Just a short test for BugBrand Binary Division. The oscillator provides clock and generates sound on the weak beats. The main oscillator produces strong beats and triggers filter rings.

Binary Division Test

This is an old piece, a kind of a proof of concept piece but it has an interesting story behind it. One of my equipment, the Yamaha FS1R sound module, which is a formant/FM synth, has its synthesis diagram fit neatly into a hierarchical structure that can be related to language and Thai music. I could not help but be interested in the possibility of integrating the three together. So I converted a passage from a short story by J.G. Ballard to a code written to represent the hierarchy of the synth, the English language, and Thai music. The code controls every aspect of the FM engine, down to the operator level. I had to eliminate the formant part as it is too overwhelming. It took me quite a while to finish translating. But I got the sound I would not have thought of otherwise, so I am happy.

At Dusk

I Cross A Very Large Distance was written for the Thailand International Composition Festival 2011, hosted by Payap University.   For video, please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXFpoCZFhM

Credits: 
Brett Estin - runner 
Prinda Setabundhu - visual 
Jiradej Setabundhu - sound

For video, please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXFpoCZFhM

I Cross a Very Large Distance

Fire was commissioned by the Nation Multimedia Group for the Concert for the Green Global Village. The piece is based on a sound synthesis concept called granular synthesis, where sound is spliced into small grains which in turn are recombined to create clouds of new timbre. A performance by saxophonist Shyen Lee was recorded and cut up into small bits. These grains are controlled in realtime by the algorithm coded in Actionscript and has a general tendency of moving from the first stage to the last. This however is offset by the controlled probability that at times reverts the direction. The score, a translation into graphic symbols of selected passages from Mark Z. Danielewski's experimental novel "House of Leaves", is likewise controlled at runtime by the script and is dependent on which grains are selected. A performer can either resist or support the progression of the piece by tapping various keys on a computer keyboard, an analogy to adding combustibles or water to the fire.

Fire

A piece for prerecorded sound, electronics, and light. Spoken words from "Sailing to Byzantium" by Yeats and selected stanzas from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge. The piece is in fact inspired by Robert Silverberg's novella of the same name. Our special thanks to Bennett Lerner for the "realization" of the poems. Also thanks to Apple U-Store @ Rangsit University for the "light loan" for the premiere at Thailand International Composition Festival 2016.

Sound: Jiradej Setabundhu
Visual: Prinda Setabundhu
Gear: Bugbrand modular, Crowphonics CRO-1, Electribe E2S

Sailing to Byzantium

Dancing Queen was written for the Thailand International Composition Festival 2009, hosted by Silpakorn University. This algorithmic composition uses ActionScript to control sound, silence and choreography of the "dancer". For visual, please visit http://vimeo.com/26900462

Dancing Queen

Thai composer who loves noise as much as the Beatles.

Jiradej

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