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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: June 16, 2012, 12:20:42 pm »

i've actually been thinking about re-releasing "pictures" on 12k to get a bit more exposure for it.

That would be amazing to release 'Pictures' on 12k, I had my eye on this years ago on ebay as obviously impossibly hard to find, (although not looked for years actually), and just typically forgot all about it and missed out. Really would love to get this, I think I have everything else pretty much he has done.

Good find Darren :)

Incidentally, I noticed Jodi Cave pictured in the audience up on Flickr at your London debut w/Richard…almost 7 years ago, time for a revisit to the UK me thinks :)

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: Live Acts seen in 2012

« on: June 11, 2012, 10:01:51 am »

I saw SND for the first time in my life last night, I've waited 12 years.

Been a huge fan of there work ever since hearing them first on Clicks and Cuts Vol 1 and was totally blown away then.

So was it any good?

I was grinning the whole way through…and was still grinning this morning when I woke up, even now actually, totally mind blowing.

Although I have to say the highlight of the night was spotting Mark Fell just before hoping into his taxi, taking a photo of some graffiti on a school sign, that changed it to 'school…is shit'

Thoroughly enjoyable evening.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: June 06, 2012, 02:57:20 pm »

Do people these days listen to one thing over and over anymore?…they should if they don't.

Rhythm & Sound - 'With the Artist' and 'See Mi Yah' has been my driving soundtrack for about two weeks now.

Good music to have on repeat for sure :)

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: June 06, 2012, 08:34:26 am »

Dust is amazing, and even more amazing for me as I bought Every Action first (the first ever 12k release I bought) and so it was like watching the sequel to a film, only to find the original later. I will be certainly putting on Every Action later today.
Although Dust is on its 3rd play through today already.

Do people these days listen to one thing over and over anymore?…they should if they don't.

I spoke to Mike Smallfish about Chris Code before, but he didn't know where or what he was doing either.
It would be amazing if Taylor knew of any of his new work, or to release his earlier material, that would be amazing. I would pre-order for sure.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: June 06, 2012, 07:02:19 am »

Listening to
Motion - Dust
…the track that urged me to post on here was track 5:
LNR6

all bloomin amazing though. Chris if your out there, come out of the woodwork and work with me :)

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SELF PROMOTION / Mimosa Moize, looking for supportive label for cd/cdr release of Essample

« on: June 05, 2012, 11:04:02 am »

Hi everyone

Lucia and me (Mimosa Moize) have an album entitled 'Essample' that we created around the time we worked on our Dragon's Eye Recordings album 'Hear One Near And Think Of The Other', and are looking for a friendly, supportive and suitable label to release it.

We feel it shares some similarities to our live performances, and the more textural elements in Hear One Near And Think Of The Other.
We also feel it is perhaps our most accesible work to date and one we are really pleased with.

It was made through a combination of ways but was mainly created using those methods we would use in our live performances, and as a result has a live feel to some parts of it.

There are 4 excerpts of Essample as one audio file on our website found here:

http://www.mimosamoize.com/work/essample

If you feel you are a suitable label to release our work, we would love to hear from you, and maybe even meet you.

Thanks again for everything.

Best

M+L

info@mimosamoize.com

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: Live Acts seen in 2012

« on: May 31, 2012, 02:50:39 pm »

Going to see SND in London next Sunday, never seen them before live and been wanting to since 2000, guess i've just not been trying hard enough.

So far Mimosa | Moize @ Oboro really takes the cake for me this year.

And thank you very much indeed, we have to share another beer next time we are your way, or indeed you are ours.

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SELF PROMOTION / Re: New Mimosa Moize website, includes excerpts of early and unreleased work.

« on: May 30, 2012, 10:04:13 am »

thanks Darren, appreciate your feedback. I've been wanting to do it for ages now, so pleased its up.

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SELF PROMOTION / Re: New Mimosa Moize website, includes excerpts of early and unreleased work.

« on: May 30, 2012, 05:01:13 am »

Just to say thank you to everyone who is taking an interest in mine and Lucia's work, really great. :)

M

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SELF PROMOTION / New Mimosa Moize website, includes excerpts of early and unreleased work.

« on: May 25, 2012, 12:11:22 pm »

Hi everyone.

I just wanted to share with you our newly launched website for the project Mimosa Moize, that my partner and I work on.

It includes some excerpts of our early work that perhaps some people haven't heard, and also an excerpt of our (as of yet) unreleased album Essample, that we are looking for a suitable home.

I hope you enjoy the website and feel free to share any comments, thoughts etc I always appreciate the feedback.

Thanks again for everything.

