Obscurantist

Obscurantist #63:

2011-12-12T20:25:00.000-08:00

HeadHunter.Bt4

Tremblement Du Terre.Bt2

I have eaten Justin Bieber's Liver.Bt7

Bt11

Tt1

Obscurantist #62: R1

2011-11-29T20:17:00.000-08:00

The original 'Rust' version.

click here to listen (total time 03:41:00)

click here for the audio slideshow version

Obscurantist #61: Sonnet for Agnes Ramsey

2011-11-25T12:16:00.000-08:00

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

click HERE to download the movie or watch below

Obscurantist #60: Commute

2011-10-04T16:06:00.000-07:00

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Kate O'Donnell
Carey Lin
Wayne Grim

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

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

2011-07-22T10:47:00.000-07:00

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

Obscurantist #56: Van Boven: Pink Socks, White Light, Brown Bird

2011-05-11T23:45:00.000-07:00

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Obscurantist #55: Man Pulls Tank: I Sort Of Like You

2011-03-30T16:09:00.000-07:00

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Obscurantist #54: Sounds from Lost Places-Bali

2011-01-25T08:28:00.001-08:00

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Obscurantist #53: Blue Tape (1988)

2010-12-19T19:07:00.000-08:00

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Obscurantist #52: Music For Your Menstrual Cycle

2010-11-17T14:42:00.000-08:00

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

Obscurantist #51: Poodle Behavior Adjustment Program

2010-11-10T14:35:00.000-08:00

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.

Obscurantist #50: user error

2010-10-24T20:45:00.000-07:00

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Obscurantist #49: Passionate Journey

2010-10-04T16:20:00.000-07:00

These short pieces for steel string acoustic guitar were created from the book of woodcuts
"The Passionate Journey" by Frans Masereel C. 1920.
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Obscurantist #48: Boar's Head Relief

2010-10-02T18:41:00.000-07:00

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Obscurantist #47: Top Gun ~ A Man Alone

2010-08-13T16:16:00.000-07:00

A film by Rick Danielson

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(be patient, takes while to load)

Obscurantist #46: Pes Barbo Samogonshiki

2010-08-10T20:38:00.000-07:00

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Obscurantist #45: Light Rock

2010-07-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

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Obscurantist #43: Lost Places, Detroit

2010-06-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

http://soundsfromlostplaces.blogspot.com/

Obscurantist #42: Musee Mecanique

2010-05-20T14:58:00.000-07:00

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Obscurantist #41: Grandmother: Soundtrack to the film by David Lynch.

2010-05-20T12:51:00.001-07:00

a Live performance by bLakcPullet Grimoire

@ the Luggage Store May 2010.

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Obscurantist #40: Ambient Biology

2010-04-17T09:26:00.001-07:00

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.

This Video was created by Scientist Denise King (Exploratorium)

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

2010-04-14T17:23:00.001-07:00

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

2010-04-14T17:22:00.002-07:00

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

2010-04-14T17:22:00.001-07:00

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

Obscurantist #35: TesT

2010-04-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-14T17:15:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-14T16:25:00.000-07:00

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.

Obscurantist #44/001: bLakcPullet Grimoire

2010-01-14T13:12:00.000-08:00

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"

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

Obscurantist #32: Sound For Lost Places Volume 4: Hawaii

2009-12-18T11:09:00.000-08:00

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Obscurantist #30: Jarktagons "Iron Peak Glass House"

2009-12-18T11:08:00.001-08:00

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Obscurantist #31: Jarktagons

2009-12-18T11:07:00.001-08:00

available here

Obscurantist #29: Man Pulls Tank "The Box"

2009-12-18T11:01:00.000-08:00

sample track: PERCH

available at the itunes store or:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/manpullstank3

Obscurantist #28: |\\||\/||//| Graphic Scores 1999-2009

2009-12-18T10:53:00.000-08:00

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Obscurantist #27: Green Hell

2009-12-10T17:28:00.000-08:00

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

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Obscurantist #26: Dirge

2009-12-10T17:15:00.000-08:00

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

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Obscurantist #24: Compositional Problems

2009-09-14T20:04:00.000-07:00

A deck of 55 cards.

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Obscurantist #23: Field Recording; The Prepared Domecile

2009-09-14T20:03:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-14T20:02:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-14T20:00:00.002-07:00

Video installation with live audio processing. 2009

Video by Dia Felix
Audio by W.G.

