Consumable Music
Podcasts and Vodcasts
Soundscapes
Shorts
Media Works
Consumable Music
Podcasts and Vodcasts
Soundscapes
Shorts
Media Works
Last updated Mon Nov 2 11:10:56 2009.
All content © 1996-2009 Christopher Ariza. All Rights Reserved.
Consumable music includes diverse compositions for digital audio. Many of these works are brief and the result of various collaborations, demonstrations, or multi-media projects.
demiurgic ecstasy whispering in streets of ear: for 8-channel digital audio
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telequalia-2009.05.25 (2:58) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2009.03.27 (3:34) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.12.11 (2:08) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.10.21 (1:43) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.09.06 (1:47) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.05.20 (2:41) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.04.02 (1:49) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.03.10 (2:03) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.03.09 (1:50) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2008.01.23 (1:37) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.11.30 (1:49) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.10.18 (1:53) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.09.09 (2:59) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.08.25 (2:39) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.07.17 (2:18) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.05.20 (2:30) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.04.24 (2:30) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.04.15 (1:46) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.04.03 (1:39) 128kbs mp3
telequalia-2007.03.25 (2:20) 128kbs mp3
The telequalia offers digital word-paintings of computer-rendered readings. Employing excerpts from classic, public-domain texts from the Project Gutenberg, environmental sounds from The Freesound Project, and ambient and algorithmic textures created with athenaCL, telequalia is an experimental, algorithmic, computer-generated podcast.
This project employs processed (creatively transformed) sounds drawn from The Freesound Project. These sounds are used under the terms of the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license, where the following links serve as attribution for the original source sounds.
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babelcast-zoetrope-2009.08.29 (5:10) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2009.06.26 (5:09) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2009.03.29 (5:07) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2009.02.04 (5:06) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.12.16 (5:06) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.11.05 (5:12) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.09.06 (5:03) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.09.06 (5:03) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.09.01 (5:08) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.05.23 (5:04) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.04.29 (5:04) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.04.14 (5:01) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.03.13 (5:14) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.02.04 (5:03) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2008.01.25 (5:04) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2007.12.18 (5:00) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2007.11.19 (5:05) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2007.10.27 (4:57) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2007.09.28 (4:53) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
babelcast-zoetrope-2007.09.12 (4:57) 128kbs 1024kbs m4v
The babelcast-zoetrope is an algorithmic, computer-generated video podcast series created from fragmented and distorted sounds and images of U.S. and World leaders. Juxtaposed and mixed with dynamic noise textures, the resulting ambient soundscape offers a unique musical perspective on mass media, language, and current events. This video version adds algorithmically selected and manipulated moving images and animation. Each edition is built exclusively from sounds and images harvested within a defined period of days.
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babelcast-mosaic-2009.08.29 (5:10) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2009.06.26 (5:09) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2009.03.29 (5:07) 128kbs m4a
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babelcast-mosaic-2008.12.16 (5:06) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2008.11.05 (5:12) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2008.09.06 (5:03) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2008.09.01 (5:08) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2008.05.23 (5:04) 128kbs m4a
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babelcast-mosaic-2008.04.14 (5:01) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2008.03.13 (5:14) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2008.02.04 (5:03) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2008.01.25 (5:04) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2007.12.18 (5:00) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2007.11.19 (5:05) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2007.10.27 (4:57) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2007.09.28 (4:53) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2007.09.12 (4:57) 128kbs m4a
babelcast-mosaic-2007.08.21 (5:00) 128kbs m4a
The babelcast-mosaic is an algorithmic, computer-generated podcast series created from fragmented and distorted sounds of U.S. and World leaders. Juxtaposed and mixed with dynamic noise textures, the resulting ambient soundscape offers a unique musical perspective on mass media, language, and current events. This enhanced version adds algorithmically selected and manipulated still images. Each edition is built exclusively from sounds and images harvested within a defined period of days.
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the babelcast information sheet
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the babelcast-mosaic interactive map
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babelcast-2009.08.29 (5:10) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2009.06.26 (5:09) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2009.03.29 (5:07) 128kbs mp3
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babelcast-2008.09.06 (5:03) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2008.09.01 (5:08) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2008.05.23 (5:04) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2008.04.29 (5:04) 128kbs mp3
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babelcast-2008.03.13 (5:14) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2008.02.04 (5:03) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2008.01.25 (5:04) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2007.12.18 (5:00) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2007.11.19 (5:05) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2007.10.27 (4:57) 128kbs mp3
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babelcast-2007.09.12 (4:57) 128kbs mp3
babelcast-2007.08.21 (5:00) 128kbs mp3
The babelcast is an algorithmic, computer-generated podcast series created from fragmented and distorted sounds of U.S. and World leaders. Juxtaposed and mixed with dynamic noise textures, the resulting ambient soundscape offers a unique musical perspective on mass media, language, and current events. Each edition is built exclusively from sounds harvested within a defined period of days.
RSS subscription feed
the babelcast information sheet
the complete babelcast archive
subscribe via iTunes Music Store
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This work, developed as part of a collaboration with TaikoProject, employs numerous digitally processed and manipulated samples of taiko instruments. Rhythmic structures are both newly-composed and composed elaborations of compositions performed as part of TaikoProject. The large scale shape of the work is imagined as a sort of garden, the listener strolling between diverse locations, each a different perspective of taiko sound-space. The title refers to the wood-working tool used to shape a taiko drum from a tree.
Thanks to Wynn Yamami, Soh Daiko, Bryan Yamami, and TaikoProject for audio samples employed in this work.
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This audio documentary was created exclusively from sound recorded in Philadelphia during the republican national convention, august 2nd and 3rd. This project was completed with the assistance of Dan Devivo and Joseph Mathew.
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This work was scored and rendered entirely in csound. Smooth metallic timbres are juxtaposed with noise and formant modeled hybrids. The work is a miniature and, in size and in content, is intentionally understated. The title alludes to the Japanese aesthetic of the same name.
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This work is an algorithmic composition created with Max/MSP. Large scale form, certain rhythmic ostinati, and the general texture of the work are composed into the algorithm. The user can set and store settings including hexachord, four pitch field transpositions, octave displacements, cannon delays, and midi assignments for five (or more) instruments through as many as 8 channels. Tempo, rhythm, velocity (dynamics), panning (stereo position), reverb depth, and the timing of each harmonic and rhythmic event is controlled by the algorithm. The results are quite musical. Two mp3 "performances" are available for download.
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Poly-texture composition created with an early version of athenaCL (0.9) and employing a single simple TextureModule.
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These short examples are created exclusively with athenaCL and its built-in library of Csound synthesis and sampling instruments. The complete AthenaObject for each of these files is included with the athenaCL distribution. These examples are provided to demonstrate a small subset of basic athenaCL features.
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This work began by assembling non-linear cells from the prelude to darkness project. These cells were then arranged and given a quasi-dramatic (anti-) narrative, similar to the use of text in io paean. Textual samples are taken from a sermon broadcasted by radio in cambridge, ma, and the narration of a latin setting of oedipus rex. The form of the work is a diluted moment-form: each section (cell) of the work is an independent harmonic and textural entity, yet dovetails with adjacent sections. Cells communicate with each other in both directions, cells recalling/ foreshadowing textures, rhythms, and timbres. Most cells are created with tala-like rhythmic ostinati, often combining / superimposing odd meters.
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