Brandy of the Damned
Michael Chocholak's abstract electronic and electroacoustic soundscapes where any sound source is considered a potential instrument from skin drum to pc. Influe
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Albion Albion
"Fiery the Angels rose, and as they rose deep thunder roll'd around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc" - from America, A Prophecy by William Blake. manipulation of interactive resonating circuits
Deep Blue Dreaming Deep Blue Dreaming
“Deep Blue” was the IBM computer that defeated the human chess champion Gary Kasparov in 1997. Now, with the growing sentience of AI computers, programmers are hoping to give them the ability to actually dream. From Alveromancy on Triple Bath
The Taste of Metal The Taste of Metal
from the collaborative album Segments with Ooy on the Ginhoa label
veils of ancient fire veils of ancient fire
In praise of nebulae. Processed solo guitar
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The electronic and electroacoustic musics of Michael Chocholak. Soundscapes; abstract, visceral and imagick. Structured improvisations, surreal architectures, alternate mythologies. Music for the imagination as well as the ears. A fair amount of it probably qualifies for what Laurie Anderson termed 'the Difficult Listening Hour', but of all that I've written, this is the music I feel closest to.
Most of the tracks here are listed as 'experimental', but I believe Edgard Varese said it best; "I do not write experimental music. My experimenting is done before I write the music. Afterward it is the listener who must experiment."Band/artist history
I have issued over 25 independent releases including collaborations with cyberpunk writer and rocker John Shirley, German electronic music pioneer Conrad Schnitzler, Canadian text/sound composer and performer Richard Truhlar, Australian sound artist Rik Rue, the Schreck electroacoustic Ensemble, poets David Memmott and Mel Buffington, the garage band Leather Smile, and my wife, Misha Nogha.
My music has been released in all recorded and broadcast formats, and I have composed for film, video, graphics, dance, theatre, literature, poetry, as well as studio and live performance.
It all started with piano when I was four - which my folks sold when I absolutely refused to take 'lessons'. And a 7 string guitar... check out the .Your musical influences
Edgard Varese, Miles Davis, Pablo Neruda, Max Ernst, radio waves, wind, water, wood, metal, the sonic world at large.What equipment do you use?
Skin drum to pc. I work with a broad spectrum of sound and any sound source is considered a potential instrument.Anything else?
Get focused.
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a streaming stations of compositions created with satellite transmissions, short wave, vlf... audiostrology.
Cove, OR
USA
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This is some of the richest work I've heard, Soundclick or otherwise. Most of it has an otherworldly feel that just gives me a creepy feeling that I can't stop listening to. Very sophisticated, artsy stuff.
Interesting works; ambience, translucent. Therapeutic
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