Obscurantist #21: Sugarbread and the Whip

2009-09-14T20:00:00.001-07:00

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Obscurantist #20: Van Boven Remixed

2009-09-14T19:57:00.000-07:00

Remixed cut looped warped mashed.

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

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Obscurantist #19: n013e

2009-09-14T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Obscurantist #18: Gradual Modifications in Elegant Music part One

2009-09-14T10:07:00.000-07:00

A
B
C

Real, live Gagaku.

Obscurantist #17: PolyChord

2009-09-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

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Guitars:
Each track is composed around only one chord.

Obscurantist #15: Rust 5 Vogel

2009-09-08T22:00:00.000-07:00

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

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Obscurantist #14: Der Dichter Spricht

2009-09-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

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Dieser Aufbau für Solo- Klavier durch Robert Schumann übertragen für andere Instrumente. Die rhythmischen Werte multipliziert gleichmäßig mit einem Faktor von 10 und bedeuteten, das Stück, ist ungefähr 10mal länger als die Vorlage.

This composition for solo piano by Robert Schumann was transcribed for other instruments. The rythmic values were multiplied uniformly by a factor of 10, meaning, the piece is approximately ten times longer than the original.

Obscurantist #16: Split Lip-Luggage Store Cassette

2009-09-08T14:35:00.000-07:00

Split Lip: Jon Brumit, W.G., Lucio Menegon, Suki O'Kane
(with special appearance by Rent Romus). Recorded in S.F. 2006.

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Obscurantist #12: D&A

2009-09-02T20:28:00.001-07:00

Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas manipulated time domains. Recorded/processed 2009.
The original opera is approximately 60 minutes long.
20 minutes
1 second
1 minute
5 minutes
20 seconds
5000 samples

Obscurantist #13: Lost Places Tokyo 2006

2009-09-02T20:26:00.001-07:00

Environmental compositions created in Tokyo 2006.
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Obscurantist #11: Man Pulls Skeleton

2009-09-01T12:33:00.000-07:00

Unreleased tracks from a Dependable Skeleton & ring tones from Man Pulls Tank (2005/6).

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Obscurantist #10: Lost Places, Tokyo 2009

2009-08-30T14:16:00.000-07:00

environmental recordings.

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http://waynegrim.com/blog/grimdex.html

Obscurantist #09 壊れた骨

2009-08-30T12:20:00.000-07:00

壊れた骨: suite for prepared lapsteel guitar
recorded Tokyo 2009

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Obscurantist #08: ZOGA

2009-08-28T13:11:00.000-07:00

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Ronald Aveling/Suki O'Kane/Michael Zelner/W.G.

recorded Live @ the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. 2007/8

Obscurantist #07

2009-08-27T20:44:00.000-07:00

Piano & Electronics. 2009

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Obscurantist #06: soundtrack~ O rapaz na bolha de plástico

2009-08-26T15:35:00.001-07:00

Soundtrack from the Illuminated Corridor Event (live music & projection)
Alameda 2009

Theme and Introduction
John Glen
Hat
Girl
Lloopp
Class
Epilogue
Dialogues

Obscurantist #05: Prepared Golf Driving Range

2009-08-25T21:56:00.000-07:00

Installation audio Excerpt
sketch

sensors placed around the net and support beams of the driving range. sound is created/influenced by location and velocity of golf balls. 2009 Tokyo.

Obscurantist #04: Moving Coil, Set Number One

2009-08-24T16:11:00.000-07:00

pieces for microphone. 2009
1) Bass
2) Bow
3) Cable
4) Daltry
5) Drag
6) Fire
7) Glass Vessel
8) Metal
9) Mic Pick
10) Paper
11) Plastic Bag
11) Water
12) Reich's Pendulum
13) Rocks
14) Strings

Obscurantist #03 Wan Joven: Bulgoki

2009-08-21T23:15:00.000-07:00

Track 01 / Track 02

featuring Jon Brumit+W.G.

cassette recording from 2004

Obscurantist #02: Elision

2009-08-21T21:14:00.001-07:00

Obscurantist #02

Elision-Piano & Electronics 2009

100 Works~Starts August 21, 2009 Obscurantist#1

2009-08-21T00:59:00.001-07:00

Wind Tunnel (part 1) / Wind Tunnel (part 2)

Domestic Ambience.