Re: Apple II Music release (FREE!)

["Nama" <lord_philip@mac.com>]

I would call it 'hard industrial electro'




Simon D. Williams wrote:
> Hello CSA2!
>
> The main reason I decided to participate in this year's [horribly
> disorganized] RetroChallenge was that I wanted to dedicate a good chunk of
> time to a recording project that I've been planning for a while...
>
> The idea was to collaborate with a composer to create a full-length CD of
> music performed entirely using my own "TimeLord" sequencer program running
> on an Apple II. Anyone who's *tried* using TimeLord will appreciate what a
> challenge this really was ;-)
>
> I managed to rope in J. Warden of The First Punic War as composer, with
> the instructions to come up with 16 compositions written in hex and
> mathematically derived... The stipulation that the tunes were written
> in hex was a practical one, since TimeLord has an enormous 15-note range
> (plus the silent or "rest" note). The mathematical derivation was thrown
> in largely because Mr Warden is generally considered to be something of a
> math whiz... also I wanted to avoid ending up with something that sounded
> derived from poular music -- perhaps something that might be appreciated
> by a sentient computer, if I may be so futuristic ;-)
>
> The hardware used in the recording was my *beloved* Bell & Howell ][+,
> taking the output directly from the A/V expansion "backpack" and routing
> it straight into my Fostex digital 8-track. I did some experimentation
> with amplifiers and simple effects, but in the end opted to use the raw
> Apple II sound without effects or equalization. Most of the pieces had
> three or four layered tracks.
>
> The music itself turned out much better than I'd anticipated (though it
> will still only appeal to a very limited audience)... I'd describe it as
> "high-octane lo-fi jazz" for the most part, though some of the tracks are
> quite whimsical, and a few border on more industrial/metallic territory.
> With a few "remixes" it ended up at 20 tracks totalling about 48 minutes.
> I've uploaded all the tunes to the Internet Archive, you can find them at:
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/Geometry_For_Lovers/
>
> I'll have actual CDs available eventually, but I'm sure most of the CSA2
> crowd would rather download it for free ;-)
>
> Enjoy!
> (or not)
>
> -s
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