One.

Or zero.

Or maybe both. Who knows?

Qubit

Transitions, transitions, and more transitions.

Inner State

There is NOTHING better than a good 2 dollar app. IOS musicians, get Fractal Bits immediately, before the developer realizes they should have been charging a lot more!

Huge sonic variety, simple interface with near zero latency, and best of all, EXTREMELY PLAYABLE!

Two Bit Town

Imagine this:  You fork your way through the busy streets of downtown Miami and Brickell, fighting traffic and bad drivers who think traffic signs are purely ornamental.  Swerving to avoid business professionals entrenched on their phones and homeless people seeking a still-smoldering discarded cigarette butt on the street, and buff boys & girls getting their afternoon run on... Your blood pressure is rising and frustration is starting to take hold.  You need a reprieve.  You make a turn towards Key Biscayne and greet the expensive toll booth, pay your dues, the gate opens and you are transported through a Wormhole to a distant paradise... 

This is what the road to the non-believer's heaven must be like!

Source: Allen F -  Miami, FL

Rickenbacker Causeway / Silent Cove

Vanishing Point (Two Bit Remix)

http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/telepathic-critterdrug

Snee

If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb

Umeme Ngoma

Connoisseur of Experiences

Art credit: http://society6.com/MichaelPaukner/Total-Ellipse-of-the-Heart_Print#1=45

Total Ellipse of the Heart

TC-11 has been out for almost 10 years now and there's still nothing else remotely like it.

Mindfarer

Thought Orchard

The calliope was originally intended to replace bells at churches, but it found its way onto riverboats during the paddlewheel era. While only a small number of working steamboats still exist, each has a steam calliope. These boats include the Delta Queen and President. Their calliopes are played regularly on river excursions. The Thomas J. Nichol calliopes featured rolled sheet copper (as used in roofing) for the resonant tube (the bell) of the whistle, lending a sweeter tone than cast bronze or brass, which were the usual materials for steam whistles of the day. Many surviving calliopes were built by Thomas J. Nichol, Cincinnati, Ohio, who built calliopes from 1890 until 1932. David Morecraft pioneered a resurgence in the building of authentic steam calliopes of the Thomas J. Nichol style beginning in 1985 in Peru, Indiana. He is still in business today—the last commercial authentic steam calliope builder in the world. These calliopes are featured in Peru's annual Circus City Parade.

Calliope Horse

Ever wonder why no one talks about the hole in the ozone layer anymore? It's because it's healing itself, not because the danger was a "hoax", but because world governments actually listened to scientists and did something about it.

Ozone

Raw Umber

Shredded Cheddar

Geologic events as recounted by a small rock located in what we now call "Cleveland". We shall call him "Charlie".

Charlie's Diary

Fractured Fairy Tale

Sproing.

In folklore and parapsychology, a poltergeist (German for "noisy ghost") is a type of ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed. Most accounts of poltergeists describe movement or levitation of objects, such as furniture and cutlery, or noises such as knocking on doors. Poltergeists are purportedly capable of pinching, biting, hitting and tripping people.

The word poltergeist came from the German language words poltern ("to make sound" and "to rumble") and Geist ("ghost" and "spirit"), and the term itself translates as "noisy ghost", "rumble-ghost" or a "loud spirit"

Poltergeist Promenade

When the "patient" exceeded the very small knowledge base, DOCTOR might provide a generic response, for example, responding to "My head hurts" with "Why do you say your head hurts?" The response to "My mother hates me" would be "Who else in your family hates you?" 

Here comes Eliza

If this is the weirdest thing you've ever heard made with GeoShred then I'm happy to say I've done my job.

D.B.

Far too much dancing and not nearly enough prancing.

Dancing About Architecture

"A solo in synchronized swimming is doing the act of synchronized swimming-verticals, thrusts, jumps, eggbeater, ect., just by herself. As a solo, the synchronized swimming she is doing is more suited to the music however-synchronizing with the emotion of the music and combining that emotion with physical labor. I personally know many amazing swimmers who are terrible soloists, and I know many amazing soloists less talented in a team or duet. In a solo there is no one to hide behind, and arguably, solo's are much harder than other events." - A devoted solo synchronized swimmer 

Solo Synchronized Swimming

Stump Speech

"Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we ﬁnd it fascinating." - John Cage

( Warning - The opening section is a bit harsh on cheap computer speakers )

Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing

Rework of Blind Willie by Sonny Sharrock for black history month, 2013.

