Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:18:56 +0100 simonsound http://www.simonsound.co.uk Podcast Maker v1.2.1 - http://www.potionfactory.com/podcastmaker Sound and noise from simonsound Sound and noise from simonsound en simonsound simonsound simon@simonsound.co.uk http://www.simonsound.co.uk/podcasts/podcastImage_144.jpg http://www.simonsound.co.uk 144 141 Audio Blogs no simonsound I wanted to create a soundtrack to my imaginings and so produced this piece, which started off as a simple soundscape mixing underwater sounds and synthesized manipulations. I then added the keys at the end which my good friend Ken Hollings commented on as sounding somewhere in between Raymond Scott and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – praise indeed but you can make your own judgment. Around the same time that I was creating this piece I was also working with the singer Debbie Clair on some other music and I thought it would be nice to see what she could do with the underwater soundscape. I knew that I didn’t really want any words and so she laid down a series of notes which were then mixed and effected. As well as being fascinated by space travel and specifically voyages to the Moon, I also had a bit of a phase of imagining underwater worlds and some of the creatures that live there. I wanted to create a soundtrack to my imaginings and so produced this piece, which started off as a simple soundscape mixing underwater sounds and synthesized manipulations. I then added the keys at the end which my good friend Ken Hollings commented on as sounding somewhere in between Raymond Scott and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – praise indeed but you can make your own judgment. Around the same time that I was creating this piece I was also working with the singer Debbie Clair on some other music and I thought it would be nice to see what she could do with the underwater soundscape. I knew that I didn’t really want any words and so she laid down a series of notes which were then mixed and effected. http://www.simonsound.co.uk/podcasts/sirenweb.mp3 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:16:43 +0100 Audio Blogs no 00:06:54 Simon James For those that haven’t heard of Basil Kirchin, and don’t worry you are in the majority, he was a composer of extraordinary talent who began his career playing and leading 40’s and 50’s big bands and went on to score soundtracks and lead many library sessions for the Music De Wolfe label. His album Quantum, recorded in 1973 but not released until 2003, mixed jazz musicians, field recordings in the form of wild birds, insects and trams, and autistic children. It is both beautiful and disturbing and unlike anything you have heard before. It’s within this album that Basil fully explores his theory that when you slow down or speed up sound, you open up doors and new sound is revealed. Basil Kirchins influence can be heard in both the my noisy matchbox and Deptford Green School sound projects that simonsound are currently producing. This feature is by no means the complete story, rather a glimpse into Basil Kirchins world of sound, told in his own words. In fact there are some glaring omissions; Basil didn’t really talk much about his time as a library musician or his film soundtracks, instead he spent much of the conversation talking about his Quantum sound theories and some of the techniques and tools used in the albums production. Sadly Basil passed away in 2005. For further information on Basil and to buy his albums we suggest you go to Trunk Records. www.trunkrecords.com In 2003 simonsound recorded a conversation with the late composer Basil Kirchin. For those that haven’t heard of Basil Kirchin, and don’t worry you are in the majority, he was a composer of extraordinary talent who began his career playing and leading 40’s and 50’s big bands and went on to score soundtracks and lead many library sessions for the Music De Wolfe label. His album Quantum, recorded in 1973 but not released until 2003, mixed jazz musicians, field recordings in the form of wild birds, insects and trams, and autistic children. It is both beautiful and disturbing and unlike anything you have heard before. It’s within this album that Basil fully explores his theory that when you slow down or speed up sound, you open up doors and new sound is revealed. Basil Kirchins influence can be heard in both the my noisy matchbox and Deptford Green School sound projects that simonsound are currently producing. This feature is by no means the complete story, rather a glimpse into Basil Kirchins world of sound, told in his own words. In fact there are some glaring omissions; Basil didn’t really talk much about his time as a library musician or his film soundtracks, instead he spent much of the conversation talking about his Quantum sound theories and some of the techniques and tools used in the albums production. Sadly Basil passed away in 2005. For further information on Basil and to buy his albums we suggest you go to Trunk Records. www.trunkrecords.com http://www.simonsound.co.uk http://87.117.215.131/festival/guest/basilkirchin3.mp3 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:12:15 +0100 Audio Blogs no 00:00:00 basil Kirchin sound