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OTHER MUSIC / loopool's Visible Spectrum Scale Project - Comp Call

« on: June 04, 2013, 12:19:47 am »

COMPILATION CALL:
A call to artists who are willing to take up the challenge of working with alternate tunings, loopool & Welcome to the 21st Records are hosting a compilation of works based exclusively on this visible spectrum tuning.  Several sf2. soundfonts have been provided with instruments already in this tuning but feel free to create your own with the chart provided below.  A graphic score and moving graphic score have also been provided should you like to work with these as a starting point (optional). Submission details can be found at http://www.loopool.org
http://www.welcometothe21st.bandcamp.com

the LOOPOOL Visible Spectrum Scale Project
Starting with the average frequencies of the visible light spectrum then using the center of these frequency ranges for each color as a starting point and pitching them down, a hexatonic scale has been created, roughly corresponding to: F#, D#, C#, C, B, A. These frequencies have been given MIDI note assignments and the 8 octaves spread across the 52 white keys of the keyboard (black keys are not used).
http://www.loopool.org

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SELF PROMOTION / new LOOPOOL albums and comp, free downloads

« on: September 14, 2012, 02:19:14 pm »

New LOOPOOL album Dramatic Reenactment is out now on Ilse Music, 7 tracks of filthy dripping industrial, a pay what you want release so $0 if you're broke or make a contribution, all donations will go towards the physical release of a collaboration project between LOOPOOL & Gitane DeMone.
 
here it is http://ilse.bandcamp.com/album/dramatic-reenactment

also available for free download: the first two installments of the Allpass Series by LOOPOOL & the One (family)
here http://www.amokrecordings.com/3.0/loopool_theOne(family).html

and a new free download comp "Volume as an Independent Musical Construct"
Featuring: Oneirothopter, OVERDOSE THE KATATONIC, loopool, the One (family), Ross Chait, RJ Myato, Dan Minoza & Ayn Morgan, INSTAGON, Pulling Out the Light, Sentient Explosive, Michael Amason, Raven, and August Traeger
here http://welcometothe21st.bandcamp.com/album/volume-as-an-independent-musical-construct

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SELF PROMOTION / LOOPOOL Presents: the Scream - new FREE compilation

« on: July 21, 2012, 06:34:37 pm »

LOOPOOL Presents: the Scream


Compilation featuring: Shark Egg Blues, Travis Johnson, Somnaphon, the Zero Collective, Human Nihil, Dr. Auxiliary, Cathartech, loopool, and Seeing Red

Every sound that you hear on this compilation was created using a single sample, a scream, just a little over a second long, a mere 262kb. The album was created to explore the vast array of possibilities utilizing minimal source material. The original scream itself is inconsequential and disappears into the filter of the artists involved. It was designed as a challenge to the artists, as if told that only a C major chord could be used in composition, yet interesting music had to the the result. Even with this restriction the world of sound is endless and is exemplified by the variety of music presented on this compilation.

download it for free here:
http://webbedhandrecords.com/wh234-va-loopool-presents/

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FIELD RECORDING / LOOPOOL Presents: the Field Recordings Compilation

« on: May 12, 2012, 08:34:57 pm »

From Feb. 2011 to Feb 2012 I released field recordings once a week for others to use as source material.  After the 52 weeks of the project everyone sent in their tracks for the compilation, and one hell of a compilation it is, 22 artists from all around the world and a whopping 2 plus hours of music shaved out of the 11 hours of field recordings made available.  I would like to thank all those who contributed!  This has been a great year and I am immensely pleased by the scale and scope of this intense collaborative project. 

you can get the comp for free or make a donation here http://welcometothe21st.bandcamp.com/album/loopool-presents-the-field-recordings-project

or just get it free herehttp://archive.org/details/LoopoolPresentsTheFieldRecordingsProject

That's not all, the project doesn't stop here.  For the second year of the project I will be releasing stock footage once a week for film makers to use.  There are only a few rules for the project among them being that the soundtrack has to be comprised of tracks from the compilation.  Spread the word and let's make something happen!  More details here http://www.loopool.org

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SELF PROMOTION / loopool April Dispatch

