Oil Can Boyd Interview Ambient Mix

-Original Interview Audio-

ambient kansas- a free EP from me, sqrt(ur mother)

This is a collection of manipulated field recordings and artificially made noises that I gathered in the first three years living and traveling in Kansas, in an drum-free digital format.  A physical copy of this release (with handmade CD envelopes) is available by contacting brian@brokenfadercartel.com

----Full album download (320k mp3s in zip format)----

Streaming Tracks

i. ulysses field recording of little-to-nothing (noise mix)

ii. synthetic noises inspired by the spanish influenza

iii. bach cello suite no. 3 (greensburg mix)

iv. noises inspired by dancing street buskers

v. Ron Evan's summer camp (perseid mix)

vi. cicada field recording (drone mix)

vii. train field recording (standing next to it mix)

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Owl People at Be Moved 12-26-10 for Final Fridays

----mp3 of the live set-----

This went down at a yoga joint for Final Fridays Art Openings in Lawrence KS.

Cicada Field Recording plus a Tweaked Out Ambient Version

I just moved into a new house and the evening cicada drone near my new pad is amazing.  For hours each night, these bugs crescendo and decrescendo in this heat of summer in Lawrence.  These bugs are looking for love, and their are lots of them doing so.  It is like the booty club in college towns on a Friday after midnight.  I recorded about 12 minutes of this the other evening and then did a tweaked out ambient drone mix of it.  Below is playback and download links to the dry and EFXd 12 minute version, and a download link to a 1 min hi-res wav sample of the dry recording.  Signal chain- NT1A->MOTU 828 ver01.  Remix Signal Chain, I can't remember, but there were lots of flangers.

----A 1 minute wav file of the Cicada Crescendo----

----The 12 min mp3 of the Cicada Crescendo Original Recording----

----The 12 min mp3 of the Cicada Crescendo Tweaked Out Ambient Drone Mix----

Ambient Show at the Replay in Lawrence KS July 10, 2010

It seems the Owl People have split the ambient and rock and roll projects into two different groups. This recording was the "ambient" version (for now it is nameless) with a drummer who went ape shit on a kiddy kick drum, a conga, and the floor. It wasn't ambient by my definition, but it was weird, and that is what matters. There were 5 of us, the drummer (aka Kurt), a koto player (aka Yuri), and the usual three deviants making synth noises. It was a fun way to spend a Saturday night.

----mp3 dowload here----

We also a played a show at the Mokan Festival on July 8th that didn't get recorded. It was a quartet that was the same group as above without the drummer. Best

I got lost the other day, and I made this Music Video

A map wouldn't have helped me find my way either.

Ambient Remix of an Owl People Recording Session

I got some friends who play under the name "Owl People" and I like to record them.  I also like to take the recordings, take some loops out of it, throw some sqrt seasoning on it, and make a remix.  Below is a little ambient remix I did.

-----sqrt(ur mother)- Owl People Ambient Remix-----