September 13, 2005
This should be heard if you're serious about music
I've gone many ways thru the jungle of commercial and underground music, but for whatever reasons I've now taken a long pit stop with progressive electronic music. There is something special about sitting down and listening to a whole hour and a half long non-stop mixed set and have it grow on me as I follow along the journey. Thats how I look at it, a nicely done mix will suck me in and I have to follow to the end to see how far the journey goes. I can't throw in one of my Rock'n Roll records and have the same affect. A rock record wont keep me interested for an hour. I might like tracks 1 and 6, but hate tracks 3 and 4 so I wont waist time letting the record play all the way through. In fact, downtime on a good set of house music is what ties it all together, transporting you from one segment to another.
Hernan Cattaneo, is what makes the most turns in my player right now. Cattaneo is progressive house all the way, with hues of organic sounds, such as vocals and played instruments. His mixes are always perfected with technical proficiency and it doesn't matter whether it's a live set or a recorded mix, it always flows smooth and the intensity is there thru out the whole mix.
If you're not familiar at all with his music I would suggest you try his latest mix first; "The master Series Vol 2". It's a phenomenal mix, worth every penny you can spend on commercial house. It includes several genres of house, break-beat and progressive/trance/tribal in a masterful compilation. Also, "Vol. 1" and "South America" are totally worth checking out.
Also, try "Deep funky n'tribal", a heavy tribal mix that will have you nodding your head on your way to work.
Now Playing: Hernan Cattaneo - electrofly mix from proton radio
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September 4, 2005
processing BIT SHIFTER
Bit Shifter is a digital musician that makes music using Gameboys as synthesizers. Processing is an open source java based programming language that many artists (like flight404) and scientists are using to create some pretty amazing visuals and interactivity. The two came together several months ago when Bit Shifter asked flight404 to use his processing programming prowess to create visuals for an exhibit.
What resulted was an interface controlling the processing software using 4 Griffin Powermate knobs set in a plexiglass base to evenly diffuse the blue glow emanating from each knob. By adjusting the knobs, custom visuals can be created for each Bit Shifter song.
I love Bit Shifter and I love flight404. Both are progressive artists in the digital arena and its great when people from different sub disciplines come together to make art. Please be sure to check out more photos and videos from the exhibit.
flight404 website
bitshifter website
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