Friday, November 25, 2011

Obscurantist #61: Sonnet for Agnes Ramsey

Written in 1991 for my Grandmother Agnes Ramsey. Artist Erin Elliott systematically created a handmade animation from the score in 2003.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Obscurantist #60: Commute



















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Kate O'Donnell
Carey Lin
Wayne Grim

Video installation with sound for the Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA: Experimental Notations

Friday, July 22, 2011

Obscurantist #59: Unlimited States of Nothing (Live Broadcast) August 4th, 2011













Live Internet Radio broadcast.
on Thursday August 4th, 2011 @ 7:30 to 10 pm.

The Unlimited States of Nothing will be premiered.

During the two hours and twenty-three minutes,
the following segments will be enclosed.

Impelling Rotund
It Walks alone
Stars Remain Birds Move
Hellmouths
A Piece of Strange
Small pets of Old
Time-lapse Render
Fin
Lower Lower Deaths
Locusts
Sat V

Saturn Maps
In 1996, they discovered there could be a cloud of sound that people might dance to.
The trio was spontaneous. Everything went into to the infinite repeat machine.
guitars and voices and other things in a circular pattern. Last heard then. Now there is only one, there are no guitars or voices. Only disembodied sounds from nature and machines.

listen to the archived program here: click

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Obscurantist #52: Music For Your Menstrual Cycle


Available in custom designed USB Tampon. Limited Edition of 25 copies.
to order: email
noissapnet@yahoo.com
$25.00 each

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Obscurantist #51: Poodle Behavior Adjustment Program




This is the sound of Poodles being adjusted.

Poodolitry:

Worship of the poodle.

The poodle bites! (come on, frenchie) The poodle chews it! (snap it!) The poodle bites! (come on, frenchie) The poodle chews it! (snap it!)

[F. Zappa, 1976]

In the beginning God made three big mistakes. the third mistake was the invention of THE POODLE. , he fucked up.

[Wikileaks, 2010]

it's alright here is a patch: Connect your poodle via USB.

PMT.app.zip

All Poodles undergo what's called a fear-imprint stage when they're about eight weeks old, and another one at about fourteen weeks. During this period of a Poodle's formative puppyhood, he's significantly more prone to 'spookiness': being excessively startled by new experiences and situations. If a Poodle has a scare during this time which isn't properly dealt with by the owner (i.e., after receiving a scare, he isn't then taught not to be frightened of that thing), he may develop a life-long phobia towards that object. For example, if he's been frightened by a repairman arriving at the door unexpectedly, and isn't then acclimatized to that person, he may develop a long-standing phobia of men who resemble that repairman (men with beards, men in overalls, men holding toolboxes, etc). Some Poodles are also just highly-strung and more prone to anxiety because of their breeding. Certain breeds - typically, the more intelligent ones, and the ones emotionally dependent on close, regular interaction with humans, have proven themselves more likely to develop phobias and excessive shyness than other more emotionally stable breeds. A few of these 'anxious' breeds include Weimaraners, Great Danes, and Border Collies. A history of trauma or abuse is another major cause of fear-biting: many abandoned or abused Poodles develop anxiety problems, which, without proper treatment, may progress into fear-biting. There is difference between shyness and fear-biting. It is quite natural for some Poodles to exhibit signs of shyness towards unfamiliar situations. It doesn't mean that that Poodle is a 'difficult Poodle', or that he will grow up to be a fear-biter. Some shyness is to be expected in almost all Poodles at one point or another. Shyness only becomes a problem when it begins to interfere with the course of daily life: when a Poodle can no longer be trusted around strangers, for example, or if his behavior is endangering his own safety (scared Poodles often bolt, sometimes across busy roads), or when your own life becomes significantly restricted by your Poodle's fear.

[cited from Wikipedia, 2009]


Objects and Thought associated with Poodolitry that you may unaware of.

Gabardine, Mork & Mindy, White paper,

Upcoming topics/technology for development:

Poodle-Kite

Below You find a map of normal dog migratory patterns, with the exception of Frisbee intervention.



Monday, October 4, 2010

Obscurantist #49: Passionate Journey

These short pieces for steel string acoustic guitar were created from the book of woodcuts
"The Passionate Journey" by Frans Masereel C. 1920.
download here

Friday, August 13, 2010

Obscurantist #47: Top Gun ~ A Man Alone


A film by Rick Danielson

watch here:
(be patient, takes while to load)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Obscurantist #40: Ambient Biology

All sounds were created for the microscopic creatures in these videos.
The videos were created by the Bio Lab at the Exploratorium, S.F.
These pieces were part of an installation in the Wattis Webcast Studio at the Museum of Science Art and Human Perception.
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This Video was created by Scientist Denise King (Exploratorium)

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Obscurantist #38: There is a Reason For Blood Being Red



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Obscurantist #37: Poor Grim- "Pigflowers" b/w "Canvasari"






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Obscurantist #36: P.R.O. "Ambidextrous Universe" +

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Bonus Release:
Doctor Cenotaph and the Moe-Tards
the Three Stooges Suite
Here:

Obscurantist #35: TesT


Laptop Duets w/ Alex Potts:
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Obscurantist #34: Germany - " Sound For Lost Places" Volume 3


Field recordings and site specific performances from Northern Germany. All instruments played by W.G. and Nila Minnerup.

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Obscurantist #33: La Jetee

video
Recorded Live @ the Exploratorium, S.F.
Mcbean Theater April 10 2010. Score by W.G.
featuring: Eric Glick-Rieman, Lisa Mezzacappa, Jacob Lindsay, Christina Stanley, Nora Hoffmann, Chris Golinski and Ronald Aveling.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Obscurantist #44/001: bLakcPullet Grimoire















this is a sample of the live video projection that accompanies the music. This video contains two tracks from the CD: "Offices of Hear" and "Fire"
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this Limited Edition CD is now available for $12.
@ Aquarius Records in SF, CA and
by emailing: noissapnet@yahoo.com and by download (coming soon)

Press Release

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Obscurantist #27: Green Hell




Based on a short Story by T.C. Boyle, made for Kate.

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Obscurantist #26: Dirge

Dirge: a Score for Soprano, Clarinet, Cello, Trombone and Percussion.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Obscurantist #24: Compositional Problems

A deck of 55 cards.



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Obscurantist #23: Field Recording; The Prepared Domecile

24 hour time-lapse recording.
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Obscurantist #25: Burning Ghat-Final Song


Burning gHat:
Bert Hall: Bass, Voice, Keyboards
Wayne Grim: Guitar, electronics, productions
with
Myke Wells: Drums, voice.

These songs were written in 1986/7 (mostly Bert wrote songs that I "arranged") and never properly recorded. We met at a studio in Baltimore in 2005 and tracked most of the bass and drums with a scratch guitar track-so I could really take time to perfect the parts later. This album was completed in 2009
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Obscurantist #22: Beneath The Furs


Video installation with live audio processing. 2009

Video by Dia Felix
Audio by W.G.

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Obscurantist #21: Sugarbread and the Whip


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Obscurantist #20: Van Boven Remixed

Remixed cut looped warped mashed.

Jon Brumit-Drums, electronics
Wayne Grim-Guitar, electronics

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Obscurantist #19: n013e


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Obscurantist #18: Gradual Modifications in Elegant Music part One


A
B
C

Real, live Gagaku.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Obscurantist #17: PolyChord


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Guitars:
Each track is composed around only one chord.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Obscurantist #15: Rust 5 Vogel

Rusted Version 5 for handheld digital music box (8 bit version).

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