M

www.mimosamoize.com

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: May 19, 2012, 11:16:16 am »

sebastien roux «pillow» (apestaartje) - perfect balance of texture and simplicity, yeah great one that.

Well, as many of you might have already, I got the new Frank Bretschneider - Kippschwingungen. Line

I gotta say, this is a really great album, and the first since 'Looping I - VI (And Other Assorted Love Songs)' that really worked well for me, I particularly love the first two thirds, really great stuff.

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Nord Modular/Modular G2

« on: May 17, 2012, 04:14:24 am »

Thanks Taylor for such a nice look into history and correcting my guess work.

I remember having a desire back in the late 90s wanting something that allowed simple independent looping, and the first thing I did when first incorporating computer for sound editing/processing, was playing with wave editors in a similar way. I certainly wish in some ways I had some great minds around me at that time to share with, it must be fond memories :)

I think I must have got in my mind that it was probably Nord Modular on polr, as I bought both the Nord and polr at similar times, and perhaps that thought stuck. I think this is what is happening now, whilst working with the G1 so much, everything is heard in terms of could it be created in the G1 etc
Now that you mention it is Doepfer analog modular, this is possibly why it sounds so clean, with a sharpness to the sounds, something I don't find some much in the Nord Modular…although saying that it is probably more how I use it to be fair. My partner used the Nord Modular once in one of the mono-log uploads, Snd 86, and both that and also some sounds she created in the Roland System 100 (we don't own one) both had really sharp pin like qualities to the sounds.

I wonder how polr sounds to you some 10 years on since last listening to it. Me and Mike (Smallfish) had it on the stereo a little while back, and both agreed it is something of a hidden gem in many ways, and it probably sounds fresher now than it did back then, and a really great example of Modular sounds.

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Nord Modular/Modular G2

« on: May 16, 2012, 09:10:38 am »

Yep I totally agree with you there about the difference between Max/msp and the Nord, since doing this blog I feel like I did back when I was a teenager, when having lots of time to create and listening back through a growing catalogue of sounds. In contrast to this I remember when looking back what I had pend months working on in Max/msp, and feeling pretty empty inside, and had to make some music to get rid of that emptiness.

I only heard the Wave for a short while at a friends house, and yeah it reminded me of the Nord Leads a little bit, but really clean…I don't see my budget stretching that far…yet

Also thanks for your sound you emailed me, I just listened to it, really impressive for your first ever Nord patch, some really interesting pop sounds, is this through square LFO controlled filters? you got a nice balance there. I can sense a slightly different sound to the G1 too, more delicate perhaps.

I definitely want to hear how you get on with it.

Indeed Polr is an awesome release, might even get it off the shelf and play it again tonight actually.

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Nord Modular/Modular G2

« on: May 16, 2012, 07:02:24 am »

Hi JÓRGOS

Thanks so much, really pleased your enjoying the sounds, and thanks so much for checking back everyday, amazing really :)

Congrats on getting the G2X, I have not heard the minor differences or really the difference between the G1 and G2, but hope one day to buy myself one to team up with my G1. I have heard the Nord Wave, and the sound was incredibly clean, so I imagine it might have some of this in its sound of the G2/X?

The frustration soon passes with the Modular, and I totally agree, it is nothing in comparison to Max/MSP. I think I gave up pretty much making music to learn that software for a whole summer many years ago.

As for releases that use the Nord Modular, the two that come to mind the most that use it extensively are:

Taylor Duepree - Polr (almost all Nord Modular)
Frank Bretschneider & Taylor Duepree - Balance (I read somewhere they swapped patches)

Perhaps Taylor could confirm this? :)

I have recently wondered if Richard Chartier uses one as a starting point for his sounds before he samples them, but I have a strong feeling it is something else more computer based.

Still, I personally would recommend getting Polr, one of my favourite releases actually.

M

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Nord Modular/Modular G2

« on: May 15, 2012, 07:31:02 am »

Hey all

I just though I post in with how things are going with the Nord G1 and how the blog etc is going.

Well, I thought I loved my G1 before, but now, wow, after using each day the working process is such a joy and much less frustrating, confusing and all those things that it was before. Also there always seems to be new ways of creating sounds, even if the results are similar to other methods, the cpu is often much lower or new ideas can emerge from those different connections.

Also, I am starting to hear the Nord in more releases than I had before, there was always some I knew to be Nord, but it almost seems like everything has it in, although I am sure this is probably just my mind playing tricks. Still, it is nice to re-listen to something from the past, to hear new ideas and potential in a sort of Nord way.

Anyway, just a quick one, and to say thanks to everyone checking out the blog and getting in contact etc, really great stuff.

Best

M