not. The
keyboard is touch-sensitive, but as you know, touch on an
acoustic keyboard translates not only into volume, but also
harmonic structures and envelope. Here touch is volume only.
Note that all playing is live.
Think of the real. Track 8 is recorded live on the same
keyboard acoustically; you can hear breathing, key and nail
sounds, and so forth. The recording is stereo. Here the
machine gives way to the periphery of the human player One
might place this configuration in the symbolic.
The Cluster track is recorded from a very large Beowulf
computer cluster which generates considerable electromagnetic
radiation in the radio spectrum. These are recorded
acoustically from a Realistic Patrolman SW-60 radio slowly
tuned across various SW, VHF, and UHF bands. This is the sound
of the machine in air, transformed into audio signals within
the range of human hearing. Machine-states and machine exist
in the imaginary. Emanents exist within and without the
machine..
Think of the true world in all its glory.
For Boojum. û Alan Sondheim
www.majmua.museumfire.com
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01-Boojum 1 [04:25]
02-Boojum 2 [02:53]
03-Boojum 10 [02:33]
04-Tiger [06:30]
05-Cluster 4 [01:38]
06-Mifflin [06:43]
07-Ossi Oswalda [05:57]
08-Hot [32:07]
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62:46 min