Jerod Sommerfeldt
Focusing on the creation of algorithmic and stochastic processes, utilizing the results for both fixed and real-time composition and improvisation, Jerod Sommerfeldt’s music explores digital audio artifacts and the destruction of technology, resulting in work that questions the dichotomy between the intended and unintentional. He is currently teaching coursework in computer music at the University of Dayton and music theory and counterpoint at Miami University.
Jerod served as an adjunct faculty at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and his music and research have been included at the Cincinnati Ballet, Electronic Music Midwest, 2012 Front Wave New Music Festival in Palm Beach, FL, 2012 SEAMUS Conference in Appleton, WI, 2011 SEAMUS Conference in Miami, FL, 2009 Society of Composers National Conference in Santa Fe, NM, 2008 soundON Festival of Modern Music in La Jolla, CA, 2010 Midwest Composers Symposium, La Crosse New Music Festival, Music From Almost Yesterday Concert Series, Unruly Music Concert Series, Sonic Explorations, Performance Time and Arts Series, the University of Wyoming, by the NOISE Ensemble of San Diego, CA, the Thelema Trio (Belgium), and a commission by concert:nova (Cincinnati). Jerod is a member of the International Computer Music Association (ICMA), Society for Electroacoustic Musicians in the United States (SEAMUS), the Electronic Music Foundation (EMF), the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, the Society of Composers, the College Music Society, and ASCAP. His music is recorded on Petcord, HAZE, Don’t Be a Stranger, Bohn Media, and can be found on SoundCloud, last.fm, YouTube, and Vimeo.
David McDonnell
«I’m a Composer-Multi Instrumentalist-Computer Music Programmer. A Chicago native, I’m currenty based in Cincinnati, where I’m finishing up a Doctorate in Composition at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.»
acoustic, ambient, field recording
(c) & (p) Join Da Beat Records 2012
The noise accompanying their anguished melodies creating landscapes closer to the subconscious that in real life, opting for a sound that mixes the new/dark/cold wave, with its obvious post-punk will.
His first album with us is the same name and contains 13 songs full of abyss and sulfur. A prodigy.
Linear Obsessional’s first release of synthesizer music (but our second of music related to the work of JG Ballard see LOR010), Paul Wady’s haunting and austere work took something like 30 years to reach fruition. Finally recorded in 2009 “The Terminal Beach” is as strange, emotionally void and as powerfully compulsive as its subject matter
“I found many ways out of this nihilistic world of the early 80s. But it left me with a great deal to express, and for me the only way to do it was with musical instruments cold and mechanical enough to do it” – Paul Wady (from the accompanying notes)
Release comes with detailed 18 page A5 PDF booklet of notes and photographs by the composer.
for dancers in france is an exploration of the tibetan bowl, balinese cymbals, tam-tam, temple blocks, the forest, rain and the interaction of dancers. four long pieces stretch out over two hours, an exercise in listening and feeling. says corner “the flat gong gives a spectrum of Dense Vibrations which would be called dissonant if they were not the essence of harmony. all you need to do is listen.”
1.Arturo von Knie – E.no.5.2
2.Tomas Jirku – Breaker Fecer
3.Brickman – It’s Not Hard To
4.Victor Frias – Juguete de Azar
5.Grube&Libre – What you do
6.The Smiling Strangers – Purple Clouds
7.DeepWarmth – Carbon Warmth (CMX)
Featuring netlabels: Ghostmental, basic_sounds, Deep-X Recordings, Bleepsequence, Symbiont-Music, Breathe, Cold Fiction Music.
Compiled/mixed by Substak
Tracklisting:
01. Max Goessler – Token (8:11)
02. Joel Enzo – No Way (7:43)
03. Quadrakey – Tomorrow (7:33)
04. Craig Pringle – Get Back To It (6:57)
After their contribution to the RB100-series with “Kokolias” Bengalfuel are doing their next release on Resting Bell. “Neely” is meant to be a continuation of “Kokolias”. Taking the general feeling and transferring it to a deeper and sometimes darker level. That doesn’t mean that you get a dark ambient album. All pieces have their typically wonderful, atmospheric and melodic quality. But in some tracks you can find a darker mood, more chaotic elements or some unexpected turns.
“Neely” is a great album for these warm summer days (here in Germany). And you can compare it to the actual summer weather here. It is mostly warm and mild, but sometimes you can get heavy thunderstorms. Please enjoy and thanks a lot Lou & Joe.
00:00 Ostensibly Ossified – Contemporary Coma
00:47 Aerosyn – First Kill (Dawn of Predation)
03:14 Speculativism – Future Poem (text)
05:04 Baskyl – Oh, nothing, just a blurred Vision…
08:50 Korin VG – Last Mirage 5
13:22 Exit To Exist – Daybreak’s Lament
36:02 Richard There – Black birds can live forever
39:27 Subterrestrial – Madness at the Edge of a Black Hole
46:56 Muser – End of Days
55:09 SFIAS – Lord, We Come Before Thee Now
01:00:11 Speculativism – Solitude (Duke Ellington cover)
