Distributing and documenting the music / media project Periskop, which has been operated by Danny Kreutzfeldt since 2007.
Periskop is about submarines, intrusive technology and dubbed out sound experimentation in a posthuman environment.
Periskop.cc is subject to ongoing change as new free digital artifacts are presented under this Creative Commons License.
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From Spring 2007 to Autumn 2008, Periskop accepted requests for conceptual laptop concerts featuring potentially indefinite playback of music from the catalogue with no interaction between performer and laptop. A looped b/w slideshow was projected in the background by VJ Motorsaw. An encore was given on 121007.
Codes of conduct
All tracks are 15 BPM
The composition adds a new element for each 32 beats
Loops and soundfx are digitally enhanced drum machine sounds This sgnl_fltr kickdrum loop is used and manipulated
Drones are manipulated synthesizer presets
Elements go uninterrupted once introduced in a track
Elements are added until overcompression is inevitable
Codes of conduct
Odd-numbered tracks are 80 BPM. Even-numbered tracks are 60 BPM
The composition adds a new element for each 64 beats
Loops and soundfx are digitally enhanced drum machine sounds This sgnl_fltr kickdrum loop is used and manipulated
Drones are manipulated synthesizer presets, guitars or female vocals
Elements go uninterrupted once introduced in a track
Elements are added until overcompression is inevitable
Composition sketch
Codes of conduct
All tracks are 125 BPM This 909 loop is used
The basedrums remain untouched
Snare and hihat are adjusted with simple LFO & EQ effects
A loud intense baseline is manipulated and looped to fit the 909 loop
No other elements are added
All elements follow the composition pattern through a compressor
Codes of conduct
Each track is a remix of a 80_60 track
The remix takes place in 3 long and static chains of effects
Each chain gives a heavily treated instance of the 80_60 track
The instances are played simultaneously at 3/4, 5/8 and 1/2 of the original BPM
The playback is documented in an automated live-recording
The recording includes the glitches generated by an overworked laptop
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