Moving to the Ivory Bunker... tune in there for Some Stars not yet Remixes

quickly as it began the interlude at this blog already ends - with all the action continuing at the newly established IVORY BUNKER the new homestead of all of Tomoroh Hidari's projects and collaborations. so please update your bookmarks/feeds and be sure to check by soon, as, starting this Wednesday the long awaited Some Stars not yet Remixs will go online one track a week.

see you at the Ivory Bunker. thanx, th ps: here's the Video to Algol - I AM APE remix again:

A Stasis...... in Five Movements. (aka new hNIL Album out!)

...of sorts is now yours for the taking.

While TV-sound, translations and other fields of dayjob put a certain throttle on this blog's output, there has as there always is, been of course a lot going on behind the scenes. Events whose triggers are already remote by aeons...etc., i guess, or hope, you're here to read the news of present ongoings, so without further adieu*:

The third full lenght album of my side project 'his Namelessness Is Legion' is now out on Mahorka.org. Entitled "A Stasis in Five Movements" it follows its predecessors and delivers immersive soundscapes (for lack of a better word: drones) generated from guitar jams by processing and layering, layering, layering of the processed layers of sound (was that poetic enough?)... a lengthy blurp/mode d'emploi can be read on the release page.

Also like its predecessors the cover artwork was again beautifully done by leska.
mahorka, should you not yet be familiar with them, are a fine weblabel operating out of Bulgaria, where years ago I already had the pleasure of playing very cool gigs in Sofia and to properly 'larodi the larodi'... were it not for the menthe, (menta?... that mental green liquid) i would probably have great memories of these times:). In any case, if you're looking for some fine electronic music, folk, soundart or simply 'music for elevators'**, check out their (freely downloadable backcatalogue!).

* thanks Kelly Bundy
** there's also a forthcoming one which will feature a further Black Star Variation. Stay tuned!

ps: soon - more exciting news waiting to break on both Digital Vomit - the Nonjah Tune Compilation (see post below) is about to be finished/released -
and Record Label Records where (hopefully) in the very near future Some Stars not yet Remixes will come out! pst!;)

Recent Remixes and Some Stars mashed up

Viennese Duo Konea Ra, who released their debut Album "Pray for Sun" this March on Vienna Wildstyle and are thus effectively label-mates of mine, had a while ago invited me to do a remix of the title-track of their first ep and album. A task I tremendously enjoyed, as the track builds around a great Bass-Sax drone inviting deepness of various shapes and sizes to be further extracted from. The remix can be obtained by getting their Ping-Pong EP, which features further remixes by Ken Hayakawa, Dirty Delgado, Dada Inc. and  Weisz & Schenk.
Not really being the praying type myself I present the Agnostic Remix:


get this one via zero-inch, beatport, amazon, the one that starts with i, etc.
or get the album:

A little while after that good friend Lentonja Jackson informed me that Lamb, whose first eponymous album greatly inspired me back in the days, had a remix contest running. And while I've never been overtly active partaking in these sorts of competitions, I could not withstand this time...
... it became a remix "Of equal or sentimental value"


download while stocks last!

If those made you long for more hidari/emixes check out these two releases on laridae.at:

http://laridae.at/releases.php?release=laridae060
http://laridae.at/releases.php?release=laridae059

features: Unforeseen (A remix of Neon Refuse)

features: Lines (Hidari Remix)

on the incoming end: if you wonder how time affects Some Stars, Black Holes and 2x12", have a look/listen at this video on youtube:

Some Stars not yet Black Holes getting bend through various dimensions on 2 decks:



i was surprised what sounds emanated from this myself! good old vinyl! ;) a cool inspiration while I'm working on my new live program "The Big Black Matter Swindle" which will see the dark of existence for the first time tomorrow in Bratislava - see previous post!

live in Bratislava with QUINOLINE YELLO (Skam, UK), Djs zden & drakh (both sk) 26.5.2012

it's been a long time, i shouldn't have left you, without a dope new live set to entertain you with...

that's going to change, at least for a (so far) one off gig next Saturday May 26th 2012 at FUGA in Bratislava.
Main act is Quinoline Yellow (aka Luke Williams aka Tatamax) from the UK who releases on SKAM and UCHELFA and local talent zden and drakh.

flyer:

