random sound cavalcade #16

experimenting with a new flash media player here as it seems as though the other simple one has gone all craptacular on us - sigh. these deceptive sounds were not taken from another yawntastic art installation, but from Binion's Horseshoe, where our comrade almost got punched in the face and elsewhere for trying to take a picture of the ghost of Willie Mosconi

horse : excerpt one

random sound cavalcade #15

yet another vegasmasses entry into the cavalcade: this particular excerpt comes from the last entry in the lumbering volumes, simply entitled end. fair warning: this excerpt does get much louder in the middle, so let the subtlety ride on, peace frog.

end : excerpt one

random sound cavalcade #12, 13 & 14

more from the vegasmasses volumes. these excerpts come from the great lumbering track trop, recorded -gasp- at the Tropicana casino. though notes are sketchy at best what sort of CoolEdit waveform editing was used to crush, kill and destroy the recorded sound, it highlighted here the underlying drone of the casino, how it really plays upon a simple harmonic system that continues melodic motion without any harmonic motion, regardless of where the recorder wandered. credit should be given to the ever-so-credible phonaut, who encouraged many early parts of the overarching our very lives are being compressed series, including these particular masses. three more excerpts for your mixing, matching, lathering, rinsing and general pleasure.

trop : excerpt one

trop : excerpt two

trop : excerpt three

random sound cavalcade #9, 10 & 11

after watching some of Olivo Barbieri's Site Specific short film series, the cavalcade turns its attention to another most particular series: vegasmasses. wandering around the strips - old and new - of las vegas (visiting the undeniable Overlord of the Mightiest Rock, peter pollack) with a minidisc recorder, the sounds of many casinos were captured, crushed and yes, even compressed.

the beauty of las vegas casinos is the attention to aural and visual detail: every doorknob, faucet and throw pillow follows the theme, every sound from every slot machine is in the same key, creating a mellifluous din.

two volumes of large sound masses were originally passed among the precious few, magnifying the aural detail. here are not one, not two, but three excerpts from the lumbering track grand. mix, match, lather, rinse, enjoy.

grand : excerpt one

grand : excerpt two

grand : excerpt three