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KONSUMER ACTIVITY JUNE 2000UPDATED 4/23/2002 |
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The rotating photo bubble below was shot at our Konsumer Activity show we performed in 2000. Redknyte gives us his afterthoughts of the show.
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Mikroknytes Konsumer Activity sound presentation
an audio simulation of the present-day marketplace
Saturday June 24th, 2pm, 2000
Now Music and Fashion
Recordings of marketplace activity, filtered "currency
Environments" and sampled "exchange ratios"…
midi control devices, software modular synthesis,
pre-recorded IDM techno, digitally manipulated field
recordings…
** see the equipment diagram
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RedKnyte's afterthoughts:
Performing for 2.5 hours was a new experience for me. I'm sure it was a
little old hat for Derek with his DJ'ing experience. Overall I liked it,
but it sure did drain a lot of energy out of me. And I had to rely on Derek
to do the majority of the work - samples, cds, sequences, beats, etc. This
was in part because I didn't play any violin during this show.
I'm also happy with the music we performed. The Mikroknytes certainly have
evolved quite a bit since our early days when we actually played most of the
notes. Now we rely more on bringing in and out samples, beats, loops, etc.
while coloring them with effects. While I think there are some advantages
to our original approach I'm happy with the direction we've taken. And
certainly the style was successful during the Konsumer Activity show.
Something that keeps our music (somewhat) interesting for 2.5 hours is our
significant variety of sound sources we use (see diagram to see Mikroknytes
setup). This translates into a dynamic, varying sound.
However I would have liked to do more with our microphone setups. We had
two placed in the store. One placed near the store's cash register which
provided a rich sound texture (drenched with digital delay), but too
infrequent. And the other was a pzm placed on a window near the door. We
were originally hoping this would provide us with a nice feedback loop, but
it never became a significant part of our performance. To achieve what I
was hoping to achieve we probably should have been more creative with our
pzm placement, but perhaps we could have use more mics (of course a mixer
with more channels would have been necessary). Perhaps the next time we use
mics for a performance we'll take these issues into consideration.
The other missing element in the Mikroknytes show - which was fine - was my
violin. One Mikroknytes fan complained during the show that I wasn't
playing any violin. I promised her I would play my violin throughout the
next Mikroknytes set. Apparently my violin playing to her is the highlight
of any Mikroknytes performance!
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