I highly recommend - whether you are considering to come (yay!) or cannot - to check out Quinoline Yellow's latest offering, which you can get as free dl on his Bandcamp page:http://uchelfa.bandcamp.com/album/free-downloads 

There is a FB page for the Event including all relevant infos:
https://www.facebook.com/events/460361060646062/

People from Vienna considering going are invited to contact me so we can coordinate matters to avoid wasting empty car seats for the sake of public transport fares...


i'm very much looking forward to this and am busy thoroughly revamping my live setup and set , which will (mostly) center around adaptions of recent material (i.e. Some Stars not yet Black Holes RLR and The Black Star Variations laridae).

at the moment there are no further live appearances planned but I'd definitely be up for it... mail: hidari [at] gmx [döt] net for any booking inquiries.

Gesundheit - or how I start(ed) learning the APC...

Recently I finally started out building my own sound devices. I'm very much a novice in electronics, but there's a lot of helpful information on the web (some links will follow in a future post) and a buzzing diy scene, so there's a lot of easy projects to start out with.
My first attempts were/are all based around the 555** chip and the (in)famous Atari Punk Console.
There's even kits out there, so it's not too difficult. Nonetheless I didn't make use of a kit but just got me the parts myself and started out on a breadboard:
Since I don't feel Atari enough to punk it properly, I decided to call my models the "Gesundheit* APC".
Before setting out on my first APC I did a test-circuit on a breadboard and made a quick and dirty (literally, as I used cardboard and pencil) ribbon controller.

The Gesundheit* 2000 and Ave Maria Ribbon Controller in prototype version. here's how it sounds:
I then also fashioned a ribbon controller - very makeshift - with pencil and copper-wire... there's definitely some R&D still awaiting, but you can make cool sounds just from the above.

-- *As I was experimenting my good friend (and the great designer of the Some "Stars not yet Black Holes" cover) DFKT came over for a jam and christened the whole thing "Gesundheit". Since then I'm growing increasingly impatient since I am waiting for a lot of parts I ordered, but as the first few are coming in I started building the first models...
 ** shown on the photos below is, of course, a circuit using a 556 chip - aka two 555ers in one.


Here you can see the progress from testing the assembled board, doing test recording and building a nice box...

and here is how it sounds:
- next time round: the StashVerb69 MK1, The Gesundheit Modular story and more!

(edited 14.05.12 - minor typo corrections, and the thing about the second chip being a 556. ah yeah, and of course the quick and dirty pencilribbon part.)

Beta Bodega Coalition 2K12 touches your mood tits...

Out now on the Schematic Music Label is  Beta Bodega Coalition 2K12, 
a fine compilation featuring Remixes and collaborations from the creme de la creme of contemporary electronica, including a great glitchy remix Romulo del Castillo (aka Takeshi Muto) of Phoenecia made of my track Arcturus. It was released under collaborative credits (thanx!) and bears a most surreal name (Freud and such): 
Takeshi Muto & Tomoroh Hidari - Vienna Mood Tits Touched

CHECK IT OUT:

'Kids 3: Our Dreams Were Made Of…' out now on Digital Vomit/Bit Phalanx

for the 3rd time already Keith Hic has compiled a compilation with music for kids.

Digital Vomit Records & Bit-Phalanx Present:
'Kids 3: Our Dreams Were Made Of…'
DVR089 / B
ITP008DL
01. Hot Roddy - Grange Trek
02. Alien Hand - Bosco Theme
03. Cormerant Inc. - Spooky
04. Solypsis - Spongebob's Briney Disco Mix
05. iivix - Ulysses Fifteen Point Five
06. Jilk - Knightmare
07. Drive - Around And About Like Magic
08. Springslament - The Basement Labs
09. T-toe - Postman Patty Boy
10. Hard Off - Darth Farts
11. Twocsinak & Dj Sarah Wilson - Egoist, Repent! (Hastily Bowdlerised Radio Edit)
12. Gusset vs. The Flumps - Knees Bends
13. Serpico009 - Sam Crenshaw Wonders Why (Today's Special Loopwav)
14. Tomoroh Hidari - Dubster’s Laboratory
15. Hedonist - Dr Snuggles
16. Jash - Witches Brew (feat. Captain Pugwash)
17. Szuumm - Theme from 'The Mr Men Show' (Calpol Overdose Refix)
18. Datarapist - Fourth Dimensional Pocket
19. Meatsock - Children Opposed To Children
20. DJ Danny Kendall Ft MC Bronson - Strange Pill
21. Thane - Smurf Fuck
22. They Inspire Us - Natural Rhythms
23. Peepee (Parentual) - Blunani
24. Twocsinak & DJ Sarah Wilson - Egoist, Repent!
25. Fo4urm - The Born In '82, Too Much Kids TV Can Mash Your Mind (Pure Homage Mix)

