Audio Specials
This page is a space for interesting bits and bobs - non-release sounds, exclusive remixes, one offs, DJ mixes - that kind of thing
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Radio Scotvoid & The Curios All-Stars | Live @ The Gulu-Gulu Cafe
Freeform improvised sounds recorded LIVE, Summer 2008 @ The Gulu Gulu Cafe, Salem MA 01970
The Gulu’s weekly event Friday Night Spins has taken on a life of its own. This Friday’s featured performer is Salem’s own Radio Scotvoid. I must say that his performances over the past several months have been nothing less than extraordinary. His work transcends the electronica genre and depending who shows up to perform with Scott dictates where the music is going to go. Jazz, Blues, Trip-Hop, Rock... you never know quite what you are going to end up hearing but it always ends up being interesting and very very very cool.
Radio Scotvoid performs at the Gulu-Gulu in Salem on the 1st Friday of every month. Don't miss it!
Cheers to Noah Britton, Jeff Murray, Steve Serwacki, Mike Miksis, Noel Snow, Dennis Monagle, Tony Lika, Russ Lane, Tiegh Benod, Julie Dukas, Curtis Caswell, Mark Lovett, Steve Feldman and all the staff at The Gulu Gulu Cafe in Salem, MA.
Thank you to Mark and Gordon of Rubens for letting us do a live remix of Cayla's Third! It was all out of love. Cayla's Third written by Mark Flanagan/Gordon MacDermid (Herb Recordings)
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Tracklisting: 1. Ashtray | 2. Snowed In | 3. Cayla's Third | 4. A Spotlight On Noah's Arc | 5. Worryhead | 6. Ashtray (Reprise) | 7. So
Live @ Gulu Gulu @ The Internet Archive :: Live @ Gulu Gulu @ Last.fm
Clutter | Live at Sonic Picnic
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A recording of a live set @ Sonic Picnic, Cumbria's first festival of sound, music and sonic art brought to you by Soundwave. The festival was centred around the ground-breaking ambisonic soundfield in the centre of Workington, The Hub.
The recording is a stereo mixdown of Clutter's 2nd live set of live ambisonics that day. He was also comissioned to write a sound installation as his contribtion to the festival.
A special hour and a bit mix by Clutter of past Earth Monkey releases has been released by INQ Mag and can be heard, downloaded, i-pod subscribed etc here.
INQ Mag is a netaudio resource specializing in podcasts of mixes by net label owners of their own catalogue and past episodes have included test tube, audiotong, kahvi and are all well worth checking out.
INQ Mag said of Earth Monkey...
'After reaching the number of 50 releases, and some other over parallel series such as Talking Monkey or remix projects amongst others, Earth Monkey Productions opens its doors to Monographic Podcast.
Together with all the wide and rich musical aspects, the project curated by Shaun Blezard (aka Clutter), is exciting because part of its efforts are focused on a didactical approach for youngsters called Monkey Noises, specifically on the project of concrete music 60 Seconds, collaborating with pupils of St Bernards School (Cumbria, UK) for its production'
Tracklisting: 1. 4th Alternative – New Dawn (New Dawn – EMP013) | 2. Ann Wilson – The Sanctuary (The Resting Bench – TM001) | 3. Cousin Silas – Empty Airport (Ballard Landscapes – EMP007) | 4. The Cardboard Lung – Move Away (Patient Lifted – EMP029) | 5. Manassas – Toastwater (Vague Recollections On Lost Highway – EMP003) | 6. Emvelope Nine – Receiver (Receiver – EMP011) | 7. Hometaping – Precipice Control (The Palace Mansion – EMP012) | 8. Adrian Carter – Switchkicker (Switchkicker – EMP016) | 9. Cyte – Break Box (Slow Scream EP – EMP024) | 10. Pandacetamol – Bang On The Equator (Heavy Concentration – EMP049) | 11. Clutter – Abide With Dub (Anodyne Hi-Fi – EMP048) | 12. Ben Cornwell – Compact Discovery (Harvey's Intrinsic Boomerang – EMP008) | 13. Radio Scotvoid – C'mon Let's Go (Fae Ecosse – EMP028) | 14. Gumbatz Monev's Green Elektrode – Slickers (Cloak Division – EMP032) | 15. Planivaar – Ghost Chant (The Orange Balloon – EMP014) | 16. Evan Morris – Lonely Settings (The Doors Of Turmoil – EMP018) | 17. 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night – (t).E.S.T (Aspire To Be Forgotten - EMP020) | 18. Dansette Curtsey – Beautiful Y (Natures Little Robots – EMP040) | 19. Antisocial Services - Kirschner111103rmx2 (Hypnogog Demigod – EMP047) | 20. Halal Kebab Hut – Scissors Paper Stone (Low Brow High Art Music – EMP010) | 21. St Bernards School – The Chanting Room (60 Minutes – EMP044) | 22. Andy Kirk – Someday….Maybe (I Used To Dance, Now I Romance – EMP023) | 23. Susan Matthews – On A Theme Of Falling (::FALLING:: An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation – EMP025) | 24. Delta Waves – Twilight (Under Clouds Over Ground – EMP005) | 25. Des Slow And The Stop Pills – Water (Elements – emp031) | 26. Shaun Blezard – Lindal Postcard (Commissions – EMP048) | 27. Elektroherd – Intro (Suló Bench – EMP033) | 28. Apollon – Gate Of The Sun (Metabelief – EMP038) | 29. Whale Tape – Dream Song (Waking And Dreaming Up – EMP039) | 30. Mr Duke – Suicide Is Dangerous (I Can't Find My Keys – EMP037)
Radio Scotvoid | Live @ The Pickled Onion
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Live @ The Pickled Onion @ The Internet Archive
Recorded at RSVP’s 8 weeks of Curios’ events @ The Pickled Onion in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Featuring the combined talents of Mike Miksis, The Worst Kid, Jesse Ciarmataro, Noel Snow, Jeff Murray, Santos Sucio, Dennis Monagle, Steven Serwacki, Walnut the lyrical geni & Tim Culliane.
