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Another Musical Loss: Dieter Moebius Passed Away Today.

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This has been a very difficult year for me musically.  Another favorite of mine has passed.  This time it is Dieter Moebius.  He is from the German electronic collective known as Cluster and Harmonia.  I have highlighted their stuff before on here:

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Here’s a live concert video with Michael Rother. Wonderful music.

Here are some of my most favorite tracks:

Speed Display

Deluxe (Immer Wieder) – I love this track like crazy. Total genius!

Dieter Moebius was one of these electronic music pioneers who sat behind a table of boxes and wires and made some of the wildest crazy noises anyone has ever heard.  I have most of his work in my collection.  I listen to it a lot when I’m in that Kraftwerk and Can sort of musical mood.  His music inspires me to make electronic noises of my own.  I think of him fondly when I create stuff for CHOB and Hozpitality.

This year has been very painful for my musical taste.  Everyday we lose another and we are left with the crap that passes for musical entertainment that floats around today. Honor this man, and make some funny musical noises today!

CHOB, Cool stuff, Hozpitality, Music Sound Noise Audio, WMOM

Damned Blinkin’ Asteroid

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Blinkin' Asteroid

This is a new pattern I created this evening calling Blinkin’ Asteroid. This was done completely on the Korg Electribe Sampler.


I created this after listening to this song at lunch. You can hear how hung up I get on the smallest of tunes in a day.

Thank you Brian Eno and Karl Hyde for inspiration!
(and DAMMIT! YOU LAZY PEOPLE! I know you are all sitting there listening to this through some shitty phone speakers. I DO NOT MIX FOR CELL PHONE SPEAKERS so get yer damned head phones out, you lazy ass!)

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The Second CHOB Album Has (Crash) Landed!

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Chob-Chob II Cover

The triumphant return of the Hozpitality spin-off, Chob. Pushing the limits, of their former ambient/sound painting foundation, Chob incorporates more rhythms and sonic textures of radiance, and sinister darkness. Dive into the sea of exploration with the sonic exploitation of Chob II.

Track List

  1. Morning Fog on The Docks (5:18)
  2. Some Fussypooting (3:28)
  3. Organstwa (3:53)
  4. Sub Marine (5:26)
  5. Somethingness (5:29)
  6. Calculated Mechanations (3:55)
  7. Some of These Days (2:31)
  8. Metrocentric (3:13)
  9. The Stampede of Legislature (1:57)
  10. Pelvic Thrust (2:13)
  11. Evening Mist on The Pier (2:10)

Personnel:

Bitchin Bob: Guitar, Synth, Phone, Tablet, Percussion
CeMeGo: Bass, Synth, Phone, Percussion
Brian: Synth, Phone

Tools used:

Ableton Live 9 Suite (too complicated!)
Adobe Audition (too useful unfortunately!)
Caustic (Phone App)
Custom Built Joe Kaufman Fender Stratocaster
Fender Aerodyne Bass
Korg Electribe Sampler 2
Korg Mini-KP
Korg Kaossilator Pro
Korg Kaossilator
Korg MicroKey
Sony Acid Pro 7
Synchroid (Phone App)

Click here to download the album in a zip file with cover art (39 megs).

We still don’t make money off of this crap. We do it for pleasure! The best compensation would be a comment or review right here on this blog again. Chob thanks YOU (and your Somethingness)!

CHOB, Hozpitality, Music Sound Noise Audio, WMOM

Eighth Release from Hozpitality!!! We’re BACK!

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Hozpitality-To Go

Inspired by this quote:

My interest in making music has been to create something that does not exist that I would like to listen to, not because I wanted a job as a musician. I wanted to hear music that had not yet happened, by putting together things that suggested a new thing which did not yet exist. It’s like having a ready-made formula if you are able to read it.

