Glitch & IDM & podcast & breaks & Underground Knowledge 08 May 2008 06:01 am
UK Glitch v2 [week 1]
For the month of May 2008, we are re-exploring the vast genre of Glitch. Week 1’s show was produced by PMX DJs from their office using Adobe Audition editing software (and it turned out quite well! Check the podcasts…)
A bit about Glitch, c/o Wiki:
Glitch (also known as clicks and cuts from a representative compilation series by the German record label Mille Plateaux) is a genre of electronic music that became popular in the late 1990s with the increasing use of digital signal processing, particularly on computers. The origins of glitch music are derived from the failure of digital technology. The effects of failure in technology, such as bugs, crashes, system errors, hardware noise, skipping and audio distortion, can be captured on computers and provide the basic building blocks of Glitch music.[1] Often considered a sub-genre of electronica or intelligent dance music, glitch eschews traditional instrumentation, preferring instead the use of mechanized and non-natural sounds. Though rhythm is a central focal point of glitch, the style’s various sub-genres range from the ambient to the dance-oriented.
Glitch is often produced on computers using modern digital production software to splice together small “cuts” (samples) of music from previously recorded works. These cuts are then integrated with the signature of glitch music: beats made up of glitches, clicks, scratches, and otherwise “erroneously” produced or sounding noise. These glitches are often very short, and are typically used in place of traditional percussion or instrumentation. Skipping CDs, scratched vinyl records, circuit bending, and other noise-like distortions figure prominently into the creation of rhythm and feeling in glitch; it is from the use of these digital artifacts that the genre derives its name. However, not all artists of the genre are working with erroneously produced sounds or are even using digital sounds.
Popular software for creating glitch includes trackers, Reaktor, Audiomulch, Bidule, Super Collider, Ableton Live,FLStudio, GleetchLAB, MAX/MSP, Pure Data, Usine, and ChucK. Circuit bending — the intentional short-circuiting of low power electronic devices to create new musical devices — also plays a significant role on the hardware end of glitch music and its creation.
How very interesting!
Now for the goods>>>>
UK Glitch v2 Week 1/Part 1:
1. Bit Meddler - Frustum (4:45)
2. Bit Meddler - Dermetfak (3:20)
3. Eight Frozen Modules - A Chiming Segway (1:49)
4. Eight Frozen Modules - Your Novelistic Career (3:30)
5. Eight Frozen Modules - Randolios Getaway (3:59)
6. Eight Frozen Modules - Drills for Devil Dub (4:07)
7. Eight Frozen Modules - Believe that (3:23)
8. Eight Frozen Modules - Corteme (2:17)
9. Amorph - Home Sweet Home (4:35)
10. Amorph - Statique (4:07)
11. Amorph - Riding (4:55)
12. Amorph - Look Ahead (4:38)
13. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Fluvial (7:21)
14. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Detector (6:33)
15. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Enemy Smashed (7:39)
16. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Banquet (5:41)
17. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Florian Fricke (7:40)
UK Glitch v2 Week 1/Part 2:
1. Deru - Recommended (0:23)
2. Deru - Din (4:18)
3. Deru - Soulik (5:30)
4. Deru - Spot (0:23)
5. Deru - You Haunt Me (5:31)
6. Deru - Confused (0:30)
7. Deru - Safemode (3:15)
8. Tipper - Liquid Shoes (3:31)
9. Tipper - Ferlong (Si Begg Mix) (5:01)
10. Tipper - Multiplexus (4:56)
11. Tipper - Dissolve (Si Begg Mix) (7:07)
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