Project in Progress – Doomsday

Doomsday. The apocalypse. End times. Judgment Day.
Every culture has its own eschatology; its own vision of the end of the world. Doomsday is a compilation project to assemble tracks themed around this cataclysmic concept – noise, dark ambient, abstract sounds that reflect upon, relish in, admonish against or in some way celebrate your vision of eschatology. When the day of reckoning is upon us, let it not be said that we were ill-prepared to provide its soundtrack.

Deadline for submissions is December 31, 2011. For more information about submission guidelines, use the Contact link in the menu to the right.

Eureka!

I’ve got it!

Doomsday. The Apocalypse. End Times. Judgment Day.

I want to put together a doomsday-themed noise compilation. There’s your call to arms, folks. Sonically, it should fit the standard fare of Intelligent Machinery compilations (noise, dark ambient, abstract, etc.), and should somehow be geared to fit the doomsday theme. I’ll let you sort out how.

I wish I had this idea a month ago, then I could impose a deadline in time to release it on December 21 – a year before Mayan End Times™ – but, there’s not enough time for that now.

Sometime this weekend I will whip up the official ad blurb and some cover art. In the meantime: let’s make some noise.

Field Recordings

So, yesterday I had better luck uploading than I had originally predicted. As a result, the initial offerings of field recordings are now available. I decided not to go with a fancy name, like I have for all the other “products” available in the Sound Design Tools section. Instead, I opted for the boring, yet pointed, nomen “Field Recordings”.

http://www.intelligentmachinery.net/?page_id=1409

Feel free to use and abuse. Now, get out there and make some noise.

The fainting feint

I can no longer deny the obvious: I am a giant nerd. This has become an inescapable conclusion since yesterday I began my Harry Potter movie marathon*. Going back and watching the first three movies, I have to say that I do find Michael Gambon to be a better Dumbledore than Richard Harris. I didn’t want to admit it, but it is true.

A few quick notes of projects on the horizon, should this nonsense of being unemployed and potentially homeless resolve itself in a timely manner. First, it is with great pleasure that I announce the unofficial resumption of the Nests of Disorder project. Joseph and I are kicking around some sounds and have, at least momentarily, hit upon the same magic we discovered the first time around. With any luck, the magic will persist, and hopefully I will end up in a place where I can spread my wings a bit and have the room to set up what little gear I have left, so that I can really get back into the swing of noise-making.

The other endeavor currently occupying my time is an expansion of the Sound Design Tools area of the Projects section of the site. I am in the process of uploading six years worth of field recordings. Some of these will be mirrored in SIGHUP’s fantastic Sounds Found project, and some of them are from my personal stash, as-of-yet not shared with the plebs truculenta. I’m not the FLAC fanatic that SIGHUP is, so I will be offering the files in WAV and MP3 format (I hate downloading something that I have to then convert to a usable format). It’s close to 2GB of recordings, so it might be a few days before everything is uploaded and the page is available. I’ll report back when all is available.

In the meantime, caveat emptor, motherfuckers.

* Oh, who am I kidding? I’ve been a giant nerd for as long as I care to remember. This is not even the nerdiest thing I’ve done in the last seven days.

Dead Voices; White Noise released

Head on over to Just Not Normal to check out and download Dead Voices; White Noise, the latest compilation release from your friends here at Intelligent Machinery. It turned out to be a smaller project than I had hoped, but the finished product is fantastic, nonetheless.

Head over, download a free copy and give it a spin. I’m also accepting ideas for the next project. It will be a more long-term project, for a number of reasons, so the concept can be as extravagant or outrageous as possible.

Also, be sure to give your thanks to Mark for his tireless efforts in releasing and promoting these compilations through his netlabel and its related resources. Cheers, Mark!