— Brian Eno

Track List

  1. Synchroid Inclusion (2:30)
    CeMeGo “barely” tries to play bass guitar on this one.  This uses the Synchroid phone application for bleep bleep music fun.
  2. Waka Waka (3:41)
    A pre-built rhythm on the Korg Electribe S causes Brian and CeMeGo to break out in a crazy jam.  Brian plays the spooky atmospheric phone app Caustic.
  3. Nicky Anus (3:21)
    MsNeeBo tells the story of what it would be like to be married to a guy named Nicky Anus.  This also happens to be her fictitious hockey player in NHL 2014 for the PlayStation.
  4. The Mean Streets (8:12)
    Another pre-built rhythm on the Korg Electribe S.  Brian does the spooky atmosphere and occaisional melody on the phone app Caustic.  CeMeGo pointlessly mashes pads on the Electribe and Kaossilator.
  5. Hipster Roller Rink (2:43)
    Started as an instrumental track by CeMeGo.  MsNeeBo and Bitchin Bob demanded a vocal.  This was the result.  (BitchinBob channels Fred Schneider).
  6. NDAD (1:30)
    “Neighbors Dogs are Dicks”.  This is an actual recording of the chorus of dog barkings behind MsNeeBo’s house on a lovely fall evening.  This uses the Kruud VST synthesizer/sequencer on the Korg Microkey for quirky melody.  Hang in for the rockin’ break down on the last half of the track.
  7. Jagdeesh Donuts (4:03)
    A Dunkin Donuts in Eldersburg, MD has an annoying order taker with the name “Jagdeesh” who always yells your order back at you.  He’s very aggressive.  MsNeeBo hit the drive thru with a recording device.  Magic ensues with Sweet Tea and Cream Cheese.
  8. Black Friday(Get Behind Me) (3:03)
    This was recorded around Christmas 2013.  MsNeeBo and CeMeGo playing with the magic of synthetically tortured voices on the Kaossilator.  A song about Christmas shopping riots with a rhythmic electronic “bop” for good measure.
  9. Godwins (6:56)
    Heavy distortion lovers rejoice!!  BitchinBob on electric guitar and CeMeGo on bass guitar flailing and reverb/delay smashing.  BitchinBob reveals the true nature of biblical doctrine at the end in “evil satan voice”.  Thought of the day:  “Things that don’t work properly will now become things that DO work properly.” Fortunately “God Wins!”

Personnel:
Bitchin Bob:  Voices, Guitar, Synth, Phone, Tablet, Percussion
CeMeGo: Voices, Bass, Synth, Phone, Percussion
MsNeeBo: Voices, Synth, Percussion
Brian: Synth, Phone

Tools used:
Ableton Live 9 Suite (too complicated!)
A bunch of .VST files (Virtual Studio Technology)
Adobe Audition (too useful unfortunately!)
Caustic (Phone App)
Custom Built Joe Kaufman Fender Stratocaster
Fender Aerodyne Bass
Korg Electribe Sampler 2
Korg Mini-KP
Korg Kaossilator Pro
Korg Kaossilator
Korg MicroKey
Sony Acid Pro 7 (new computer/less crashes)
Synchroid (Phone App)

Click here to download the album in a zip file with cover art (34 megs).

We still don’t make money off of this crap. We do it for pleasure! The best compensation would be a comment or review right here on this blog again. Hozpitality thanks YOU (and your Nicky Anus)!

CHOB, Cool stuff, Hozpitality, Music Sound Noise Audio, WMOM

Hall of The Titan Mountain Thing

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Slot Machine Noise Malfunction + Effects = Curiousity

I was playing my stupid Jackpot Party Casino game on my phone. I was winning big.  When you win big in a slot machine, the music plays a repetitive arpeggio or loop while it totals (or dramatically counts up) your winnings.   For some reason when I won on this slot machine, the “count your money up” loop got stuck on my phone.

Before the app crashed, I plugged my phone into the Korg Kaoss Pad (aka the red box) and tortured the loop with effects.

Put this in your headphones and check it out! Play it loud! Try to identify all the different effects going on. Half the time, its not even altering an audio source. The red box snatches up a sample and lets you torture it in mid-air. It’s TOO POWERFUL!!! 🙂

CHOB, Cool stuff, Hozpitality, Music Sound Noise Audio, WMOM

A Hozpitality Bit – Synchroid Inclusion

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So I was bored while everyone was watching the Winter Olympics in SoCheee and I started playing with the Synchroid Application (“App”) on my Android phone. Synchroid is a simple application where you scribble sound on the phone screen and you can reprocess it through a few synthesizer processors to make a nifty loop. I came up with a loop today in Synchroid that, probably because of Olympic level boredom, sounded TO ME like a nifty musical loop. I couldn’t get enough of it, so I decided to put it into a song.

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What is special about this is, it would be the first time I made music with:

1. The Korg Kaossilator Pro
2. Pre Built Acid Loops
3. The Bass Guitar
4. and MY TELEPHONE using Synchroid (this of course being the unused tool in my music making thus far).

