Mark harris Mark Harris, Birmingham, Britain (UK)
- Deep - Towards an ending Artwork
Deep - Towards an ending Uploaded by Mark harris Start following Send a message on October 05, 2009 19:33
154 Plays17 Comments12 Favoritings ambient electronic minimal Da mp3Play0.00 / 10.04Hide the comments
- johnny_ripper on November 19, 2009 14:24
Reminds me of the beginning of Nine Inch Nails' A Warm Place, except it's calmer, and it's cold.
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comment at 1.31- Attempt No Landing There on November 22, 2009 16:45
this is so very fantastically chill
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beautiful evolution
- roberto pugliese on October 27, 2009 19:27
@emeidos: somehow Ligeti's progression...
- Mark harris on October 28, 2009 09:03
@roberto pugliese: Ah! Ligeti was kind of in the back of my mind when I created this
- Simon James French on November 18, 2009 00:17
@Mark harris: oh yeah this is very Ligeti-esque. Beautiful stuff :)
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- Dead Dog Salute on November 13, 2009 16:44
oh im feeling this!!
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comment at 4.58- johnny_ripper on November 19, 2009 14:27
Dark, very dark.
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comment at 5.43- MOG HARTLEY on October 07, 2009 10:43
Very spooky and beautiful
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comment at 5.56- cloudcycle on October 08, 2009 11:25
oh yeah....finally some inspiring ambient...tnx
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very, very great track! so minimalistic and so emotional at the same time
- Mark harris on October 12, 2009 09:52
@piedpaper: thanks for that - I put this up as it was one of the most "extreme" (in the terms of most minimal) piece I've created. And I was curious what people would think
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Created from a 50hz sine tone and Vocal Samples - Rapid Motion - Still point Artwork
Rapid Motion - Still point Uploaded by Mark harris Start following Send a message on October 05, 2009 19:26
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- Sage Taylor on November 19, 2009 18:04
This is really lovely! Exactly the sort of thing I like to listen to.
- Mark harris on November 19, 2009 20:42
@Sage Taylor: I kind of figgured we were "signing from the same hymn sheet" all the best Mark
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comment at 0.51- DarrinHarrisFrisby on October 06, 2009 05:58
This is incredibly beautiful...if you would ....please make it available for download....pretty please!
- Mr. Squirrel on October 09, 2009 07:08
@DarrinHarrisFrisby: agreed this is absolutely breathtaking!
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comment at 1.06- Random Toxy on November 18, 2009 16:43
Nice sound. I wouldn't let my Gran anywhere near my synthesiser though.
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comment at 1.26- mastermargherita on October 08, 2009 11:49
beautiful !
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comment at 3.00- Mr. Squirrel on October 09, 2009 07:12
so so beautiful. thank you for soothing my soul and clearing my mind with these stunningly delicate expressions in ambiance.
- Mark harris on October 12, 2009 13:50
@Mr. Squirrel: thanks! I dropped by you page and had your work playing this afternoon while I was working. Sounding very good BTW
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Mark, i love.
- Mark harris on October 07, 2009 20:48
@hibernate: great! thanks for the feedback. I was listening to the artist on your page this afternoon at work, all very very good - you have a very interesting lable
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An extended drone piece - using granular synthesis techniques - I am a long way from home Artwork
I am a long way from home Uploaded by Mark harris Start following Send a message on October 01, 2009 19:22
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- iamanasterix on October 22, 2009 19:07
Hi. This is a good track, but it is being removed from the field recording group because the general opinion is that the group should consist of pure field recordings with no mixing or post production. Thank you for submitting!
- Mark harris on October 23, 2009 06:51
@iamanasterix: thanks - I've kind of developed this approach since I've worked with Francessco Lopez - the whole part of his working process is all material recorded is "adstract" as it is recontextualised by the act of recording - therefor post producion / mixing is part of the process of creation... Anyway I underatand your point and I'll respect your groups criteria in any furthure posts..... Do you have a forum discusing these issues???
- Mark harris on October 23, 2009 06:51
@iamanasterix: thanks - I've kind of developed this approach since I've worked with Francessco Lopez - the whole part of his working process is all material recorded is "adstract" as it is recontextualised by the act of recording - therefor post producion / mixing is part of the process of creation... Anyway I underatand your point and I'll respect your groups criteria in any furthure posts..... Do you have a forum discusing these issues???
- iamanasterix on October 23, 2009 12:32
@Mark harris: I mark. I like the ideas you are putting forth here. There is a 'forum' of sorts set up for field recording, but i don't ever use it. Please come over to my new group soundcloud.com/tabasco to submit tracks and continue discussing this sort of thing.
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comment at 0.00- would-be messiahs on October 01, 2009 20:19
i really like the dark edge it takes here. very mesmerizing and beautiful...
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comment at 1.46- cottagefagaudio on October 05, 2009 15:38
we love trees and wind!