the topic was "your favorite Kid's TV Show tunes remixed/reworked", so my choice fell on the theme to Dexter's Laboratory (even though quite the grown-up kid at the time I first saw the show)...

nonetheless, you can get the compilation here: http://www.digitalvomit.com/dvr089 or via www.bit-phalanx.com

get vol. 2 here:  Various - Everybody Loops (DVR019 MP3)
get vol. 1 here: Various - Guide To Successful Party Training (DVR015 CDr/MP3)

and since you are at the threshold of the digital vomit universe:
here's my (free) "and Music became its own Grandma" Album,

a remix for Uncivilized's Tea

and all DV compilations featuring tracks of mine:

                - Cthulu Dildonomicon
                - Undone (DVR013 zine)
                - Breaking The Law (DVR036)
                - Der Narrenturm: Pathologish-Anatomisches Bundesmusik - DVR 053
                - Teenage Sickbag (DVR055 MP3)

and, under my his Namelessness Is Legion alias: May Cause Drowsiness - DVR056 

happy listening. 

Nonjah Tune - a Digital Vomit Dub compilation

Last call for submissions!

 I'm curating a compilation for the Digital Vomit label/collective, which - since Digital Vomit is open for everyone to join/partake - is open for submissions. It is an invitation to create dub (or rather dubnihilism) tunes, especially going out to artists usually doing working (mostly) in other styles.
this will be a free webrelease.

here's the call on the DV-Board - if interested best go over there, register your free account and join the banter...

"Nonjah Tune"
(a dv in dub compilation)

 - the focus should be, befitting digital vomit, on the "production technique" and one the way elements of dub have found their way into so many different styles.

DEADLINE extented to 5/23/2012 

 guidelines you should consider are:

 this is not intended as a showcase for your latest dubstep tracks'' (because i think there are enough opportunities for that, and i'd rather highlight other aspects and/or a creative of the dub-influence)
make it 'experimental', try to fuse your personal style with dub… or if you're making your very own style of it already, submit a track!! you know it makes sense...
also the title of this compilation should make it clear that if dub/reggae is religious music for you, you should probably be releasing your rockers elsewhere.
send a link to a preferably lossless file to 'hidari [at] gmx (whereupon here inserteth a dot) net'. have fun!

A Video to Sirius

This time around I managed to actually get a video together in time with the release of the new Album.



"Sirius" is the third track on Some Stars not yet Black Holes and originally around 11 minutes long. I decided to go for a shortened video edit with a shortened intro so the beats set in quicker. Then I also decided to master the track differently (with those cr*ppy laptop, etc. speakers in mind)...
You can get the Vinyl via the above link, or the digital goods here: http://tomorohhidari.bandcamp.com/album/some-stars-not-yet-black-holes

The video-footage was filmed on a fiercely outdated (and back then already) cheap digital photo-cam, all around Vienna at night time. This material was further "degraded" before I filmed the Led-Meter on a mixer while playing back the track. this added synced movement. From there on I ventured into unknown (and still not fully understood territories trying different alpha-channel maskings/mixings, before finally cutting the video from the thusly gathered material.

all of my modest video-works can be viewed on my youtubechannel

ps: I still have a half (optimistically) finished video for the Necrophonicon classic "Luciferette and I" laying about... hope I'll find time/muse in the foreseable aons...

alas, it ends

once again. I'm talking confidently about my 'to-blog' laziness...
well, since we're here already:

Some Stars not yet Black Holes is out now as 2x12" and digital release on Record Label Records.

your choices are:

vinyl: http://recordlabelrecords.org/162.html

digital: http://tomorohhidari.bandcamp.com/album/some-stars-not-yet-black-holes

review: http://igloomag.com/reviews/tomoroh-hidari-some-stars-not-yet-black-holes-record-label-records

or video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdZeW2BHZLs

f'thagn