Dis Un Il Im Ir

Do You Need, Do To Me, 18 Me, 18 Mean

Guitar and custom software

All sounds are from two computer-controlled flutes.

Percussion+Guitar, for two computer-controlled flutes

Prevoicing (2016) for voice, bell and electronics -- or more specifically a live performance for real voice, real service bell, fake organ, and fake drums.
Bryan Jacobs - voice

Prevoicing

An excerpt of Madison Greenstone and Bryan Jacobs playing two hybrid human/mechanically controlled clarinets.

Clarient Duo (excerpt 1)

The title track from Evan Parker's amazing 1988 solo saxophone recording PLUS six performers manipulating twelve mechanically controlled pecussion beaters across an array of table-top instruments. This is part of a larger project that attempts to find new ways of interacting with recordings, especially improvisations. 

Thank you Evan Parker for the use of this track!

The Snake Decides with Mechanical Percussion

2011 structured improvisation for piano and electronics performed by Dave Broome.

Piano+Electronics(2011)

Madison and Bryan each playing clarinets that have some fingerings controlled by a computer. They start slow and get fast.

Madison Greenstone and Bryan Jacobs, Mechanical Clarinets

This a recording of a piece I recently performed on two shows in Arizona. The instrumentation is two computer-controlled flutes. Each is processed through two constantly rotating pitch shifted tracks organized in parallel creating a composite effect of six instruments.

Here is a video that shows the instruments and setup: https://youtu.be/gGl2B0zxB0g

Percussion+Guitar+Percussion+Guitar(2019)

All audio in this track is from 12 slide whistles played by 12 small electric blowers. The blowers are programmed to carefully oscillate at a flow rate close to that at which the whistles overblows. These sounds are pretty quiet in real life even though they sometimes sound intense.

No electronics were added and I made minimal adjustments to the original sounds, mostly moving things around a bit.

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