I really enjoyed reading this and last week's post. The link between Analog Horror and the Ambient music notes is really, funnily, thrilling for me to read. This link between analog machines to create horror and the Ambient music zone where analog and digital machines are manipulated to create soundscapes that are somewhere between horror, joy, and relaxation is really great.
Two things this made me think of immediately after reading are things I've read by Robin Sloan. First is from his newsletter with notes about reactions to a story featuring a synthesizer. Then the story itself.
Heading into pandemic and through it I became really interested in synths and looping music making machines purely for my own diversion so reading this weeks post was thrilling given that at many times in the past few years my desk has been cluttered with a "The Conversation"- esque looking set piece of synths, recording devices, wires, patch cables, speakers, tape decks, an ipod, microphones, and headsets where I would sit for hours during lock-down evenings creating my own soundscapes; all of which, at least to me, fit somewhere between an attempt at expressing, creating, capturing and trying to insert the horrific or even possibly joyful moments into, at best, attempts at creating music and more to the point learning new things which is also joyful and at times full of horror.
Awesome to hear about your home audio setup - would love to hear the results someday. I started marking ambient music during lockdown, as well, and should hopefully have a second EP/LP/album sort of thing coming out later this year. And thanks for the links! I'm a big fan of Robin's. I'll try to continue the audio recommendations in future posts.
I really enjoyed reading this and last week's post. The link between Analog Horror and the Ambient music notes is really, funnily, thrilling for me to read. This link between analog machines to create horror and the Ambient music zone where analog and digital machines are manipulated to create soundscapes that are somewhere between horror, joy, and relaxation is really great.
Two things this made me think of immediately after reading are things I've read by Robin Sloan. First is from his newsletter with notes about reactions to a story featuring a synthesizer. Then the story itself.
1. https://www.robinsloan.com/newsletters/sunshine-skyway/
2. https://brandnewbox.com/inthestacks/
Then a cool third thing I found while writing this comment... they printed a really interesting version of the story!
3. https://brandnewbox.com/notes/2022/12/heres-to-2023/
Then my own connection to all of these things.
Heading into pandemic and through it I became really interested in synths and looping music making machines purely for my own diversion so reading this weeks post was thrilling given that at many times in the past few years my desk has been cluttered with a "The Conversation"- esque looking set piece of synths, recording devices, wires, patch cables, speakers, tape decks, an ipod, microphones, and headsets where I would sit for hours during lock-down evenings creating my own soundscapes; all of which, at least to me, fit somewhere between an attempt at expressing, creating, capturing and trying to insert the horrific or even possibly joyful moments into, at best, attempts at creating music and more to the point learning new things which is also joyful and at times full of horror.
Awesome to hear about your home audio setup - would love to hear the results someday. I started marking ambient music during lockdown, as well, and should hopefully have a second EP/LP/album sort of thing coming out later this year. And thanks for the links! I'm a big fan of Robin's. I'll try to continue the audio recommendations in future posts.