I Am The Mighty Jungulator
how to use the jungulator, part 1
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Matthew talks us through the ins and outs of I Am The Mighty Jungulator...
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I Am The Mighty Jungulator (the band Private Eye magazine called 'immortal') extend the parameters of live sample processing using the generative potency of our our eponymous audio engine (described as 'the sonic philosophers stone' by Future Music magazine).
After ages of heavy programming, sobbing, sulking and shouting, I Am The Mighty Jungulator finally does what it says on the tin, delivering that rare electro-acoustic-interplay-of-analogue-digital-with-zero-latency that we were always promising; fingers, strings, and wood, captured and instantly shaped into glistening electronic textures and that, all intertwining and interacting with each other's audio vapour trails as the human musicians try and keep up. Within this new responsive, improvised continuum thingy, the band (which in our case is whichever köllection of künts happen to be in the room) are free to steer the music in any number of structured or random directions (like riding a drugged bull across a building site), whilst the jungulator keeps everything in tune and in time. The only problem is that the music evolves faster than we can record it (its like that cake the womens institute make that keeps growing in your fridge).
The phenomenal live-sampling power was unveiled at Joanna McGregors' re-vamped Bath International Music Festival on 2nd June 2006, since when we've been jigging and gigging around and about, doing a few re-scores here, a handful of festivals there, little boutiquey tings over yonder......and LOTS of recording.
Watch this space for upcoming ting innit...
After ages of heavy programming, sobbing, sulking and shouting, I Am The Mighty Jungulator finally does what it says on the tin, delivering that rare electro-acoustic-interplay-of-analogue-digital-with-zero-latency that we were always promising; fingers, strings, and wood, captured and instantly shaped into glistening electronic textures and that, all intertwining and interacting with each other's audio vapour trails as the human musicians try and keep up. Within this new responsive, improvised continuum thingy, the band (which in our case is whichever köllection of künts happen to be in the room) are free to steer the music in any number of structured or random directions (like riding a drugged bull across a building site), whilst the jungulator keeps everything in tune and in time. The only problem is that the music evolves faster than we can record it (its like that cake the womens institute make that keeps growing in your fridge).
The phenomenal live-sampling power was unveiled at Joanna McGregors' re-vamped Bath International Music Festival on 2nd June 2006, since when we've been jigging and gigging around and about, doing a few re-scores here, a handful of festivals there, little boutiquey tings over yonder......and LOTS of recording.
Watch this space for upcoming ting innit...
Why this name?
Long forgotten in the mists of time.
Do you play live?
Yup. Wherever they'll let us:
Playing in a room full of paintings at the Tate Britain, re-imagining Shostakovich's Sixth at the Colston Hall, supporting Tangerine Dream at the ICA, Spacerock improv at the V&A, Silent movie re-scores in Bristol and Bordeaux, impromptu extemporisations in anarchist bars on the Catalan coast, repeatedly rocking the Blackout tent at Ashton Court, Open-air city gigs here and there, Basement bars in Edinburgh, people's living rooms anywhere, DJ/VJ bollocky bollox at various clubs and that, the odd radio session, etc.
Yes, we like it.
Playing in a room full of paintings at the Tate Britain, re-imagining Shostakovich's Sixth at the Colston Hall, supporting Tangerine Dream at the ICA, Spacerock improv at the V&A, Silent movie re-scores in Bristol and Bordeaux, impromptu extemporisations in anarchist bars on the Catalan coast, repeatedly rocking the Blackout tent at Ashton Court, Open-air city gigs here and there, Basement bars in Edinburgh, people's living rooms anywhere, DJ/VJ bollocky bollox at various clubs and that, the odd radio session, etc.
Yes, we like it.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It'll take it back to the pre industrial model, whereby folk would make their own music, and would gather round each others houses to play together and enjoy each other's company.
The recording industry is the anomaly, people forget that.
The recording industry is the anomaly, people forget that.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
No.
Not in a million years.
Not that they'd have us anyway.
Not in a million years.
Not that they'd have us anyway.
Band History:
Oh God Yes.
(We don't like to dwell on it though)
(We don't like to dwell on it though)
Your influences?
The Good Stuff.
Favorite spot?
Bordeaux (with a special mention to Dune Du Pyla).
Equipment used:
anything we can lay our hands on...
Anything else...?
We use our own software, also called I Am The Mighty Jungulator.
You can download it for free, if you can find the link...
You can download it for free, if you can find the link...
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