Harry Partch Noisebud, 2011, December 20 Everyone should have a go at Harry Partch music, at least once. You may not like the sound at first (probably it will sound terrible) but we found him very inspiring in his search for his own sound. Something he really thought sounded good and right to his ears and mind. He didn’t stop at coming up with new microtonal scales, he also built his own instrument based upon theese scales. You can look,listen and play on them here. Also, it’s always a great relief when people tend to to their own thing. Tom Waits talks about his favourite records of all time in an article from The Guardian and Harry Partch Collection Vol 1 (New World Records, 2004) is one of them. We found a 59min long documentary by Darren Chesworth from 2002. It’s a good introduction to his music and life as a hobo. Enjoy! The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch http://www.ubu.com/film/partch_outsider.html Blog
Change of plans 2011, August 14 The local authorities decided to stop any performances that makes any kind of sound during Grolsch Block Party (only sport events is allowed to do that) so our planned outdoor gig has been moved to a place called ‘Högkvarteret’ at Närkesgatan 8 (click here for a map). Here’s the new schedule for the buskers:… Read More
Tip of the Day 2011, March 20 – Ronin A graphic novel by Frank Miller and colorist Lynn Varley. In 1983, Frank Miller had established himself as an innovator in comic books. He moved over to DC for a unique experiment combining cyberpunk and traditional samurai film called Ronin. Borrowing heavily from the very same movies that Miller no… Read More
PHIFT – Make stiff low-end pop! 2024, April 172025, May 27 PHIFT is an experimental plugin to bring life into stiff low-end in (mostly) music with electronic-created low-end. It may work and sound good with acoustic-recorded sounds too but there is a great chance that acoustic-recorded kicks will sound a bit weird using PHIFT. PHIFT uses phase and pitch to move… Read More