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contains some samples from Alain Resnais' film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063152/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">Je T'aime, Je T'aime</a>.
all percussion elements are (under)water recordings.

bleu

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error, inc.

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Delia Derbyshire is an english musician and composer, part of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a music/sound effects unit for the BBC back in 1958. the sounds of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, including Delia's output is mostly based around tape manipulation techniques and musique concrète - recording everyday sounds, household objects and editing them into music, by shortening, cutting, stretching, reversing sounds etc... (they also used a lot of oscillators)
Delia is probably best known for the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPJ6GMXM3E">original theme of Doctor Who</a> (composed by Ron Grainer, but the story goes that upon hearing Delia's electronic version, he asked "Did I really write this?", to which Delia replied "Most of it")or even her song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ6eOQsFvxg">Air</a>. obviously I am fascinated with her works and those of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. it was at a time where the imagination of musicians or, more precisely in this case, electronic musicians was beyond the technology available at the time, unlike now. after the BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed, Delia made a record in a band called White Noise, along David Vorhaus, a classical bass player; and Brian Hodgson, also from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. they released one album - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__-lpvXfI6E">An Electric Storm</a> - that i've been playing on repeat lately. not only is Delia's work innovative, absolutely ahead of it's time, showing the possibilities and potential of electronic music even at it's earliest stage, but it has a particular charm and sensitivity, resonating her own world she built with sound. 

this song is based around two short songs from her
oranges and lemons
&
fresh aire
and, except for part of the beat, everything else is also sampled from other of her works (cookies for anyone who can guess one)
also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDX_CS3NsTk">this</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-MCEK8G5Tw">this</a>

delia

music + sounds all from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040725/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">the red shoes</a>

red shoes

"O Friend,
You may experience ego-transcendence,
Departure from your old self.
But you are not the only one.
It comes to all at some time.
You are fortunate to have this gratuitously given rebirth experience.
Do not cling in fondness and weakness to your old self."

ego death

a little bit about this man

there’s something about Buster Keaton that just goes beyond slapstick humor or silent movies. there’s the obvious physical humor taken to it’s extreme, all the stunts in Buster’s films being performed by himself (he would even be the stunt double for many of the other actors), since there was very little technology and no special effects at the time. it’s still extremely impressive and almost hard to believe when you see the stunts. but there are other sides to Buster Keaton’s films that get me even more. a more well known one is the sweet melancholy so often found in his films (reinforced by his signature stoneface), but more personally i’ve always been fascinated by the dream quality that some of the films, and in particular, specific scenes have (some of them could almost be classified as surrealist), one classic example being the movie theater scene in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwL1y1uITwg">Sherlock Jr.</a> another aspect, that is much much harder for me to explain, is the “twisted universe” that the films take place in. everything is written and happens for comedy, but if you put the comedy aside, it’s almost looks like something out of a Kafka novel, Buster just can’t get anything right, has no luck in basically anything he does or tries, awkwardness and humiliation are ever present, a lot of the characters are awful/mean to him for absolutely no reason, nobody gets spared from the mayhems that happen, all these awful things happen because… comedy. and yet some of the situations portrayed have a shocking familiar effect on me, as though i’ve lived similar moments, and/or shared the same feelings. i can’t say this happens for other movies, and yet we’re talking about films from the 20’s/30’s here. 
(i also love how no one represents “fuck the police” more than Buster Keaton. never seen so many cops chase after one man, it almost makes GTA look soft)

the story of the man himself is, of course, fascinating also, but i think wikipedia, imdb or any documentary will do a better job at this than me, such as this <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/buster_keaton_rides_again">one</a> (about the making of a wonderful little <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/railrodder/">travelogue short</a> for the National Film Board Of Canada). the part that mostly gets me, is how you can build your own empire, and a production company where you have full creative control over the masterpieces you are creating, and lose everything you had in a few years by signing with a studio, where you have no creative input, to the point where it turns you into an alcoholic. 

anyway, back to the song. since Buster Keaton’s films are silent, and most of the time the soundtracks are somewhat obnoxious (i usually like to add a personalized soundtrack when watching them), it didn’t involve samples like most of the songs on my forthcoming album (hopefully done by the end of next month), and relies entirely on composition. 2 chords, a repetitive piano loop, that goes slightly out of hand and all over the place from being altered, cut, stretched, filtered… with rhodes lines that stabilize the pace a little, and bring out a more emotional side. nothing else used. 

now go watch <a href="https://archive.org/details/The_General_Buster_Keaton">The General</a> or something. 

buster keaton

contains some samples from Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel

