Ars Nova Workshop Royalty Free Music, Free Sound Effects, Free Music Loops Move along with the soundtrack of Metro's screechy, wailing escalators Take the west side escalators down into the guts of the Columbia Heights Metro station and you'll be swallowed by the sound - an otherworldly mewl of screeching metal, an aviary of chrome-throated ravens taunting you as you descend into your workday. But slow down a minute. Step to the right, unclench the jaw and ask yourself: Could this be music? There's a secret jazz seeping from Washington's aging Metro escalators - those anemic metal walkways that fill our transit system with a crooked approximation of Ornette Coleman. Every rush hour is a chance to immerse yourself in the accidental music of worn-down Washington. "There can be aestheticized ways of listening," says Emily Thompson, a professor at Princeton specializing in the cultural history of sound. So do it. The escalators at Benning Road drone like an Indian tambura while arbitrary notes squeak and blurt, as if leaked from Pharoah Sanders' saxophone. "They sound ridiculous," she says, striding out into the daylight. Listening tips
Click Track - Listen to the winners of our Remix the Metro contest! Photo illustration by Christopher Meighan. In last Saturday's Washington Post, pop music critic Chris Richards wrote about the secret music of Washington's run-down Metro escalators. Here on Click Track, we asked you to come up with some music of your own by remixing the Metro's strange creaking sounds. The response was overwhelming. Listen to our winners and numerous honorable mentions below! First place: Joe Boston, "Get On Now" The squeaky, three-note sequence made by the escalators at the Smithsonian stop reminded us of jazz. Second place: John Yaya, "Last Train to Limbo" This contestant used the escalators' moans and groans to add a foreboding mood to this bizarre surfy, jazzy tune. Third place: Judy, "Farragut Metro Flutes" Both breathy and glitchy, we really enjoyed Judy's new-age-ish approach to softening Metro's squeal-n-grind. Honorable mentions: Gangly Verbs, "When Robots Become Lovers" Jeremy Joseph, "Metro to Mars" Rob Greenway, "Commuter Song" John Yaya, "Misty Businesswoman"
Harry Bertoia - Unfolding Harry Bertoia (1915 - 1978) was a furniture and jewellery designer who went on to explore sculpture, and its sound-making possibilities. In the 70's, he released a series of LPs under the title Sonambient, now rare collectors items. This compilation of four pieces culled from the albums was released in Japan in 1993. There are three official websites devoted to his work: Harry Bertoia Research Project, bertoiaharry.com, and Bertoia Studio. Presented in two .zip archives, download both for the full compliment of tracks.
Meet The Residents Original Mono Recording"Meet The Residents was originally released in 1974, on the Ralph Records label. The tapes were monaural recordings on home equipment and suffered further fidelity loss in the mastering and pressing stages. In 1976, The Cryptic Corporation came into legal possession of The Residents recordings, and began working on how to restore these original tapes to studio quality. flac This particular pressing is the first in a series of reissues. 12,000 copies were pressed once the 1000 original copies had sold out. This particular pressing is the second in a series of reissues. 5000 copies were pressed. This particular pressing is the third in a series of Ralph reissues. Limited edition of 3500 copies released to celebrate the bands 13th anniversary. "Deluxe Edition" on 200 gram vinyl with gatefold sleeve.A reissue (2003) of the 1974 Album with original cover. Meet The Residents Flexi 1000 copies of this limited edition flexi were made and given away free with File magazine.
Fluxus Anthology, 30th Anniversary Fluxus Anthology, 30th Anniversary George Maciunas's Seattle Interview Interviewer: William Woods Recorded at KRAB Radio, Seattle, Washington, September 1977 Henning Christiansen "Symphony Natura"OP.170 (1985) 1. gibbon in glass-sound 2. kakadua in the north 3. orso e foca a villa d'este 4. coro di scimmie 5. canzone si lupi con basso continuo 6. cervo e gibbone nella civilta 7. vogelorgel 8. ll mare degli animali recorded at the roma zoo, october 1985 in collaboration with lorenzo mammi, roma Robert Filliou - Whispered History Of Art (1963) Recorded in mono at New Wilderness Studio, New York by Ondine Fiore, December 1977. Milan Knizak - Bossanova Suite (1990) Recorded at Radio Vienna, Austria, 1990 instruments: - 2 records players playing my destroyed music - 2 taperecorders with tapes of my older pieces - 2 synthesizers played by myself - piano & voice also by myself (Milan Knizak) 5. (T.Kosugi) Joe Jones - Solar Music Hot House Recorded in linz (Austria) for "Ars Electronica Festival" 1988 Notes
Down In the Flood Various – 101 lock grooves « Continuo’s weblog Apart from musical content, the laws of physics cause two emotional moments during vinyl replay: when the needle is cued on the so called “outer groove” – producing a sound that’s akin to lighting a cigarette (hence the vinyl addiction), and when it reaches the end of the inner groove, when it locks upon itself to form a circle. At this point the music has usually ended, but on some records, sound continues, or re-appears, in an endless “lock groove”, like at the end of The Beatles 1967 Sgt. Pepper‘s LP. ♫ The 101 Lock Grooves LP, from Australian electronic label Clan Analogue, collects lock grooves from the label’s artists. Each listener has to find his own path into this beast of a record, but I found playing the tracks on shuffle mode with a 3 sec. cross-fading to be the best option for me. (almost) 101 Lock Grooves 96 tracks, each 45sec. long Total time 61:50 LP released by Clan Analogue, Sidney, Australia, 2001 Download Like this: Like Loading...
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