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Oh heck do I love the old Brüel & Kjær 1/3 octave fixed L/C band-pass resonator banks such as the type 2112, 2113 and 1615...

Every time I use these units in the studio I find myself bathing in the hauntingly serene sonic aesthetic their inductive resonators produce especially when thrown into a delay or two of them are used in stereo.

In this case a gorgeous type 1615 "Band Pass Filter Set" stepped 1/3rd Octave band pass filter set is simply being fed with a single sustained cluster chord from a Korg Wavestation A/D producing a series of quite haunting harmonically related resonances as the frequency control is moved between the different settings. Each of the 30 precision inductive/capacitive resonator tanks has around 60dB per octave crests resulting in an almost mesmerising natural movement caused by the filter coming in and out of resonance on the edges of its pass band as it responds to the source material. 

First layered with the source material and then hear it on its own driven hard to the point everything starts to saturate :)

Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio, 2023.

1973 Brüel & Kjaer type 1615 in Action - Clustered Resonance..

1st version of Print Through - stereo mix of a 7 channel sound sculpture  at Gisela Capitain Gallerie (June 2023) featuring extracts of the work of Brunhild Ferrari and Cerith Wyn Evans.

Print Through Stereo Mix 3

Katie Shannon & Boosterhooch (2/9/23)

The Pitts (2/9/23)

Richard Chater (2/9/23)

Charlie McCann (3/9/23)

Recording of Optimo's All Night Long Set at Club Zukunft in March 2023.

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Optimo at Club Zukunft - 25.03.2023 - Part 1

Optimo at Club Zukunft - 25.03.2023 - Part 2

Part of Radiophrenia Experimental Radio Art Festival broadcasting live from the CCA on 87.9FM between the 13th - 19th April, 2015.

Cornucopia

The great western road is a collaborative sound/photo work by Luke Fowler and Richard McMaster. Starting at sunrise on Saturday 9th September 2017 Fowler and McMaster walked the length of one of Glasgow’s oldest and longest Roman roads; Great Western Road (GWR). Beginning at St. George’s X they made timed 1minute recordings, every 7minutes, until they reached a point (near Old Kilpatrick) where it became too dangerous to continue on foot. Using identical location mixers and the same Mid-Side microphone configurations – Richard walked and recorded on one side of the road whilst Luke recorded on the other. They both recorded as prompted and by the agreed fixed structure – with no plan or anticipation of capturing any specific sound events besides the road itself. The two discreet, yet synchronised recordings are then brought together in the editing process and panned hard left and right to create a wide stereo image of the road’s soundscape on that day. The Great Western Road documents the city slowly awakening and traverses a cross-section of neighbourhoods and terrains from St. George’s X and Kelvinbridge to Anniesland and Duntocher. It crosses the River Kelvin and passes alongside the Botanical Gardens and Gartnavel Hospital before reaching the A82 motorway. The Great Western Road is a major route for commercial traffic and also the means for the city’s inhabitants to escape on daytrips to Loch Lomond and beyond.

Luke Fowler & Richard McMaster - The Great Western Road

filmmaker, artist and musician based in Glasgow