Ad Hocc

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Album Info

Release Date: 2015-04-10

Label: Zona Music

On business-card:
This "sound object" contains 3 types of sound sources: (1) Fragments of Handheld, monophonic field studies of environments all throughout the world; Beginning in Los Angeles and continuting through Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Porto, Brussels, Utrecht, Berlin, Prague, Leipzig, Padova, Milan, Marseille, Lausanne, Paris, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Moscow, Rosarito & finally Mexico City

(2) Short samples of previously recorded music, most of which are highly abstracted or placed in a meaningful manner according to the time/place it was created. &

(3) 4 Oscillators 1/2 LFOs/filters. Routed and "improvised" with the former two sound sources.

Then, these compositions are further abstracted and "played" 6 distinct variations utilizing filtered reverb, randomized granular processes, resonator & "re-arranging" plugin.

Included on this USB drive
* 6 Versions of the 41:35 "album"; 3 "Fundamental" Versions (including "dry" renditions of "Ad Hocc") & 3 "Supplemental" Versions (only random and composed "process" layers).

These versions are included to enjoy separately or played out of multiple speakers.

* A self-hosted HTML file, intended to supplement the sounds of "Ad Hocc".

Zona Music(a) 2015

The USB drive also contains a folder ("src") with additional artwork and a poster in JPEG format.

From the Zona Music(a) web site:
Limited to 200, Business-card sized USB Drives.

USB drive packaged in hand-numbered ziplock plastic bag.

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