Open Lab
This section features the sources and inspirations of my own research
within music by comparative means.
In order to illustrate some examples you can listen and compare to some
own Deformative Results against the Original Excerpts from which they
were inspired.
The orginal excerpts are either music extracts from other music genres
or own recordings from what I call sound-specific generators.
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Mexicanisms
In this section, specific aspects from mexican traditional music and culture are abstracted or enhanced
1 ) El Culto
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Original - Tambora + Mariachi
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Result - 3rd Movement
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2 ) De Jaque, Sal, Gala y Luna
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Original - Pedro Infante
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Result - idiomatic for violin
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3 ) Calumnia 1
4 ) Calumnia 2
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Original - Market vendors
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Result - in strings and brass
5 ) Calumnia 3
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Original - Street organ
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Result - in Picc, Cb, and Cl.
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6 ) Fulminata
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Original - Oaxaca Mixé windband
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Result - Dutch wind ensemble
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7 ) Danse Interdit #3
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Result - Picc, Cl, Gt, Perc.
Electronics Influenza
In this section, certain aspects from electronic music are applied to acoustic instruments.
1 ) Plato Plastic Dialogues
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Original - electronic improvisation
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Result - acoustic improv on a plastic plate
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Comparative Mix (Left vs Right channel)
Here is a comparison of an improv I did with electronic means, and a purely acoustic improvisation I made on a disposable plastic plate. The direct analogy of the sounds from scraped plastic with some electronic music trends is quite striking.
Listen to the written composition for percussion quartet
here
2 ) Teguala
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Tile-scratch and hand filtering
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Needle-scratch filtering
In this examples the effects of equalizers and filters are obtained purely by acoustic means, playing on ceramic tiles
3 ) Fenêtres
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Original - piano lower register
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Original - piano mid-register
These orginals are recordings I made on a piano,
by preparing it with fishing lines and rosin.
4 ) Reconnaissances
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Original - Improv on prepared piano
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Result - applied within a piece
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In this example, I prepared the piano simply by taping all the strings with masking tape. A filtering effect is the result, reminiscent to a woodblock on the highest registers and harp sounding on the middle register.
Pop Transplants
Some excerpts of popular music are either deformed, arranged, or enhanced.
1 ) Felix Kubin
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Original - Groscher Lausangriff
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Result - arrangement for HexNut
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2 ) Marylin Manson
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Original - The Reflecting God
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Result - Ending in Calumnia
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Comparative Mix
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3 ) Felix Kubin 2
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Original - Ich traüme nur in Super8
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Result - arrangement for HexNut
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4 ) Rage Against the Machine
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Original - Bulls on Parade
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Result - in Eyemasking
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