Spanish Collaborations
Collaborations with a variety of contacts from Spain.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Lópezant - Succeeding Generations of Flies
My live recordings with Francisco López started with a concert in Louisville at the Highland Grounds in the summer of 1993 featuring Francisco mixing cassettes and me playing bowed snow shovel, ISC#20 and other homemade instruments. The release of this concert is known as Lópezant - Succeeding Generations of Flies.
Zan Francisco - Concert of 300 Magnetic Tapes (Circulo de Bellas Artes)
In March 1994 I traveled to Spain and did three live recordings as Zan Francisco (Madrid, Alcalá de Henares and Gijón) and one studio work. This was a tape networkers' extravaganza as we used only tapes from our collections in 7 tape decks to mix live. The results are a joyous multi-collaborational jungle. The Alcalá de Henares and Gijón shows both have two recordings available each, one from the mixer and the other recorded live with PZM microphones.
Ambient Complot
In September 1991 Luis Mesa did a multi-collaborational composition Ambient Complot featuring Chris Phinney [tn], Frans De Waard [nl], Dave Prescott [ma], Dirk Serries [be], Francisco López [es], Miguel A. Ruiz [es] and myself [ky]. Of course I can only say this best things about it: it's wonderful and you should hear it. It's a c-60 too.
Mechanic Demonic Azrael Holotype
The follow-up to the 1986 release Mechanic Demonic Azrael Holotype from 2001 is a massively challenging, out-of-bounds, noise fantasia. This brutal work contains dastardly noises from Barcelona, Mexico, Washington DC, Arlington VA, College Park MD, Chicago and London. After listening to in on headphones even the sound of normal traffic outside has taken on menacing aspects.
Merzan / Zanmerz - First Affaire
The first two Merzan / Zanmerz are recordings from 1991 which feature my work with Luis Mesa. The Merzan sides are his work using all of the tapes that I have sent him. First Affaire is three pieces with lush microediting of a variety of sources combined with some extra sounds and effects by L.M. The other side is two pause edit collages of all of the tapes that he has sent me from his Extrema Passion label. The latter is a good sampling of the style of work which appears on his unique label. I think this is the finest work I released in 1991.
Merzan / Zanmerz - Hell City and GoGoCrash
Hell City and GoGoCrash was recorded in the fall and winter of 1991. Luis attached the following description of the tape. "It sounds me to Hell City, that's the reason of the title. For this track I've used the tape you sent me, another tape from you, a collection of mechanic sounds and selections of treated scannings done by me. I think the tape sounds such as a soundtrack from a B movie series." The GoGoCrash side features two pieces finished in mid November, 1991. The first and longest "She plays a mean car crash" is a soothing, meandering but disarming piece with sounds from Merz (rhythms, guitars and such), Agog (treated violin), How Project (reel to reel loops from Belgium), plus John Wiggins' soothing works contrasted by the chaotic cutups of Runzlestirn and Gurglestock. The second piece would cause for some serious hell to break out on the disco floor. "GoGoMinóyMadredMetal" has the thundering disco looping of 1348, the galloping dance floor rhythms of Merz and insane charge of voices and laughter from Minóy and his mother Anika. The combined chaos and propulsion would send any club into quite a riot.