Wow, i am jealous that you've watched them perform.  Definitely little to go on here in the states, mostly heard about them through the Wire mag.  And I had the same impression as you first did regarding how they made their music, I find your direction, using triggers, much more compelling.  keep on, its great work!

Toby

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:48 AM, PSPunch <shima@pspunch.com> wrote:

Hi Toby,



(2010/07/13 12:58), Toby Sinkinson wrote:
wow, really liked this!  Are you a fan of the work of Asa Chang at all?

Funny you noticed.. is he well known out of Japan?

Primitive concepts of my work included triggering patches on my Dumbek.
After getting as far as hooking up pickups, I met recordings by "Asa-chang & Junrei" which kind of turned me off, getting to know what they had already achieved.

But then, later from visiting one of their concerts.. although I could be wrong, my understanding as of today is that their concept is to play sophisticated rhythms along with pre-recorded tracks.. not specifically triggering sounds on their drums.

This discovery gave me a reason to get back to my desk and continue working, although I still gave up using percussions to avoid obvious overlaps in the resulting sound.

I still highly respect their work, and wouldn't mind driving 3 hours to the concert hall like I did previously. :)


--
David Shimamoto




Toby Sinkinson

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:29 PM, PSPunch <shima@pspunch.com
<mailto:shima@pspunch.com>> wrote:


   Hi Hans,



   (2010/07/13 2:38), Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
    > I did
    > find a bit distracting when you did press the keys on the laptop
   tho, it
    > took the focus away from you and the doll a bit.

   In order to avoid dealing with the PC at all, I actually assigned
   all controls to the functions keys on my soundcard.. However, you've
   stated a great point that, to the viewer it is equally distracting
   and doesn't matter where I reach out to.

   Thanks for the helpful tip. I'm already on my way to program my foot
   controller.


   Cheers
   --
   David Shimamoto


   (2010/07/13 2:38), Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:


       Nice! I like the mix of media, live guitar plus computer sound
       plus live
       visuals. The staging is well done too, it took me a little while to
       realize that you were being lit by the screen of your laptop.
       You were
       barely looking at it, so its a clever way to keep the laptop
       there yet
       not make it a typical staring-at-the-screen laptop performance.
       I did
       find a bit distracting when you did press the keys on the laptop
       tho, it
       took the focus away from you and the doll a bit.

       You should post a video of the whole performance, if you have it.

       .hc

       On Jul 11, 2010, at 8:53 PM, PSPunch wrote:


           Hi all,


           I've uploaded some excerpts of a piece I performed last night.

           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzYT0HVjG4


           Nothing fascinating going on, especially in terms of DSP
           business, but I
           was quite fascinated to try out myself what a single laptop
           can manage
           nowadays.


           --
           David Shimamoto

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