« on: April 26, 2012, 08:57:36 pm »

loopool April Dispatch

new album releases:
loopool wears a golden hat - free download re-release of the 2007 http://www.amokrecordings.com/3.0/wearsagoldenhat.html
Peeling it Back - $2 download http://www.welcometothe21st.bandcamp.com/album/loopool-peeling-it-back

new free download compilations featuring loopool:
Coupe of Negation Theorem As Contact Trickery - featuring music all made w/ contact mics - http://www.brownianmotion.bandcamp.com/album/coupe-of-negation-theorem-as-contact-trickery
Soundtracks Vol. 3 -http://ilse.bandcamp.com/album/soundtracks-vol-3
Far Far Away - all music based on the fact that people are hard to hear from far away - http://waxenwings.bandcamp.com/album/far-far-away
The Chestnut Tree - w/ 60+ artist from around the world -http://radiochestnut.org/archives/2435

other free downloads:
the loopool entrainment series
Binaural Beats http://archive.org/details/BinauralBeats-AlphaBetaThetaDelta
Isochronic Tone Sweeps http://archive.org/details/IsochronicToneSweeps

http://www.loopool.org
http://www.facebook.com/loopool

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OTHER MUSIC / Compliation seeking submissions - LFRP

« on: February 12, 2012, 05:39:58 pm »

loopool Field Recordings Project
For the past year once a week I have been releasing field recordings as free downloads to be used as source material in anyway you see fit.  Now the year is up, 52 weeks worth of recordings have been made available and it's time to collect everyone's submissions.  The plan is to release the comp as a free download and also as a cdr accompanied by an mp3 cdr of the field recordings themselves.  There are no rules for how you make your submission except that it must utilize recordings from the series.  Tracks should probably be shorter than 10 minutes if possible.  The deadline for submissions will be April 1st 2012.  Also I am looking for a visual artist to make a collage for the cover art using the photographs from the series.  Please contact me with any questions or suggestion concerning the project.  Please include with all submissions: wav. file, artist name, track title, your website and email.  Also please name the wav. file with your name and the track title so I can keep things organized.  Can't wait to hear what you all come up with!
Jean-Paul / loopool
all recordings available here http://www.loopool.org
jpgarnier (at) live (dot) com

note: please use either wetransfer.com or dropbox to send me the files

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OTHER MUSIC / New LOOPOOL video

« on: February 02, 2012, 04:08:06 pm »

a sonic tribute to Kurt Vonnegut by loopool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U37XBn-VPks

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SELF PROMOTION / a Star named after loopool?

« on: September 23, 2011, 07:21:48 am »

Why name a Star after LOOPOOL?  There is absolutely no good reason and that is exactly why the attempt is being made.  The company that sells the "rights" to Star names is essentially bogus and not recognized by the scientific community.  So again, why do this?  In this case the goal is to not make the goal, a fundraiser has been set up where the money can be kept either way (different % cuts apply), the hopes is that the goal is not met and that no Star will be falsely named after LOOPOOL, instead the money will be donated to SETI (Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence).  Trying to raise such a modest amount of money for the SETI program may seem odd and it is, but LOOPOOL's aim is to spread awareness of the SETI@HOME program where you donate your computer's unused processing power to help filter data collected by the program.  It is unlikely that we are alone in such a vast Universe.  We need to stop wasting time and find them!
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/
http://www.indiegogo.com/Name-a-Star-After-LOOPOOL

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SELF PROMOTION / New LOOPOOL album "Alive. Living. Live."

« on: July 27, 2011, 03:42:03 am »

