http://www.thesummerexperiment.com The Summer Experiment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:32:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/6334043[/vimeo] http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/30/tse-09-electrical-storm/ Aloha! Today I’m writing about why I dislike the latest sample I began working on which is simply entitled ‘Minimalist Whitacre Sampling’. Some of you may have guessed why I dislike it already… A friend of mine, Gavin Higgins, showed me this Eric Whitacre piece, Sleep, back in July and it’s ... http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/20/minimalist-music-minimal-thought/ Check out the interview with Ruaidhri from TSE in month's issue of Hotpress!! Out in Irish newsagents now and available for postal delivery from the Hotpress Website! Cav@TSE http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/20/hotpress-interview/ Click below for Chris's Playlist! http://open.spotify.com/user/blurred_edge/playlist/0bf3RffIHuRFvYZf5y4mz9 The Cinematic Orchestra - Time & Space (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) Hexstatic - Newton's Cradle UNKLE (with Alice Temple) - Bloodstain The Cinematic Orchestra - Dawn Bonobo - Nightlite (Zero dB Reconstruction) Coldcut - Sound Mirrors Amon Tobin - Bloodstone Amon Tobin - Nightlife Funki Porcini - Purrfect Jurassic 5 - Sum Of Us Click below for John’s Playlist! http://open.spotify.com/user/megajohn/playlist/2bNjFvNDboGkNZsG1ZVapB Seu Jorge - Life on ... http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/18/steal-our-ears/ So we are currently in the midst of tying up the last bits of the line-up of collaborators for The Summer Experiment 2009. Much like the music in The Summer Experiment, everything else is done 'as-and-when' during the short summer time frame. This method of working keeps things ... http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/17/experiment/ Through the help of my own personal technical support and reality administor - Ruaidhri Mannion, i have now equipped my computer with various "useful" programs. As well as this, the corner of my room which holds the aforementioned mysterious internet-housing machine now has some company, with a multi-track recorder and ... http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/16/johns-log-star-date-uuuhh-what-does-this-button-do/ The summer has been hectic. Stupidly busy. It seems like a moment ago I was saying “I can’t believe we’re one month into this project”….when in fact another 2 weeks have past since then and now I’m saying scary things like…. “It’s only another 2 weeks until the Experiment ends.” Two weeks ... http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/14/my-sea-legs/ Well as anyone who read the last few blogs will know TSE meet up in Belfast for our first group session (practising not, as some people may think, a trip to the local psychiatric clinic). Coming away from this session we were all quite excited, what with things starting to click, ... http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/12/the-missing-muse-and-other-short-stories/ The Experiment is well underway and its fair to say we're shattered. I'm going to keep this fairly brief as I feel about ready to....fall asleep. Yes. We had a great time metting in Belfast: meeting people, organising the shows and acts, and most of all writing the music... Keep your eyes peeled ... http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/08/03/exhaustion/ New tracks for your sonic delight!! http://www.thesummerexperiment.com/2009/07/19/new-tracks/