Brotherhood of the Octopus http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com A collaborative sketchbook for music, videos, drawings, writing, or anything else. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Manic Progression http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/08/manic-progression/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/08/manic-progression/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:01:50 +0000 Tim http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/?p=242


A little ditty by the fellas at Lab Plus.


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29+1


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Teh epix.

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More!


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Trying to get some ideas out for something new.


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Started reading Handmade Electronic Music and got inspired to pull out the Telephone mic (like this). Proceeded to play doctor with my iMac and cel phone.

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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/disband-pep/feed/ Bucket Birthday Box http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/bucket-birthday-box/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/bucket-birthday-box/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:58:20 +0000 James http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/bucket-birthday-box/ 200806141041

Installed some Amplitube plugins to give them a shot, and I’m pretty impressed at how versatile they seem to be. I got inspired and developed the experiment a bit, using Ableton’s arpeggiator and scale plugins, and played the scale knob to make all the chord changes.

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This was done back in January but never posted as I couldn’t see a way to make much of a song out of it. I’d just listen to the whole thing looping forever. Here’s an attempt to make it change a little over time. The original inspiration (and some samples) for this one came from “Twilight in Turkey” a piece Raymond Scott composed for the Electronium, which is now owned my Mark Mothersbaugh.

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Arranged field recordings made in New York and Boston with a beat. The recordings and this track were made last April; I wasn’t satisfied with the breakdown (or lack thereof) when the kids start making noise in the middle, so I’m finally just now posting it. The splashy sounds are from the fountain in front of the Brooklyn Museum, some sounds are from the Botanic Gardens next to it, and others are from the Museum of Science in Boston. Everything was recorded with a Zoom H-2.

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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/follyfield/feed/ Oversize Aisle http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/oversize-aisle/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/oversize-aisle/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:57:52 +0000 James http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/oversize-aisle/ 200806141051

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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/oversize-aisle/feed/ Lister Biggins http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/lister-biggins/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/lister-biggins/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:00:57 +0000 James http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/lister-biggins/ 200806070958

Trying out the new Alesis io|26 interface and Behringer B-5 microphone, I made a few recordings tapping and drumming on a banjo, dobro, and various other things near the desk. Looped some to make the tones, stretched some out, and did a lot of timing correction with Live.

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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/06/lister-biggins/feed/ Farbensalz, new + improved http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/03/farbensalz-new-improved/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/03/farbensalz-new-improved/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:27:22 +0000 Chris http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/03/farbensalz-new-improved/ farbensalz-copy.jpg

Pewter Dachshund has bad-assedly written a soundtrack to complete this video, which appeared in a similar form here before (with a found soundtrack by Signal). I’ve submitted this for consideration in the Sarasota Film Festival… if accepted, it would play in their music video shorts program in April.

It was fun putting this together– I’m sure it was a challenge to make a soundtrack to an already-existing piece of video, especially when I pretty much didn’t want to make any cuts in the piece, but rather to have it flow along, evolving.

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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/03/scungilli/feed/ energy transfer http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/02/energy-transfer/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/02/energy-transfer/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:24:36 +0000 Chris http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/02/energy-transfer/ yuff-yuff.jpg

This is not really a cohesive “thing” per se, just an experiment I’m happy with. The cuts to purple are where I edited out parts that didn’t make me so happy. Lo siento, no music.

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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/headcrush/feed/ Phelper http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/phelper/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/phelper/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:24:57 +0000 Tim http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/phelper/


Mommy’s little Phelper.


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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/phelper/feed/ Pile Dryer http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/pile-dryer/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/pile-dryer/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:41:06 +0000 James http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2008/01/pile-dryer/ Piledryer-1

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A slice of bread don’t make your little apartment a ho(m)e.Get yourself a double loaf.You won’t regret it.


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Here’s a recent video… I’ve been making lots using an object that gives me a grid of squares to play with. The music is “Sporett” from Signal’s latest album, Robotron


FarbenSalz

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Some audio from a waylaid audio/video piece from 2006.

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Hey you!
Yeah you, idiot.

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Very comfortable knights, indeed.

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Wrap it up!

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]]> http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2007/08/wrapped-around-your-finger/feed/ Chicago shine http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2007/07/chicago-shine/ http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2007/07/chicago-shine/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:25:05 +0000 Chris http://www.brotherhoodoftheoctopus.com/2007/07/chicago-shine/ Here are two videos that I made by applying staggered frame-blending to footage I shot in Chicago in December.

The first is close-up footage of the Cloud Gate (aka the Bean), a huge reflective metal sculpture by Anish Kapoor. The second is made from footage of the city skyline, as seen from the Field Museum.


Inside a cloudgate


Shyline Skine

I’m going a little easier on the eyes here, these are much softer than my usual stuff.

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Too Cold!

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