- Mark harris on October 05, 2009 19:59
@cottagefagaudio: if you listen hard... you should be able to hear a couple of "gentelmen of the road" signing way down in the mix in with the wind in the trees
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comment at 2.27- Random Toxy on October 22, 2009 21:53
Really nice
- Mark harris on October 23, 2009 06:44
@Random Toxy: thanks!... I droped by this morning to listen to what your doing some interesting work! I 've have a more in depth Listen while I'm at work...
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a live improvisation. based around a recoding I did of wind in the trees - StillFrame Artwork
StillFrame Uploaded by Mark harris Start following Send a message on September 27, 2009 08:21
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How did you conjure up the sound of half an orchestra from those two notes? Nicely restrained, with engaging movement - lovely
- Mark harris on September 30, 2009 11:38
@:¬l: I basically pitch shifted each note and played a scale for each one, then I made loops for each one of unequal length so they would not repeat and then morfed them together using sound-hack. Then I cut out the sections I liked from the resultant file and repeated the process over and over - there was a lot of random cut and pasting. I ended up with about 8 fragments I liked, which i timed stretched to about 10mins I then mixed them together - it was kind of interesting because the randomness of the process generated some nice phases..
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@Mark harris: Thanks for the detailed answer! When you say 'random cut and pasting', is that your choices or an algorithmic selection? I'm interested in these processes. Autechre say they don't use randomness in their constructions. I do, to generate structurally similar but unique files. Each time I render Bass Loop, for example, I get a slightly different result. I'd love to make an album where each copy has the same tracks but which are unique in this way...
- Mark harris on October 01, 2009 16:02
@:¬l: Hmmm. kind of both really - the process of making loops of unequal length so they go in and out of phase - generates randomness (or a controlled version of randomness). But I made a decision on which parts of the result I liked - I was not sure of what would come out each time I ran the set of loops though sound hack - but as always we chose and reject things..
I think the process of using randomness is interesting because it generates things that you would not normally do. I use this process I use a lot - my main Reactor patch I use to generate music - uses sets of delays which run at different speeds so it gradually changes over time - and unpredictable to a certain extent -
@Mark harris: hey mark - nice work on this one. I have sound hack too - have only really fooled around with it so far. When you say you morphed sounds together - was that through mutation? It's a great program I can see - the convolution and mutation processes can have interesting results - however so far I haven't worked out how to set it up so I can predict what textures will come out the other end!
- Mark harris on October 24, 2009 05:23
@emeidos: hi there.. yes I morphed the loops together using mutation. Re perdicting the results.. its really hit and miss. But to be honest I kind of like the randomness of the results. SoundHack will somtimes just produce crud, but then sudenly produce somthing wonderfull!!!
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@Mark harris: thanks for the info.. yeah that's what I've found, and it has produced some great stuff. I guess it's just something you need to keep plugging away at - trying out different materials.. :)
- Mark harris on October 25, 2009 20:44
@emeidos: I've found sound hack worked better if you add a tiny amount off reverb to the source files... It kind of removes the "grainy" granular synthesis sound you offten get
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beautiful
- Mark harris on November 08, 2009 09:42
@Forss: thank you!
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- davidglivar on October 23, 2009 22:15
there are some gorgeous colors happening in this piece.
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Absolutely gorgeous work!
- Mark harris on September 27, 2009 13:58
thanks for the positive feedback. regards Mark
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an experiment in granular synthesis. created from two notes (a piano and violin tone) - The boy observers the ocean "edit" Artwork
The boy observers the ocean "edit" Uploaded by Mark harris Start following Send a message on September 05, 2009 07:03
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Love that sound. Sounds like the ocean coming into view.
- Mark harris on November 16, 2009 16:41
@Olson: thanks as I mentioned in an earlyer post, I was trying to get that feeling across -
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- mastermargherita on October 08, 2009 12:10
hhhmmmmm tasty ,,, this " brass" .... peaceful
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comment at 3.24- kurtlorenz on October 17, 2009 16:56
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
- Mark harris on October 18, 2009 09:56
@kurtlorenz: thanks. the original take was much longer - I took out the first section as it kind of went on a bit - the violin is a sample of someone tuning up...
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comment at 5.53- cloudcycle on October 08, 2009 11:26
almost endless....we got gusbumps.
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nice! like soundtrack to experimental film about space trips :)
- Mark harris on September 27, 2009 09:40
thanks. When I was playing this I trying to evoke the memory of when I was a boy in Norfolk and I liked to sit on a small hill and watch the sea come in.. (hence the title).. but everyone gets diferent pictures from music..
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A section of a live improvised set, I used a custom Reaktor patch I built which uses a system of delays and samplers which allows me to overdub myself live - Last days Artwork
Last days Uploaded by Mark harris Start following Send a message on September 05, 2009 06:43
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- mastermargherita on September 14, 2009 07:46
beautifull music, complimentaz !
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My contribution to "Birmingham Sound Matter" a project Instigated by Spanish Sound Artist Francisco Lopez working with six other sound artist working in the west midlands. Culminating in a concert and CD release on Audio Bulb records.
nice start - whump!
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