It came out neat. I put in the loops from the Synchroid phone app first, then the Pre Built Acid Loop drums, and then a drum loop from the Kaossilator. At this point I thought, it had been a while since I broke out the bass guitar, dusted it, tuned it and (once again) TRIED to play it. This is why you hear the shoddy sloppy bass playing in the back of the whole thing.

BOTTOM LINE: I had fun doing it and it killed a few hours. It’s only 2:18 minutes so, tell me what you think of Synchroid Inclusion.

CHOB, Hozpitality, Music Sound Noise Audio, silly, WMOM

Seventh Release from Hozpitality!!! It’s a DOUBLE STUDIO ALBUM!

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Front Cover for Hozpitality-Tapestry of Agony
Hozpitality-Tapestry of Agony 00 Cover

Back Cover for Hozpitality-Tapestry of Agony
Hozpitality-Tapestry of Agony 00 Back

Track List:
1. BPE (0:13)
2. Electric Spoon (1:42)
3. Guinea Fest 2013 (2:42)
4. B6FEA109D(elephant hair) (2:02)
5. New Weapon For Crowd Control (1:04)
6. Montage (2:33)
7. Lunar Trampoline (8:30)
8. Menthol Cigarette Voice (0:22)
9. Is It Art at 296 bpm (4:56)
10. DA NA NA  (2:28)
11. Day Glo Sun Visor (5:14)
12. Benevolent Synergy (3:05)
13. Momentary Slapping of the CHOB Variety (3:19)
14. Insert Money Now (0:49)
15. Don’t Eat Cake (2:38)
16. Caffeinated (2:26)
17. Piano Bubbles (1:45)
18. Hippy Sammys Jungle Beat (1:27)
19. Working Mans Uterus (2:35)
20. Wired Crossing (3:27)
21. Jungle Sammys Hippy Beat (1:10)
22. Electric Fork (0:55)
23. Cultural Differences (3:19)
24. Wet Slappy Thing (3:31)
25. Momentary Slapping of the CHOB Variety Coda (1:13)

Tools used:
Guitar by Bitchin Bob
Korg Kaossilator
Korg Kaossilator Pro
Korg Mini-KP
Korg Micro Key 37
Sony Acid Loops (crash tastic (awwwww))
Ableton Live (someday we’ll figure it out)
Adobe Audition (to watch it fight over midi devices)
Chord Pulse (music writing on the cheap)
A Butt Load of VST Plug Ins
Coffee

Voices by:
Bitchin Bob
CeMeGo
MsNeeBo
Theatreshmuck
Hippy Sammy
Chef Jeff
North Tower
Paul-E

Click here to download the album in a zip file with cover art (61 megs). It is Hozpitality’s biggest album so far so be patient. It takes a while!**

** We still don’t make money off of this crap. We do it for pleasure! The best compensation would be a comment or review right here on this blog again. Hozpitality thanks YOU (and your Wet Slappy Thing)!

CHOB, Cool stuff, Hozpitality, Music Sound Noise Audio, WMOM

Hozpitality Preview? PIANO BUBBLES!

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Found a new VST (virtual synthesizer template) called “KRUUD” (I am hoping it is not pronounced like “crud”) that had a really nifty arpeggiator where you can discreetly control the keys after the initial note.  Hard to explain but cool to hear.

I added on some reverb and delay thanks to the LiquidVerb VST, and I recorded it in Audition (no overdubs, thats why it is more pleasant noise than music) and added a nifty stereo panner/swapper effect before mix-down.

Is this totally neato or what?

CHOB, Hozpitality, Music Sound Noise Audio, WMOM

Hozpitality UPDATE! – Tentative Song Collection Leaked…

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Yup, we’re leaking information on the Hozpitality release like an old lady with bladder problems. This will be Hozpitality’s LARGEST RELEASE YET. A DOUBLE STUDIO ALBUM with bits of audio culled from the past 3 years that fell on the digital floor.

Here is the completed track list so far with durations. The plan is to add more material. Titles are TOTALLY subject to change by official release time (and they will more than likely be changed). We still haven’t agreed on an album title but here’s what we have so far:

Hozpitality Next Album so far
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FINALIZATION OF THIS NEW MASTERPIECE ALBUM TO HAPPEN ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2013. If you feel you haven’t been adequately represented on this release, or have more audio input to add, this date will be your last chance.