Chris Forsyth at Evolving Ear originally asked me to do an 8" lathe cut for his label. I was hesitant for a number of reasons, not the least of which was that I had already consigned a number of pieces to the format fetish void (a 3" CDr, a split LP, download only, etc). Still, I gave it some thought. I had been working on a number of complex, large-scale pieces, some with Ralf Wehowsky, some for dance and film, others to who knows what ends, and I began to feel that the time and conceptual constraints of a "single" might be refreshing. I convinced Chris to let me do a 7" instead of a lathe cut (I didn't need to go THAT lo-fi), and I set about making two formally related pieces with clear, simple trajectories; pop songs from a broken mind. And that's sort of how it went. The two sides of this release, "A Desert of Consolation" and "The Summering Unsound", both follow a singular form: an ambiguously intensifying exposition followed by an unfolding of previously hidden elements. The materials, however, could not be more different: "A Desert of Consolation" consists almost entirely of synthetic sounds lying in a narrow frequency band, while "The Summering Unsound" is made up of a good deal of untreated field recordings, beats, and broadband noise. And, though I followed my dictum of simplicity in the pieces' trajectories, I couldn't stop myself from piling a lot of layers into the mix. So, there's a simple, if perverse, horizontal unfolding, and a morass of detail vertically. Kinda like a nice pile of fall leaves with a rake and skeleton hidden inside.

A Desert of Consolation

Download at http://bhobrainey.bandcamp.com/track/levitate 

Soundtrack for a short film by Leah Ross

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Chris Forsyth: guitar

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Floating docks, flag holder, playground equipment, hail, rubber gloves, linear congruential chaos, Frizzante, Xynthi, geese, one of those toys where you have a small tank with plastic things floating in liquid and you push a button that sends a little jet through the tank and the jet makes the things float

Levitate

"Bootleg" recorded live at The Wail in Portland, OR.  The concert was sponsored by Portland's Creative Music Guild, and the recording was provided by Jonathan Sielaff.

Solo Soprano Sax Portland 1/10/10

A "first meeting" recorded live at the Cha'ak'ab Paaxil Festival in Merida, Mexico, June 4th, 2010. This concert took place outdoors, in the courtyard of MACAY - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ateneo de Yucatán.  

Bhob Rainey - soprano saxophone
Chris Cogburn - percussion
Juan Garcia - contrabass

Bhob Rainey, Chris Cogburn, Juan Garcia - Merida #2

Hello Blackout Rehearsal Recording (excerpt 1)

Captured during a rehearsal for Hello Blackout.
Andie Springer - violin
Carrie Frey - viola
Leila Bordreuil - cello
James Ilgenfritz - bass
Vasko Dukovski - bass and contrabass clarinets

Hello Blackout Rehearsal Recording (excerpt 2)

Excerpts from ANM032, From null lands led, starrily. https://bhobrainey.com/store/45

Canopy - Of - Catastrophes - Excerpt

Longer - Than - Night - Excerpt

Sinter - Excerpt

This comes from the last of three shows I did with Michael Zerang during his visit in December. Right before we performed, Michael pulled out a small drum and asked if it would be okay if he only played that for our duo piece. I said "Yes." Then, he played it in a certain way. I also played in a certain way. It sounded like this.

I Have this One Drum (Bhob Rainey and Michael Zerang)

Side B of When you talk, you hear from the other side. Composed in collaboration with Jason Lescalleet.

More information at http://bhobrainey.com/music_detail/40/bhob-rainey-and-nancy-bernardo/when-you-talk-you-hear-from-the-other-side

The other side of what (excerpt)

Greg Kelley and Peter Evans performing an impossible excerpt of Axon Ladder (https://bhobrainey.bandcamp.com/track/axon-ladder), originally of computer origin. Virtuosos, demons, comedians.

Axon Ladder (Trumpet Version)

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