Without a doubt you have the best avatar I have seen on Weeklybeats.

This piece is mesmerizing. I enjoyed how incapable I was of determining the source of the sounds I heard until the bowl at the end. The impact of that familiar tone was a nice conclusion for me.

I watched the video as well. You mention in the description that it was a performance of Vespers by Alvin Lucier. I don't know the piece but have always found his works very interesting.

Without a doubt you have the best avatar I have seen on Weeklybeats. This piece is mesmerizing. I enjoyed how incapable I was of determining the source of the sounds I heard until the bowl at the end. The impact of that familiar tone was a nice conclusion for me. I watched the video as well. You mention in the description that it was a performance of Vespers by Alvin Lucier. I don't know the piece but have always found his works very interesting.

Ah, thank you! That slightly risque avatar is derived from a poster that was used to promote Jim O'Rourke's 1999 album Eureka. It's got everything - Bruce Lee, nunchucks, a bicycle and a bare arse.

Thanks also for the kind comments on the track. Yeah, it's a few layers of that kind of activity. One of the things I'm toying with at the moment is the relative proximity of sounds in an acoustic field - in this case (and I think for the time being) - it will be within my home studio 1) broadcast through conventional and slightly tweaked loudspeakers; and 2) performed in realtime using objects, instruments, etc.

Regarding the video, that's strictly an interpretation of Vespers, but I've always wanted to do a more faithful version of it which properly emphasises the echolocative properties of a space and obstacles, using the Sondols clicking sound to navigate space aurally through reflections and diffusion. Vespers is probably a slightly lesser known work of Lucier's against the likes of works such as I am sitting in a room (1970) and Music On A Long Thin Wire (1977).

He recently published a book based on his lectures on experimental music (Experimental Music 108) which provides a wonderful insight into his own and other notable (and some lesser known) works. Well worth investigating if you're interested.

[quote=Ryan]Without a doubt you have the best avatar I have seen on Weeklybeats. This piece is mesmerizing. I enjoyed how incapable I was of determining the source of the sounds I heard until the bowl at the end. The impact of that familiar tone was a nice conclusion for me. I watched the video as well. You mention in the description that it was a performance of Vespers by Alvin Lucier. I don't know the piece but have always found his works very interesting. [/quote] Ah, thank you! That slightly risque avatar is derived from a poster that was used to promote Jim O'Rourke's 1999 album Eureka. It's got everything - Bruce Lee, nunchucks, a bicycle and a bare arse. [img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/2e/f5/d82ef589274a836be2b725018349118f.jpg[/img] Thanks also for the kind comments on the track. Yeah, it's a few layers of that kind of activity. One of the things I'm toying with at the moment is the relative proximity of sounds in an acoustic field - in this case (and I think for the time being) - it will be within my home studio 1) broadcast through conventional and slightly tweaked loudspeakers; and 2) performed in realtime using objects, instruments, etc. Regarding the video, that's strictly an interpretation of Vespers, but I've always wanted to do a more faithful version of it which properly emphasises the echolocative properties of a space and obstacles, using the Sondols clicking sound to navigate space aurally through reflections and diffusion. Vespers is probably a slightly lesser known work of Lucier's against the likes of works such as I am sitting in a room (1970) and Music On A Long Thin Wire (1977). He recently published a book based on his lectures on experimental music (Experimental Music 108) which provides a wonderful insight into his own and other notable (and some lesser known) works. Well worth investigating if you're interested.

[quote = Tristian]He recently published a book based on his lectures on experimental music (Experimental Music 108) which provides a wonderful insight into his own and other notable (and some lesser known) works. Well worth investigating if you're interested.