Spatial Frontiers

From February to October, 2015 Control Voltage Therapy (CVT)presented six concerts in quadraphonic performance at the Schneider Museum of Art on the campus of Southern Oregon University.  
CVT is Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard performing on BEMI Music Easels.
Also featured on various dates were, Michael Vannice and Eden Mononym.

interesting tones 2

a collection of tracks from Control Voltage Therapy's concert series: Quadraphonic: Space as Metaphor.  
http://toddbarton.com/2014/11/quadraphonic-featuring-jason-loeffler-december-5/

Quadraphonic-Space as Metaphor

Every day is a new discovery on the Buchla Music Easel.  This time a little retro electronica.  This was recorded directly from a new BEMI Music Easel.

Tangerine Easel

Live performance at the Schneider Museum of Art at the Southern Oregon University campus.  Todd Barton at the Buchla Music Easel and Buchla Skylab.  Video for this performance at: http://youtu.be/ViHDudMAsMU
A different audio perspective of this piece and others from the concert available here:
https://soundcloud.com/baghead/sets/barton-and-bayard-quadrophonic
Part of the ongoing concert series:
http://toddbarton.com/2014/08/september-5-quadraphonic-performance/

Gestures 10-3-14

a live improvisation for two Buchla Music Easels accompanying a modern dance performance on 11-14-14 choreographed by Ellie Leonhardt with her students at Southern Oregon University.  Easels: Bruce Bayard-Todd Barton.

sweep. pulse.

Here is the set of Buchla Music Easel duet improvisations.  The first piece in the performance was a for solo waterphone and can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/user7621213/in-memoriam-richard-waters

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard performing as the duet, Control Voltage Therapy, begin another concert series at the Schneider Museum of Art. The series continues their exploration of space as a compositional tool, this time, expanding the quadraphonic sound into all four galleries of the Museum.  Besides the Buchla Easel: Electric Music Box, Barton and Bayard will be exploring other acoustic instruments beginning this Friday with the waterphone.

Spatial Frontiers I

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard performing as the duet, Control Voltage Therapy, continue their quadraphonic concert series at the Schneider Museum of Art. This month with special guest Eden Mononym.  Here is a live recording of the April 24, 2015 concert featuring 3 Buchla Music Easels.  
1-Three Easel Improv I
2-Eden Easel solo
3-Three Easel Improv II
4-Todd Sho solo
5-Three Easel Improv III

Spatial Frontiers II

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard performing as the duet, Control Voltage Therapy, continue their quadraphonic concert series at the Schneider Museum of Art. Again this month with special guest Eden Mononym. Here is a live recording of the completely improvised concert of May 22, 2015 concert featuring 3 Buchla Music Easels and a special program card, "Pontillism" by Todd Barton

Spatial Frontiers III

Today's live quadraphonic performance by Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard on Buchla Music Easels and special guest Michael Vannice on Yamaha wind controller and Eurorack modular system.

Spatial Frontiers iv

today's live recording of Control Voltage Therapy's Spatial Frontiers.  Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard: Buchla Music Easels.
I Waterphone solo (barton)
II Easel Solo (bayard)
III Easel Duet
IV Easel solo (barton)
V Shakuhachi solo (barton)
VI Easel Duet

Spatial Frontiers V

The last concert in Control Voltage Therapy's series, Spatial Frontiers featuring Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard on BEMI Music Easels.  Rendered in stereo here but performed at the Schneider Museum of Art in quadraphonic. 

Spatial Fontiers vi

The finished piece from my previous Hordijk Sketch.  Multi-tracked, musique concrete style editing. Headphones highly recommended or studio monitors cranked up.

Hordijk Phantasma

A companion piece to my first Hordijk Phantasma. Headphones or studio monitors recommended.

Hordijk Phantasma ii

This is a demonstration of using the Dual Fader as a panner to produce some nice spatial effects.  No outboard effects just three layered tracks with internal panning via the Dual Fader. Headphones or monitors recommended.

Hordijk DualFader Panning

A completely self-generating patch (no knob touching).  A symbiosis between a Hordijk and Buchla analog modular systems.

Hordijk-Buchla Aleatoric Counterpoint

see the live knob tweaking here: https://youtu.be/LtDNBGmfv-U


Hordijk TwinPeak-Env Play

This is more of a teaching piece than a polished single-pass performance. It is merely better audio of the final piece in my Easel Ambient Palette Patch seen here: https://youtu.be/gWAso1vc7rM

Down The Rabbit Hole

composer, performer, lecturer and analog synthesist who is endlessly fascinated by and exploring sound...

Spatial Frontiers II

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