Composer, musician, and producer James George Thirlwell has been known as JG Thirlwell, Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and most famously, Foetus and its many incarnations. Lately he has been doing quite a bit of scoring for television, with Archer and The Venture Bros. among his credits. I dropped in at his Brooklyn loft a while back to learn more. Enjoy!

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Episode 71: JG Thirlwell

A reworked version of one of the tracks used in the soundtrack to Surface Area Dance Theatre's production, 'Auricular'.

Auricular was performed in April 2017 at CCA, Glasgow (16 April), Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed (22 April)and at Turner Contemporary, Margate (29 April),

http://www.surfacearea.org.uk/auricular/

GB 2 Re/r/ed

From "four ways of saying h3o" 1999: Hushush, HSH01 (CD)

"Surrealist atmospheres, crepuscular metallic textures and disquieting whispers compose a picture of eerie colors that seem to suggest the image of the world after the Apocalypse..." (Amazing Sounds)

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Home Again (demo version)

I first interviewed producer, musician, and engineer Steve Fisk for Tape Op issue #3 in 1996. Steve has made a name for himself, recording iconic tracks for groups like Beat Happening, Nirvana, The Screaming Trees, Low, and Car Seat Headrest. He's also been a prolific solo musician and member of the fine groups, Pell Mell and Pigeonhed. I met up with Steve as he prepared to move from Seattle to Tacoma. Enjoy!

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Episode 39: Steve Fisk

Vocals/Piano/Production/Bird Field Recording/Songwriting: Emily Prime
Additional Production:Jesse Bielenberg and Mike Haldeman
Guitar/Electronics/Clarinet: Mike Haldeman (The Chamber of Commerce) 
Granular Synth/Synth Bass/Electronics: Jesse Bielenberg (The Chamber of Commerce)
Cello: Emily Hope Price     Cello Arrangement: EHP and Emily Prime
Piano engineer: Ronnie DiSimone (Studio G)  
Vocal Engineer, additional editing, & Mix:  Aaron Bastinelli (Fun Sound Studio)
Additional editing: Lane Banning (Moon Recording)
Mastered by Michelle Mancini (Demifugue Mastering)
Original Artwork: ENNAROVA
Art Editing: Elena Hartley

Serotonin

Words Lose Me (demo version)

If I Fall (demo version)

Melody (demo version)

Turn It On Me (demo version)

Having fun testing out Adrian Utley's 1973 Korg 700 and 1974 Hammond AutoVari 64 running in sync under MIDI control following custom MIDI retrofits here in the workshop to sync/clock the Hammond and gate the 700.

Sequence & Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio.

1973 KORG 700 & 1974 Hammond AutoVari 64: In Sync (MIDI Retrofits)

Scott Gibbons​​ has been composing music for more than 30 years, with a two-fold exploration into the possibilities of natural acoustic sound on the one hand, and those of audio technology on the other. Although he is a seminal and influential composer of Dark Ambient and micromusic, his work is not so easily pigeonholed. His compositions demonstrate an acute balance between delicacy and physicality, often focusing around frequencies that are at the outermost limits of human hearing, and embracing quietness as a central element. A series of early releases on the Sub Rosa label - based only on singular natural sound sources such as stones and air - has received praise from all over the world and provided inspiration for many "single-source" artists in their wake. He has created many unique electronic instruments for use on stage and has earned a strong reputation for his live performances. In fact his first live album - 1999's Field Notes - was one of All-Music Guide's "Best Albums of the Year" across all music genres. Gibbons has also created many works for large-scale spectacle with Groupe F to accompany fireworks which utilize the sound of pyrotechnics as part of the musical arrangement.

In addition to collaborating with Early Music ensembles including the Hilliard Ensemble and the Roberto Gini Ensemble, Gibbons has also worked wth Contemporary artists such as Dead Voices On Air, Not Breathing, and the Flying Luttenbachers. He has released more than 30 albums with various groups and solo, including seminal electro-acoustic works by Lilith: Stone (Sub Rosa: '92) and Redwing (Sub Rosa: '94) ; music created entirely from sounds recorded at the molecular level for the performance Unheard ('13) with Romeo Castellucci; a suite created from the writings of a goat entitled The Cryonic Chants (KML Recordings: '08) with Chiara Guidi ; forward-looking synthetic pop by Strawberry: Strawberry (Taigkyo: '02) ; critically acclaimed electronica by Orbitronik: My Computer My Stereo (Thousand: '99) ; and, with Golan Levin & Gregory Shakar: Dialtones / a Telesymphony (Staalplaat: '02), a performance for more than 200 cell phones. He has increasingly sought to intertwine music with other disciplines, and to collaborate with artists from diverse fields. He has created music and sonic events for the award-winning theatre productions of Romeo Castellucci and Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio (Genesi: From the Museum of Sleep, Tragedia Endogonidia, Inferno); Flame Tornado ('05) with Kevin Binkert of Survival Research Labs; music for the 120th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower which incorporated sounds of the tower itself, and a string of commissions for the Palace of Versailles with pyrotechnic company Groupe F; and Subterranean Sky ('01) with sculptor george deMerle. His compositions frequently appear in international loci such as the Swiss National Exposition (Switzerland), the ARS Electronica Festival (Austria) and the Louvre (France).

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Scott Gibbons

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