Processing, Synths, Guitar: aiffhead
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[#capillary bonus track] These bonus tracks are selected from a number of compositions and experiments that became stems for the #capillary soundscape or were created during the writing and production phase of the work.

A recording of the responsive audio soundscape #capillary can be streamed and downloaded from http://aiffhead.bandcamp.com/

#capillary is a recording of a sonified environment prepared for the participatory data visualisation #capillary by artist Brad Miller, producer and sound artist Ian McArthur (aiffhead) and programmer Adam Hinshaw exhibited in Sydney June 7 - July 20 2013.

#capillary is a responsive space featuring crowdsourced visual data (images) and a sonified audio field created from sixteen unique compositions created while travelling on public transport around Sydney. The compositions are constructed from fragments of digital noise, field recordings and audio compositions and additionally processed by a sound patch (granular synthesis) that segments and reassembles them into new configurations, and responsive juxtapositions. 

Credits
released 10 July 2013
Concept, coding, synths, field recordings, production: aiffhead (Ian McArthur)
Photography: Ian McArthur

The PureData patch originally created by Derek Holzer macumbista.net was subsequently further developed by artist Ian Andrews.

aiffhead - Dots

aiffhead - Ecology

Disparate bits of code leaking into one...

Datawar ~ Leak (Part 1)

Leak (Part 2) is built on bits of code from aiffhead's Drone Code edit of Zombie Synth. You'll recognise the skysaw guitar-like sound in the second half of the track...The original can be streamed here: https://soundcloud.com/aiffhead/zombiesynthdronecodeedit

Datawar ~ Leak (Part 2)

Compositions produced for starry_night (VIVID 2014)

starry_night is a responsive interactive installation produced by artist Brad Miller (http://sites.cofa.unsw.edu.au/~z9270907/starry_night.html), programmer Adam Hindshaw (www.bigbrowncupboard.com), producer Phillippa Bateman (https://twitter.com/PhilippaBateman)and sound artist Ian McArthur (https://soundcloud.com/aiffhead).

aiffhead - starry_night (themes)

Expansive recent composition constructed in part from a generative synthesis process.
(Music for Headphones Vol.2) 

Some stubs in this composition are drawn from the responsive audio work in the installation plasma_flow (VIVID 2012, Sydney).

Follow aiffhead on twitter: https://twitter.com/aiffhead



Gene_Scape (A Swarm of Butterflies mix)

Generated from Supercollider. Code and sample aiffhead 2013

Created for the 4'33" Musique Concrète IFAR compilation series: https://www.facebook.com/events/158937714244620/

The track is on Musique Concrète (volume 16) general resources, which is available on Bandcamp at: http://ifarmusiqueconcretecompilation.bandcamp.com/album/ifar-musique-concr-te-general-resources-compilation

Cortex

Created completely from code and effects salvaged from around the web. In that sense one might say this composition is a remix but the sum of its parts add up to be something completely new. Something a bit deep and dark.

Bad Pattern

Although this recording was originally generated completely from within SuperCollider, those of you who know will realise there's been a fair bit of production as well. Mainly to decide which glitches to leave in - or take out, to moderate/modulate some pretty crazy divergences in amplitude, and of course to bring out some of that lovely bass. Other than that I'm pretty speechless. What is this? 

Microzone

A collection of Insect-like code remixed. Is it possible to DJ code then? I say yes!

Extended ambient drone edit of Zombie Synth.

Zombie Synth (Drone Code Edit)

aiffhead - sound artist \ improvisor \ researcher \  ...