Blind Willie

Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Earth.

Elemental P

Archaeologists now believe that the Bent Pyramid represents a transitional form between step-sided and smooth-sided pyramids. It has been suggested that due to the steepness of the original angle of inclination the structure may have begun to show signs of instability during construction, forcing the builders to adopt a shallower angle to avert the structure's collapse.

Made with Yellofier - an amazing new glitcherator app. Grab it while it's free! Thanks to Mike Dayton ( http://soundcloud.com/mike-88 ) for the suggestion.

Sneferu's Bent Pyramid

Extended dance remix. Check out the full song here:

https://www.flowcode.com/page/drewlouisblocked

Drew Louis - Blocked (Cadenza)

The good folks at Vaatican Records have published another release of mine, "Persimmon Trees and Comic Books". Check it out here: http://gestrococlub.org/SCOXROX2.htm

"Stump Speech" is still available as well: http://gestrococlub.org/SCOXROX1.htm

I was recently featured on the Studio d'essai program on Brisbane's Global Digital radio broadcast: https://studio-dessai.github.io/2017/11/02/sdecv/

I was thrilled to be invited by S♨ciété Cantine to participate in an international collaboration with some of the finest experimental musicians on Soundcloud: 
https://soundcloud.com/societecantine/theyve-found-a-flying-saucer-in-my-stomach-an-international-exquisite-corpse

Be sure to check out "Star Stuff",  an hour long mix of my more quiet and contemplative tidbits culled from years of messing about with bits.

I have some older sets on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/scoxrox/ The first one, "Bumper of Life" is particularly special to me.

Steve Cox is a Hudson, Ohio based information technology professional who has been obsessed with music for his entire life. Though he quit formal music education in the 6th grade, he began banging on pianos and recording crude tracks using 2 Panasonic portable cassette recorders and overdubbing in the early 80s. In the 90's, he recorded a bunch of original MIDI compositions consisting of sequenced loops and live improvisations. The album, called "Steve Cox Vol. 1", is so legendary and underground that it cannot be found anywhere. Steve himself probably doesn't even know where it is. Starting in 2009, it became apparent to Steve that people were charging pennies for iOS Apps that provided more power and functionality than thousands of dollars in electronic gear did only a few years ago. A new creative burst ensued, and Steve reinvented himself as an iOS musician.

Steve calls himself a "recovering jazz snob". Indeed, until the mid 2000s, you probably couldn't talk to him about music unless you knew who Don Pullen or Phineas Newborn, Jr. were. A few years ago he discovered the music of Steven Ellison (aka Flying Lotus), and came to an epiphany that good music had in fact been made after 1972, lots of it even.

Steve cites the following influences:


Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Harry Belafonte, Charles Mingus, Wendy Carlos, Joni Mitchell, Joe Zawinul, The Eagles, Henry Threadgill, Peter Brötzmann, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Ken Vandermark, Prince, Miles Davis, Don Pullen, John Zorn, Paulo Moura, Pixinguinha, Pachora, Marc Ribot, The Boredoms, Yes, Otomo Yoshihide, Merzbow, The Beach Boys, Liberation Music Orchestra, Orchestra Baobab, Aether (aka Diego Chavez), Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Cage, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Flying Lotus, Flying Luttenbachers, Public Enemy, Ametsub, Pat Metheny Group, Daedelus, Olivier Messiaen, Steve Reich, Sigur Rós, Hermeto Pascoal, DJ Shadow, Yamantaka Eye, Autechre, Sergio Mendes, Burial, Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, Galt MacDermot, J Dilla, Lester Bowie, Beirut, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Arvo Pärt, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki, Herbie Hancock, Bill Frisell, Himuro Yoshiteru, Art Tatum, Hudson Mohawke, Last Exit, Marco Benevento, Pere Ubu, Nosaj Thing, Prefuse 73, Rovo, Sonic Youth, Zs, Jim O'Rourke, Gang Gang Dance, Tim Berne, Madlib, Four Tet, Dimlite, Count Basie, OOIOO, Muhal Richard Abrams, Weather Report, Derek Bailey, Merle Haggard, Edgard Varèse, Sidney Bechet, Steve Lacy, Sun Ra, Jim Brickman, Buckethead, and Parliament

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