New LOOPOOL album out now:
"Alive. Living. Live." on Ilse Records
For the past thirteen years LOOPOOl has created over forty records, yet live shows have been sparse, typically around once a year.  "Alive. Living. Live." recorded at three different shows in Seattle and Los Angeles during 2010/2011captures the variety of styles that LOOPOOL cycles through.  The record features four songs spanning over seventy minutes and contains covers of Coil's "Tattooed Man" and Gitane Demone's "Somewhere"  with Gitane herself (ex-Christian Death / Demonix) on backup vocals.  The album also features vocalizations from Butoh dancer Vanessa Skantze of the group Danse Perdue.  As well as covers the albums has two originals, the thirty five minute epic "the Pleasure of Cleaning Up"  an amalgamation of traditional Sufi and Japanese music, and "Notation Improvisations 3.6" a performance given for the release of the Notations Improvisations III album made with a player piano style music box.  Throughout LOOPOOL's history change has been paramount and rarely has genre been ascribed to, with this release it all comes to a head with a form of dark cabaret/ambient that ties the past thirteen years of work together in a package that perhaps makes more sense than a random sampling of his albums.  While it is impossible to pinpoint the essence of LOOPOOL's music this release gives an accurate picture of his influences and love of textural structures that balance on the edge of the disquieting.
http://ilsemusic.info/label/ilse-12/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG06uy4wbNE
and still available from Isle
"Break. Broken. Broke."
http://ilsemusic.info/label/ilse-2/

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SELF PROMOTION / new radio show & loopool updates

« on: July 02, 2011, 07:01:35 pm »

Hello All -
  My new radio show "Truth is Bullshit" debuts this coming Thursday 7/7/11 4-6pm on http://www.killradio.org I will be spinning records from underground bands for the first hour and then will have live acts for the second hour.  If you are interested in being on the show or would like your music played please get in touch!

Secondly my new album "Alive. Living. Live." is out now in Ilse Records and is available here http://ilsemusic.info/label/ilse-12/  it is a live album recorded at Teatro de la Psychomachia and Pillow Full of Drone in Seattle and Beauty is Pain in Los Angeles.  The record features Vanessa Skantze and Gitane Demone.  And still available from Ilse my last album "Break. Broken. Broke." available here http://ilsemusic.info/label/ilse-2/

The loopool field recordings project has reached its 19th week.  If you are not familiar with the project here's the gist, once a week I release a field recording to the public, these recordings are for any artist who wishes to manipulate as they see fit for use in their music.  If you use the recordings please get in touch so that I can link your music to the page.  At the completion of this one year project I will be releasing a compilation of the most interesting work utilizing the field recordings.  They are available here http://www.loopool.hipsterdeath.com/field.html

Also loopool has been featured on a new compilation of all databend music, databending is a process where one form of data is read as another and therefore the information gets scrambled.  This comp is free and features many great artist who have used this technique.  A truly experimental record, get it here http://www.archive.org/details/DwaCompilationOfDatabending

and lastly if you are in the L.A. area loopool will be performing at the Graff Lab http://www.thegrafflab.com/ on August 7th... see you there!

http://www.loopool.hipsterdeath.com

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SELF PROMOTION / Noises for Japan

« on: April 13, 2011, 06:36:58 pm »

Culture Is Not Your Friend has put together this great comp to support the animal rescue efforts in Japan.  The comp is only $10 and features 48 tracks from loopool, Legendary Pink Dots and many others
you can download it in many formats here
http://cultureisnotyourfriend.bandcamp.com/

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SELF PROMOTION / new LOOPOOL album "Break. Broken. Broke." out now on Isle

« on: March 29, 2011, 09:11:33 pm »

loopool - Break. Broken. Broke. - out now on Isle Records
10 nightmarish drone soundtracks, illness made auditory forcing you through nausea and despair, only loosening the grip on your throat for brief moments of refection, just long enough to keep you alive so that it can plunge you down again.
http://ilsemusic.info/label/ilse-2/

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FIELD RECORDING / loopool's year of field recordings project

« on: February 23, 2011, 08:01:23 pm »

For the next year, once a week I will be posting a free download of a 10 - 60 minute field recording.  The idea is to have as many people as possible use the source material, link their music to the page, and at the end of the year put out a comp of the best submitted songs.  Only one up so far because the project just started, but updates WILL be made weekly.
http://www.loopool.hipsterdeath.com/field.html

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SELF PROMOTION / new LOOPOOL album "Troposphere" free download

« on: February 23, 2011, 07:55:37 pm »

new LOOPOOL album "Troposphere" free download from Webbed Hand Records - Psychedelic Ambient
http://www.webbedhandrecords.com/wh165-loopool-troposphere/