Something to listen to as you read Ctein's column later this morning.
Keith Fullerton Whitman's "Greatest Hits" (2003-)
On the eve of my 30th birthday, I began rendering "automatic" "enhancements" of only the most salient points of the pop music of my youth; a line, bar, or fragment of a particular song (after being heard out in "the wild" in the present; akin to running into an old friend on the street) was chosen based on how much my nostalgic recollection of it differed from its contemporary reality. Each was played back at exactly half-speed, then run through a series of time- and gain-based processes that slowly and meticulously chewed through the audio, revealing hidden layers of content, context, and temporal/spectral production details…shining a flashlight into the dark corners of each selection, revealing the ghosts lurking within.
Interesting, although I confess I am unlikely to listen to the whole nearly 12 hours of it.
At least the hooks don't get stuck in your head.
Mike
(via Bob Burnett)
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Ahem: "There is a rather amazing 'Symphonies of the Planets' 5-CD package, done by NASA. Truly unique sounds recorded and generated from various space-y sources, resulting in truly beautiful and haunting ambient soundscapes. Not sure if it's still available, though."
Sounds like something they would pipe into an isolation cell to crack some super bad guy. A few hours of that and anyone would be reduced to a quivering, babbling, vomiting mass curled up in a corner.
[Well, I've been streaming it for the past three hours and I'm fine. --Mike]
Posted by: Eric Rose | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 11:09 AM
I like it! And I think I smell a movie soundtrack deal. I'm clueless about the source material so far, with the exception, I believe, of Joy Divsion's "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
Posted by: Dan Montgomery | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 05:13 PM
Your tougher than I am Mike ;) But that's not saying much....
Posted by: Eric Rose | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 05:59 PM
Thanks for turning me on to this.
It is making me strangely happy.
I do think I'll be listening and relistening to the full 12 hours.
Posted by: Zaan | Monday, 20 May 2013 at 08:02 AM