Having just spent a few days in the wild west of Texas, hiking each day in solitude, watching the mercury hit 120F, and lost in an internal hydrating chant... I felt energized, free, and peace. Upon my return to the horrors of the 24hr news cycle, listening to sociopaths making their case to earn my vote, and of homo-delusional psychopaths shooting up poor innocents... I decided to disappear into soundscapes again. This time meandering about 1948 with some strange shortwave voice dancing along to some Cuban delights.

1948 at Jollyville, Texas

So I've been creating 3 or 4 sequences in Quantum, so wanted to see what I could do with just one four step sequence and moog model model 15 (nothing else other than audio share to capture in audiobus).
This represents Quantum at it's simplest level. I'd even say simpler than MidiSequencer.

Moog M15 is doing all the work here, Quantum just drives the pitch to create a nice pattern.

Main features of the M15 patch are 1) detunes OSC 1,2 & VCO 2) ping pong delay at 100% mix and 80% feedback, timing =258ms to match 30bpm sequence.
3) VCF & Fixed filter used as traditional moog filters 4) envelopes used to define definition to notes and 5) mixer used to blend.

m15 patch here (end state, so open up the mixer master level)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uxyl38lp6u8lgne/CLOCK30BPM.m15p?dl=0

Moog Model 15 "Quantum Clock at 30bpm"

I met Raf Simons years ago at 10 Days Of Techno in Ghent, Belgium. He sat for hours quietly listening to me until the early hours of the morning. Afterwards I found out that he was a huge fan of my Plastikman album ‘Consumed’ and linked by our shared love of music, art and fashion we stayed in contact and developed a great collaborative friendship!
Raf recently celebrated his first collection at the helm of Calvin Klein and not only invited me to perform at the after-party but also to create a special mix for the dinner he was planning as part of the celebration. Knowing that Raf is very open-minded to the outer reaches of cerebral Electronic Music, I felt it was appropriate to create a mix that weaved through some of my favourite Techno tracks that don’t always find their way into my normal four-to-the-floor club sets.

Read the full story via Dazed: http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35301/1/listen-to-the-soundtrack-of-a-raf-simons-dinner

Richie Hawtin – CALVIN KLEIN FW17: Raf Simons Dinner Mix

As Quantum app nears completion....

An experiment in probability+humanise in the new Quantum app.
Two sequences - 1st for Sunrizer, 2nd for Model 15 playing a drone patch I have. Each sequence is only 1 step repeating, but with a 78% probability of playing. 
The 1st sequence is faster - the 2nd 1/8th speed.

Played through Crystaline & recorded in directly to AudioShare in AB2.

This experiment was again a minimalist sequence (can't get much smaller than 1 step!) with a more cinematic feel to it.

I had recorded an even better one earlier using AUM, but M15 kept disconnecting.

%probability in Quantum is per step and can now either skip a step or mute it.
hat you are hearing here is also the humanise to add note variation.

If recording again would probably make M15 notes less varied...

QuantumProbability 15may17

iOS Apps: iMaschine, Synthmaster, Animoog, GeoShred, Bebot, Launchpad
Mac OS Apps: Kontakt, Waves Electric 88
Real Instrument: Electric Guitar
Voice Samples: Non Eric, PJ Tracy, Mark Tinley, Nick Batt, Dave Spiers of the Sonic TALK podcast.

t3kn0 muziQ

Nodal - Owl - One

In parts one through three of The War of Art Mini-Course, Steve and Shawn defined Resistance, its playbook, and the mindset needed to slay it.

In part four, you’ll learn how the Hero’s Journey can help you fight the battle against Resistance.

When Resistance comes calling, we have to tap into our inner Jedi knight or Greek Hero or lost little girl from Kansas. 

On the hero’s journey, we see, we experience, we suffer. We learn. By applying the hero’s journey to our own lives, we fight Resistance just like Luke Skywalker, Odysseus, and Dorothy.

The War of Art Mini Course, Part Four

Granite Rokk - Papilio

Can listening be a creative act? In the third instalment of our Sound Of The Cities series – a sonic exploration of our urban environments and their cultural soundscapes –  Sound Matters podcast immerses itself into the hubbub of the Indian capital, New Delhi. Host Tim Hinman meets the artist, musician, DJ, record label boss, festival organiser and born-and-bred Delhiite, Ish, and speaks about the Delhi art and music scene, and how the noise and hubbub of this ancient city works its way into contemporary culture, and right to the heart of how we listen.

http://www.beoplay.com/soundmatters

19 – Decibels Of New Delhi

A reduced edit of the soundtrack from an audiovisual performance of Otherlands, created with data from climate change and projected onto 4 walls at the 360 Gallery in Krakow.  You can purchase the full extended version of the track here https://nicholascarn.bandcamp.com/
An updated performance and film will be released/for sale at some time in the future. 
You can visit my website at http://www.nicholascarn.art
Please forgive the compression in the sound, this is due to the soundcloud/bandcamp streaming algorithm, but is not in the final mix :)

1948 at Jollyville, Texas

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