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Sampling the family dog: was Re: [microsound] David Kristian



dogs do make for excellent sampling.  My dog is a Basset Hound with big floppy
ears.  I sampled the sound of his ears flapping about...amazing.

Jake

James Warchol wrote:

> I'm a big fan of Kristian's stuff as well. "Room Tone" is excellent. I was
> amused by the description of the record when it was released, since it
> referred to him using his Boston Terrier as one of his sound sources. Pretty
> funny. Dogs DO make for great sampling!
>
> "Cricklewood" is another one I keep coming back to - more is revealed with
> every listen. He also has an online-only CD available at his website
> (davidkristian.com). I don't have it yet though.
>
> -jim
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> on 4/1/01 11:27 PM, david turgeon at david.t@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >> I have to say I'm much more of a fan of Kristians non-beaty stuff.  Infact, I
> >> actually never used to like it at all until I say Room Tone on sale and
> >> picked it up.  I wasn't expecting to be too impressed until I took a good
> >> listen to it.  THen I loved it.  Can anyone recomend any of his more
> >> ambient/noise albums?
> >
> > so far as abstract stuff is concerned, you have to get _cricklewood_.
> > it's a pretty unique, minimal analogue record.  for some reason i keep
> > making a mental connection between this album & stockhausen's
> > _mantra_...  i think mostly because the timbres & tonal progressions
> > have more to do with contemporary music than say mille plateaux.
> > anyway, that & the "national kid/oysterpoint" 12" (which is in fact drum
> > n bass) are probably my 2 favorite david kristian records.
> >
> > the remix album _woodworking_ is nice, if you like remix albums.  &
> > there's a split with sian (japanese noise group if memory serves?)
> > called _tacoma narrows bridge_ which probably leans more towards what he
> > did on _room tone_.
> >
> > actually, if you wait a bit, there's a pretty intriguing record coming
> > out soon on alien8 which is a collaboration between kristian, sam
> > shalabi & alexandre st-onge, probably appealing to people on this list.
> > expect something very minimal.
> >
> > really, what i like best about david kristian are his live shows; in
> > particular this one set at hotel2tango in montréal last year, where he
> > did a pretty straight ambient-to-beats progression at the perfect rhythm
> > throughout.  not to mention he was playing with way old machines looking
> > like 1950 ibm computers.  old school, but what the hell, if it's good.
> > (i.e. is playing with a machine that looks like a 2000 ibm computer a
> > requisite?)
> >
> > ~ david
> >
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