So open a beer, kick back and enjoy a night at Curios RSVP style
A BIG thank you to all the players, without you this could not have happened! & BIGOP to: Tim Culliane (WMWM 91.7FM), Machine 475, Dj Ondrej, The Pickled Onion Staff, The Microphone Zone, Eastern Boarder, Salem Cycle, Seaside Cycle, Front St Coffeehouse, Kourtney Demaine, Will Perone, Matt Beaulieu and Christine Baze
Radio Scotvoid Productions/Scott D Buchanan © 2008
Recorded live at The Pickled Onion, Beverly MA October/December 2007
Radio Scotvoid | The Chiptune Megamix
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The Chiptune Megamix @ The Internet Archive
Last december I put the word out to all chiptuners on myspace to submit a track for my megamix...which was my chance to premiere this d.i.y. sub-genre of 8 bit (sid chip) music - which is a combination of retro video game music mixed in with modern dance rhythms like breaks/screamo/hardcore.
Also it gave me the daunting task of eq-ing, blending, time-stretching and mixing 22 songs ...with added gabber kik!!! Into one 74 minute megamix than could be burned to a cd...
Play it at your youth club, play it on xmas day, play it in your car/i-pod...put it on repeat...and enjoy for now your first installment of the world's best chiptuners-in-the-mix!!!
Featuring: 4Bit Bonsai | DJ Fhantom | Eric Chiptune | Fighter X | Fish and Chip 8 Bit | Henry Homesweet | IPAGHOST | Kendo | Lazy Comet | Monster Plastic | Myst | Rainbow Jump Orchestra | Sabrepulse | Teethandfeet
Various Artists | Open Circuit | March 2007
Recorded live at The Nest, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK on 16th March 2007:
Muted Cell - Headliner Muted Cell was a group performance piece/improvisation led by sound artist Paul Craddock, featuring Paul, Nick Holt, Andrew Deakin, John Hall and Shaun Blezard. A mixture of live instruments, laptops and live treatments of the environment to form an improvised soundscape. Play Muted Cell
Andrew Deakin - Andrew Deakin is a sound artist working in Cumbria - Andrew's set comprised manipulating found and live recorded sound using max/msp and a Wii controller. Play Andrew Deakin
The Cardboard Lung - John Hall aka The Cardboard Lung played his trademark lo-fi ambient glitch using a laptop and Ableton Live. Play The Cardboard Lung
Clutter - Shaun Blezard aka Clutter played a set manipulating found sounds using Live and a tape echo/wah wah tone generator to explore the more ambient side of Clutter Play Clutter
A great night was had by all - hope you enjoy the evening as much as we all did
Open Circuit - March 2007 @ The Internet Archive
The Earth Monkey Productions Rural Outreach Programme | Clutter & The Cardboard Lung | Music From Cumbrian Village Halls
Water Yeat Village Hall - October 1st 2006 - Download or Stream: Hi-fi - Lo-fi
Satterthwaite Parish Room - October 8th 2006 - Download or stream: Hi-fi - Lo-fi
Urswick Church Hall - October 15th 2006 - Download or stream: Hi-fi - Lo-fi
Music From Cumbrian Village Halls @ The Internet Archive
Three digital sound performances in Rural Cumbrian Community Halls from Earth Monkey Productions recording artists Clutter and The Cardboard Lung, using the sounds generated by the Halls and their environs as the basis for an improvisation.
The Earth Monkey Productions Rural Outreach Programme was supported by FRED an arts invasion across Cumbria 2006
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Live and Baroque @ The Internet Archive
Live And Baroque is a live mix recorded late one evening when Clutter was a bit bored and skint and needed something to do - It is a representation of his live set circa August 2006. It is one file, in a continuous mix and contains reworkings of the following tracks:
Erin And Eric The Red: Originally a remix for The International Remix Project - Contains elements of '39 Hour Man' by Acid Burp | Smoking: From The Resting Bench with Ann Wilson | Rainbow Sunshine: From Shopping In A Shipyard Town | Men Of Steel: From Shopping In A Shipyard Town | (t).E.S.T 2: From the 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night album Aspire To Be Forgotten | Handprint Bedroom: From The Resting Bench with Ann Wilson | Tideracer: From the Shaun Blezard album Commissions | Knee Aye: From the Manassas album Live At The Cavendish | Round And Round: From the Shaun Blezard album Commissions | Paperbyrd: A mash up of 'Erazerbyrd' written with Mike Willoughby for the film 'The Egg' and 'Runaway' written for the film 'The Paperlad' | Moss Haiku: From The Resting Bench with Ann Wilson
The Cardboard Lung vs Clutter | The Devil Knows How To Row
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The Devil Knows How To Row @ The Internet Archive
To celebrate the date 6/6/6 Clutter got together with The Cardboard Lung to record The Devil Knows How To Row. A live improvised recording using a couple of laptops and strong coffee as their only tools.
No overdubs! - No rehearsal! - No audience!
Recorded at Lost Highway Studios, on Barrow Island, Cumbria, UK on the 6th June 2006