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Sean Ae
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yeah music = speech - text   at least roughly - i reckon it's a kind of super-developed version of the pitch and intonation parts of speech (the aural bit that doesn't contain textual info)

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can't rem if there were any recordings i think not actually   guess you had to be there   cichlisuite was done in 97 (i think it was 97 anyway), after the tour we did with edgar   yeah we have

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no it was the residual ram contents of an ensoniq eps, revealed by making the loop length too small on an unrelated sample (an ensoniq glitch we exploited a few times) those samples hadn't been loade

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Rob Ae Proficient

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Any tracks you've done that you thought went unappreciated maybe? Calbruc and Iera spring to mind..

 

Or do you not care? Do you have a general interest to find out what tracks people seem to prefer?

nah, things vary so much, people change minds, tracks age well others don't then get cool again, theres no short term stability to it.

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do you like ween? it's 2 crazy musicians making a bunch of awesome tracks

I remember hearing an alternate version of Buckingham Green in one of the webcasts, so I'm guessing that one's a yes!

 

Have you guys done any coding in ChucK?

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how does one mix such complex tracks, so that various sounds don't nullify each other? simple eq?

 

i don't have a snappy sounding answer to this

i know a lot of producers would say something lame like 'turn everything down' or 'mix with your ears' but i can't go there

i read so many stupid posts on gear forums like that, it never actually works like that. every case is different

 

 

So do you mix while composing or you tend to separate it on composition and mixing stages? (Of course I don't mean mixing that is naturally involved in composing while making gradations/climax etc). Sometimes I mix a track even for a few weeks before it is really right - which make me often wonder if it's not a problem somewhere else in the track than in the mix (like bad composition or sound design not really working for the vibe or simply sobering from the enthusiasm for the track etc).

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On the field recordings note, I was listening to Quaristice today and it seems to have a tonne of outdoor field recordings. The swinging gate and train in rale for example. Did you do a load of water recordings for this? There are some gungy sounds in Simmm (which I love) and fol3/fol4 especially sound like water recorded under a bridge. To me anyway!

Yeah Quaristice really sounds like some of the sounds where recorded with underwater microphones. is it true?

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have you guys ever thought about having visuals go along with your performances at all? maybe some sort of crazy generative visuals that generate themselves according to certain parameters or even translate some of your rhythm work visually instead of aurally? one my my fav bands of all time (tool) always has such striking and thought provoking visuals that add so much to their music.

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My apologies if this has already been asked, I haven't had time to read through ALL of this mammoth thread yet...

 

Many find your music "difficult" or "challenging" to listen to, and say that it takes numerous listens and sometimes years to really fall in love with it.

 

Is there any music that you feel this way about? Anything that you absolutely love now but at first you found difficult to listen to?

 

(and thank you so much for taking the time to do this!)

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do you like ween? it's 2 crazy musicians making a bunch of awesome tracks

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtovTIii2GU&feature=player_detailpage

 

yeah i fucking love ween

pure guava is in my all time top 10 most days

 

 

Ween is pure class. Went to a show in Pontiac (99'-00'?) where they played for at least 4 hours. Might have been longer. Knocked out some tunes that night.

 

sweet. found setlist.

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regarding reverb, can't always discern what is synthetic and what's natural... do you ever record a signal acoustically, like through an amp in a room, then mix that with the more direct elements? are most elements reacting/intertwined w/one another (i'm not even sure how MIDI works), and/or are there independent elements of a track that are mixed in to give the illusion of 'play' with the other elements?

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I'm curious as to how soon in the creative process one of your tracks will be given a track title or a working variation on a track title?

most likely as soon as we save some of it. and the process then can continue

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-Any involvement with NMB? NWH20 seems like shoutout to Lego Feet track

 

-Also, about the Gescom track "G1" Darrel Fitton shared with the public a few years back (I imagine you guys had to be made aware he was doing that), is there any chance for a similar gesture of goodwill on your end during this ask you anything event or anytime in the near future? *wipes foam away from mouth*

 

Sean, regarding your answer to the question about the resonant structure in question... I remember reading somewhere a long time ago (interview maybe) that the sounds were infact from your rectum - the piece made as a joke or "statement" referencing the sort of rabid fan who would purchase their favorite artist's new album even if it was straight farting for 45 minutes. I won't ask to confirm or deny ...but I think it is hilarious if true.

 

nah that's not it

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I'm curious as to how soon in the creative process one of your tracks will be given a track title or a working variation on a track title?

most likely as soon as we save some of it. and the process then can continue

 

are the tracks conceptually planned - are you going into studio with a certain idea in mind and work until its done or are you just jamming around until something you like comes up? if yes then how do you know when a track is "done"?

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do you attract much attention from lady fans? if so what is your favourite nationality?

 

i ask because once i was at one of your gigs in Amsterdam, up on a balcony and two girls (looked Italian) had a go at me, telling me to get out of the way. they were videoing you,..well, they were videoing darkness but yeah (maybe they used infrared).

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how does one mix such complex tracks, so that various sounds don't nullify each other? simple eq?

 

i don't have a snappy sounding answer to this

i know a lot of producers would say something lame like 'turn everything down' or 'mix with your ears' but i can't go there

i read so many stupid posts on gear forums like that, it never actually works like that. every case is different

 

 

So do you mix while composing or you tend to separate it on composition and mixing stages? (Of course I don't mean mixing that is naturally involved in composing while making gradations/climax etc). Sometimes I mix a track even for a few weeks before it is really right - which make me often wonder if it's not a problem somewhere else in the track than in the mix (like bad composition or sound design not really working for the vibe or simply sobering from the enthusiasm for the track etc).

 

for me - something can just click into place after running it for days, then just changing one thing, and suddenly theres a moment of awareness like was just totally meant to be that way and it couldn't tell us.

 

 

do you like ween? it's 2 crazy musicians making a bunch of awesome tracks

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtovTIii2GU&feature=player_detailpage

 

yeah i fucking love ween

pure guava is in my all time top 10 most days

 

 

Ween is pure class. Went to a show in Pontiac (99'-00'?) where they played for at least 4 hours. Might have been longer. Knocked out some tunes that night.

 

sweet. found setlist.

 

CHRIST!

 

now thats a show

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one of the most notable things about your records for a long time now, but especially with exai and lel event, is how unique the textures are. on watmm lots have noticed that the latest ep has a very "frothy" and "wet" sound. I don't mean this in a gay way. anyway, are there any records that you guys like that have such a distinct textural quality.

 

for instance, phoenicia's "brown out" or gas "pop" come to mind as examples of records that have a really unique feel and detailed textural aspect. don't say computer world.

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