non elitist experimental

"Nous n’avions pas encore trouvé la courbure de l’espace nécessaire pour atteindre le centre original du monde mais nous avions entendu le début de l’ascension et avions rejoint les siffleuses déjà en route. Elles avaient semé de la grêle pour qu’on puisse les suivre secrètement."

Pièce diffusée dans le cadre de Viberation#1, série de concerts au casque dans l'espace urbain à Marseille, diffusée sur la webradio P-Node.
Juin 2021

Les Siffleuses

taped again

Project Looking Glass - Time's Decay Of Happiness An Pain

Times Decay Of Happiness An Pain

doot doot song.m4a

fixing the anthropogenic bug in marx

This land was made for us and them (non-human persons).

spider web sonification

time ov thee hyperobject

‘Sounds of the Modern Hospital' - Volume 1 in the Sonograph Sound Effects Series - is a long-playing sound effects record in a limited edition of 250 copies. The record was produced by Mark Vernon during a two year period as digital artist in residence at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Scotland.

The sounds featured on the LP were recorded in several different hospital departments including: Anaesthesiology, the Clinical Simulation Centre, Health Records, Outpatients reception, the Laboratories, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, the Mail Room, the Neonatal Unit, Pharmacy and the Renal Unit. In addition to Forth Valley Royal, recordings were also made in Stirling and Falkirk Community Hospitals. Thanks to all staff and patients in NHS Forth Valley Hospitals for their help and co-operation.

All recordings by Mark Vernon 2011 – 2013. Sleeve design by Marc Baines. Label artwork by Keppie Design.

This project was supported by Creative Scotland and NHS Forth Valley.

Available to buy here: https://markvernon.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-of-the-modern-hospital

Track listing:

Side A
1		Full Blood Count Analyzer 	
2		Automated Instrument Rinse System 	
3		MRI Scanner 	
4		Anaesthetic Machine 	
5		METI Human Patient Simulator 	
6		SimMan Essential Mannequin 	
7		Cardiac Monitor 	
8		Lee Silverman Voice Treatment 	
9		Haemoglobin A1C Analyzer 	 
10		Anaesthetic Machine 	
11		Infusion Pump (Alaris Plus) 	
12		Heater Fan 	
13		Phacoemulsifier 	
14		Robotic Pharmacy 	
15		CT Scanner 	
16		Pharmacy Label Printer 
17		Dialysis Machine 	
18 		Draeger Oxylog 3000 Plus

Side B 	
19		METI Human Patient Simulator 	
20		Orthopantomograph OP 2000 	
21		Helium Cooler for MRI Scanner 	
22		Coagulation Analyzer 	 
23		METI HPS Mannequin 	
24		Ophthalmology 	 
25		Sysmex SP1000i 07) Automated Slide-maker  
26		AGV (Automatic Guided Vehicle) 
27		Ultrasound Scanner 	
28		Operating Theatre 	
29		Beckman Coulter Access 2 Analyzer 	
30		Geiger Counter (Berthold LB124) 
31		Automated Mailroom (OPEX Mail Matrix) 	
32		Wall Mounted Suction Unit 	
33		Dialysis Machine

Sounds of the Modern Hospital LP (Side A)

Noooise Yeti release 002, a square, transparent, lathe cut record + Mini CDr. 3 tracks of hypnotic noise with a tiny bit of ambient touch here and there. 

GX Jupitter-Larsen - "Pump-Powered Permawave"

a skipping record player, a squeaky old fan and shortwave generated radio frequency sweeps.

squeaky old fan

free form shortwave radio composition created using RF sweeps/noise, dialogue. The first half of this composition is a live radio feed, both very slow and rapid dial sweeps utilized to manipulate tone contrast, feedback and noise, during the 2nd half the initial track is looped then accompanied by a fuzzy rhythmic radio loop and other sounds I generated around my home (a singing tea kettle solo from my kitchen, and grackles from the yard)

through the shortwave, part one

All sounds from a Casio SK-1. Vocals were sampled and played back through the SK-1 as well.

Minimal additional effects were used.
A bit of reverb on almost everything. Delay on the whispered vocals. Chorus on the "brass ensemble."

To free myself from the limitations of the stock rhythms, I sampled and resequenced all of the rhythm sounds (i.e. "kick," "snare," etc.).

The goal was to only use the SK-1, and to refrain from modifying the original character of the keyboard with excessive effects.

Zombies Revolt

Sound Matters enough to steal.

For Hal McGee's shortwave project - no added sounds

Shortwave shimmy

4 of 27 Minutes

recordings of computers singing "daisy bell" ala HAL 9000 improvised alongside. casio sk-5, arp axxe app, databent files, youtube samples.