Forum – Week 9 – Masters Student Presentations:
Sebastian Tomczak’s devotion to re-texturalisation of sound as a compositional basis seems like a pursuit of endless depth and possibility. However, I can’t help but feel there is something lacking in many of the finished products from a musical point of view. I think the format of the Milk-Crate sessions contributes to this with its narrow time frame. It would be impossible to produce a high quantity of meticulously crafted work in such a short time. Such things are agonised over weeks, months and years in my experience. Milk-Crate concerns aside, I was glad to finally hear his water surface controller in action, but would have enjoyed some lower frequency action from the output.
Darren Curtis seems to have been busy over the last couple of years, getting involved with what appears to be a combination of installation and live performance sound/visual art. Darren also sources sound from unlikely means, but in more organic(?) areas than Sebastian. I was surprised that his Fringe Festival project’s content was devoted to the planets and not directly related to “Frequency Medicine”. His music was relaxing, and it's interesting to hear mystical stories of Aztec multi-track recording from the dark ages.
Reference:
Tomczak, Sebastian. “Masters Student Presentation.” Workshop presented at EMU space, level 5, Schultz building, University of Adelaide, 15th of May 2008.
Curtis, Darren. “Masters Student Presentation.” Workshop presented at EMU space, level 5, Schultz building, University of Adelaide, 15th of May 2008.
posted by David J Dowling @ 6:36 PM
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The thing that impressed me the most with Milkcrate was the piece that was generated from simply hitting the crate. That bassline was fat - I liked the level of complexity they were able to reach, given the timeframe. Perhaps a 48-hour Milkcrate (with a 12 hour break in between) might be worth a try?
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