"... after my initial, exploratory phase of performing music with only a (steadily growing) eurorack modular synthesizer (as documented on the “split series” lps on no fun, amethyst sunset, ... and soon dekorder, amish, and others) i settled down with the “generator” patch / system ; a double 4-part canon (i.e. four sinewave oscillators and four pulsewidth ones) that works with tuning & tracking inconsistencies across the various make & model of oscillator to yield, at first, a swarming/buzzing field of closely tuned intervals ... then an ear-piercing, “inside your head” wall of shrieking overtone movement ... using this patch as a building-block, i started adding various sub-patches to modify the canons (recording them digitally at low bit-rates to emphasize the nyquist bleed, running them through a bucket-brigade for more harmonic congestion, filtering & frequency-shifting, etc...) as well as augmenting them with sounds from a commodore 64 emulator & even adding poly-rhythmic accents to “anchor” the piece ...

... the label gave the go-ahead to architect this all-clear edition, with professionally duplicated / imprinted tapes housed inside the elusive “side by side” double norelco (went to hell & back trying to track these down ; wasn’t easy !!!) with two separate laser-transparency inserts (one 5” x 14” “cover”, then a 3.5” x 14” “insert”) ... and while the fidelity ranges from the crystal-clear board-capture (c/o the norman conquest) of the “on land” set to the room-sound video-mic gristle of the “i hear a new world” piece (c/o feeding tube’s ted lee) the tape-duping levels the playing field & all come across as a coherent whole ..."

-Keith Fullerton Whitman

"one live track a piece from keith and mike.
keith presents a noisy modular synth recording from the spring of 2007.
mike's side is an excellent guitar/drone piece recorded during the summer heat of 2009.
pressed on 180 gram vinyl."

 

-Amethyst Sunset

Tracks:

Side A: Keith Fullerton Whitman
-070325

Side B: Mike Shiflet
-080409

 

keith fullerton whitman
“variations for oud & synthesizer”

keith fullerton whitman - egyptian oud, serge modular synthesizer, eventide clockworks harmonizer, metal zarb, italia modena electric guitar, electro-harmonix pedals, vox amplifier.

recorded november 8th & 9th, 2005 at the harvard university studio for electro-acoustic composition (huseac) and the reckankomplex.

thanks to ean white, serge tcherepnin, and mid-east manufacturing.

-Keith Fullerton Whitman

Tracks:

Side A:
-Variations For Oud & Synthesizer 1

Side B:
-Variations For Oud & Synthesizer 2

 

"two utterly satisfying pieces of electronic music for automatic processes and modular synthesizer. to me, this just about sums up keith's uncanny ability to blend technical prowess with an innate musicality - something that i find to be pretty rare in the world of "academic" electronics. side a features an old shortwave radio run through keith's ever-expanding modular set-up, while the b-side is fueled by old commodore patches being processed by an iphone and sent to the suitcases..."

-Rare Youth

"Multiples was recorded at the Harvard University studios, where a stash of vintage synthesizers and electronics was made available to Keith Fullerton Whitman during his time as a lecturer there. The eight tracks on Multiples flow through hit hat shimmer to skull-scraping electronic tones to interlocking clusters of repetition. This is Whitman's most inclusive and developed album yet. The limited edition Antithesis and Schöner Flußengel LPs released in 2004 showed the range of Whitman's interests, Multiples integrates them into a complete work. Keith Fullerton Whitman has described himself as being enamored of "hyper-programmed rhythms & concrète sounds, bleeding freakout guitar, beach-boys style sweet harmony, eastern euro-prog, vintage synth burbles, classic-era minimalism, early mainframe computer music, fluxus-lineage borderline nonsense, complete and utter chaos, doomy chamber pop, and quiet melancholy." His solo work for kranky has expanded from the processed guitar drones of Playthroughs to the tribal psych ritual of "Schnee" on the Antithesis LP and on to the ominous miasma of Schöner Flußengel. Multiples is a fusing of these strains of interest and ability into an effective whole. "

-Kranky

Tracks:

Stereo Music for Hi-Hat (2:49)

Stereo Music for Serge Modular Prototype
-Part One (3:36)
-Part Two (5:39 )
-Part Three (1:54)

Stereo Music for Yamaha Disklavier
   Prototype, Electric Guitar
      and Computer (10:08 )

Stereo Music for Farfisa Compact
   Duo Deluxe, Drum Kit (6:47 )

Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar,
   Buchla Music Box 100,
   Hewlett Packard Model 236 Oscillator,
   Electric Guitar and Computer
-Part One (5:29)
-Part Two (10:32)

"Two very active modern electronic musicians who enjoy 20th century analog equipment deliver a document of mind expanding electronics with very different approaches. Giffoni's track 'Techno' is full of layered and perfectly synched synthetic rhythms matched with some very adhesive evolving sounds; Creating something that somehow ends up being a homage to both early techno and harsh Japanese electronics. Whitman's track is a beautiful exploration of synthetic tonality and space, like a sudden massage to several areas of the brain one by one but also all at once with a little spice of musique concrete . Both of these recordings share an expansive and psychedelic nature, as well as a nod to the past while moving into the future. Artwork by Maya Miller."

-No Fun Productions

Tracks:

Side A: Carlos Giffoni
-Techno

Side B: Keith Fullerton Whitman
-070207

-Limited to 400 Copies