A.K.

an ode to ryoji ikeda

only contains sounds made from raw data

data

original by fuck buttons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPukZ0IDkAo

red wing

except for rhodes and kick drum, everything from Sans Soleil 

a film directed by 
Chris Marker

sans soleil

vocal sample, strings and sounds from Persona 

a film directed by 
Ingmar Bergman

"don't you think I understand?
the hopeless dream of being.
not seeming, but being.
In every waking moment
aware, alert.
the tug of war 
what you are with others 
and who you really are.
a feeling of vertigo
and a constant hunger
to be finally exposed.
to be seen through,
cut down...
even obliterated.
every tone of voice a lie.
every gesture false.
every smile a grimace.
commit suicide?
too nasty
you don't do things like that
but you can refuse to move
and be silent.
then, at least,
you're not lying.
you can shut yourself in,
shut out the world.
then you don't
have to play any roles,
show any faces,
make false gestures.
so you'd think
but reality is diabolical
your hiding-place
isn't watertight enough
life oozes in from every side"


persona

vocal samples from 8½ 

a film directed by Federico Fellini

asa nisi masa

maya • music from the very eye of the night and meshes of the afternoon 
both films are directed by maya deren 
music in both is composed by teiji ito

maya

music from a video game called b.c kid 2

here's a story

one day, out of nowhere, i was suddenly struck with vague memories of a video game i used to play a lot, with my brother, when i was about 8 years old. i could only remember it was a platform game, where your character was this bald little figure, that you could climb walls by chewing them, that you had superpowers from eating "pork roasts" and other small details. i did some research, and stumbled upon a game called "Bonk's Adventure", and although all the details i remembered fitted the game, it didn't feel quite right, like that wasn't the exact game. so i talked about this to my brother, who returned with the actual game - it's the sequel, "Bonk's Revenge", or, as we had known it, "B.C Kid 2".
i got the game and from the first image, a kid standing on the moon, watching earth being torn in two, it was like time travel, just a flow of vivid memories from back when I would play this game. every detail in it, the sounds, the textures, the music, the levels... everything sent chills down my body. i had forgotten all about this game, it's only 12 years later, that by randomly thinking about it, I suddenly got to experience rediscovering something that had impacted me so much, after forgetting all about it. 
i just had to make a song from this game.


about 8

with vocals by https://soundcloud.com/julsy

sorry.jpg (with Julsy)

jean • main melody from zéro de conduite, except for rhodes, all other sounds from l'atalante 
both films are directed by jean vigo 
zéro de conduite music composed by maurice jaubert 

jean

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take care

this is a cover of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV6LPx1ezYs">Daniel Johnston</a>.

this is not my first song based around Daniel Johnston - https://soundcloud.com/johnny_ripper/daniel . Although this one is a cover, it still samples a lot of sounds from his early cassettes. The beat for example, is only made from sounds from his songs.

lyrics:
Your picture is still on my wall, on my wall 
The colors are bright, bright as ever 
Red is strong and blue is pure 
Some things last a long time 
Some things last a long time 

Your picture is still on my wall, on my wall 
I think about you often, often 
I won't forget all the things we did 
Some things last a long time 
Some things last a long time 

It's funny, but it's true 
And it's true, but it's not funny 
Time comes and goes 
All of the while, I still think about you 
Some things last a long time 

Your picture is still on my wall, on my wall 
The colors are bright, bright as ever 
the things we did i can´t forget
Some things last a lifetime
Some things last a lifetime
Some things last a lifetime

some things last a long time

based around <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7MN7kJ0uy0">a song</a> from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055852/?ref_=sr_1">Cléo de 5 à 7</a>, originally performed by Corinne Marchand.

paroles:
Toutes portes ouvertes
En plein courant d'air
Je suis une maison vide
Sans toi, sans toi

Comme une île déserte
Que recouvre la mer
Mes plages se dévident
Sans toi, sans toi

Belle en pure perte
Nue au cœur de l'hiver
Je suis un corps avide
Sans toi, sans toi

Vivre
Sans toi

Rongée par le cafard
Morte au cercueil de verre
Je me couvre de rides
Sans toi, sans toi

Seule, laide et livide
Sans toi, sans toi
Sans toi

sans toi

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formally known as johnny_ripper

editor
outsider
self-taught
shapeshifter

a paradox
in negative space
living non-linear
since 199X

expire-mental / diy-ing
www.everydayago.cloud

"everyday is the song" • 
on https://soundcloud.com/constellation-records
https://cstrecords.com/products/cst173-joni-void-everyday-is-the-song
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