ZLB

Another drone based mixtape from Pablo Sanz. It contains one track from my upcoming album (which is coming very soon).

- converts a B-format ambisonics signal to UHJ ambisonics signal.
MaxMSP 4.6 abstraction
By Dave Hunt

– converts an ambisonics signal into Binaural.
Patch max/msp 4.6 + Standalone (OSX 10.4)

– converts from 5.1 surround into Binaural.
Patch max/msp 4.6
Standalone (OSX 10.4 and higher)

– mixes 8 inputs to 8 outputs. Includes VST plug-in support, panner, volume fader and preset support.

Standalone Application – OSX 10.4

Patch – max/msp 4.6

I’ve decided to change my project name from Zelub to ZLB, aka Zorg Liberation Brotherhood. Things change, the world is in perpetual flux…

AMP – A very underrated shoegazing psychedelic (in the profound sense) rock ban. Maybe their lack of acknowledgment is due to their name making it quite hard to find them in web searches.  Astralmoonbeamprojections is a very special album with drony soundscapes and timeless streams of guitar. The more rhythmic but nevertheless freaky Saint Cecilia Sinsemilla will also propel you to higher layers of the stratosphere.

Aube Reworks – This series of releases by Aube (aka, Akifumi Nakajima) are just a pleasure to listen to. All of them rework albums from other artists such as Maurizio Bianchi. The albums focus a lot on heavy repetition of little fragments of sound which slowly unfold to dense layers of sound.

Very interesting book containing articles originally published in the Village Voice by composer Tom Johnson. It can be downloaded here. Another interesting book by the author on mathematics and composition is Self-similar melodies.

I was delighted to finally find a video of this device in action. I’ve been fascinated by it for some time, because it was really one of the first “rhythm machines” ever made. It’s very interesting to think that such radical sound machines were already being made and played in 30′s.  The Rhythmicon was commissioned by composer Henry Cowell and built by Theramin. Now if I could get my hands on a performance of the “Rhythmicana (Concerto for Rhythmicon and Orchestra; 1931)”, that would would be nice.

Yesterday I debuted live one of the tracks from the upcoming album. This version was 4 channel tape plus video. It was played/projected in the sonology discussion concert, at the Den Haag Conservatory which has a very nice hall with an excellent PA system, including 4 subwoorfers and a huge screen!!

Video here