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- speculativism said...
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- 1 Dec 2010, 05:17
Speculativism, Cyborg Jazz etc. Glitchy Experimentation in audio and visual art.

I have one track here under my own name: 20100729_033615 but I usually use the name Speculativism for audio and video work. I've got lots of videos on YouTube, Internet Archive, Vimeo etc. and lots of sound art on last.fm, Internet Archive, Bandcamp, Jamendo, Soundcloud, etc. most of the sound art is leaning in the direction of music but without any music background. Some tracks are under the name "Cyborg Jazz" - which denotes projects where the automated software is treated like a collaborating partner with the artist. I also contribute to studio typewriter and Apskaft Allrats. All of my recordings are free downloads. They are under Creative Commons 3.0 (Attribution / Non-Commercial / No Dereivatives) except for the occasional cover version of something famous.

BIOG:

I went to a really rotten school which would not allow us to touch musical instruments in case we broke them. This was in the 1960s and the teacher was paranoid about artists like The Who and Jimi Hendrix smashing their instruments on stage. She thought we were all vandals and morons. Consequently I grew up without the opportunity to find out whether I had any aptitude for music or not. After a while I began making noises with found objects, then with a guitar, plastic recorder and drumsticks. Eventually I began using computer effects. This year I got an electric guitar for the first time in my life and am having a whale of time incorporating the sound into my 2010 tracks. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford the other instruments I like, such as the saxophone etc. In the meantime I have to make do with playing midi instruments on my qwerty keyboard.

As an adult with a substandard education I had a massive inferiority complex, but then I passed the entrance test for Mensa and got a bit more confidence, which enabled me to re-enter full time education as a mature student and work toward a degree in Fine Art.

After graduating from University I began making video and audio art for the web, under a Creative Commons licence. I still refer to my audio work as "non-music" even though I've begun to use musical concepts such as "keys", "chords" and "beats per minute". This is because my approach to the work is not a musician's approach but more of a painting and collage making with sounds. It may be a subjective thing but I feel that not being music "as such" gives me more freedom to create unusual forms within sound, dischords and arhythmic structures etc. I also switch back and forth pretty fluidly between serious ideas and comedic ones.

Some keywords which go with the sort of thing I'm doing are: fluxus, pataphysics, dada, surrealism, prog, fusion, third wave, non-music, post sci-fi.

http://art-moving-on.blogspot.com

http://how-i-came-to-be.blogspot.com/

[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I have one track here under my own name: [track artist=Peter-David Smith]20100729_033615[/track] but I usually use the name [artist]Speculativism[/artist] for audio and video work. I've got lots of videos on YouTube, Internet Archive, Vimeo etc. and lots of sound art on last.fm, Internet Archive, Bandcamp, Jamendo, Soundcloud, etc. most of the sound art is leaning in the direction of music but without any music background. Some tracks are under the name "[artist]Cyborg Jazz[/artist]" - which denotes projects where the automated software is treated like a collaborating partner with the artist. I also contribute to [artist]Studio Typewriter[/artist] and [artist]Apskaft Allrats[/artist]. All of my recordings are free downloads. They are under Creative Commons 3.0 (Attribution / Non-Commercial / No Dereivatives) except for the occasional cover version of something famous. BIOG: I went to a really rotten school which would not allow us to touch musical instruments in case we broke them. This was in the 1960s and the teacher was paranoid about artists like The Who and Jimi Hendrix smashing their instruments on stage. She thought we were all vandals and morons. Consequently I grew up without the opportunity to find out whether I had any aptitude for music or not. After a while I began making noises with found objects, then with a guitar, plastic recorder and drumsticks. Eventually I began using computer effects. This year I got an electric guitar for the first time in my life and am having a whale of time incorporating the sound into my 2010 tracks. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford the other instruments I like, such as the saxophone etc. In the meantime I have to make do with playing midi instruments on my qwerty keyboard. As an adult with a substandard education I had a massive inferiority complex, but then I passed the entrance test for Mensa and got a bit more confidence, which enabled me to re-enter full time education as a mature student and work toward a degree in Fine Art. After graduating from University I began making video and audio art for the web, under a Creative Commons licence. I still refer to my audio work as "non-music" even though I've begun to use musical concepts such as "keys", "chords" and "beats per minute". This is because my approach to the work is not a musician's approach but more of a painting and collage making with sounds. It may be a subjective thing but I feel that not being music "as such" gives me more freedom to create unusual forms within sound, dischords and arhythmic structures etc. I also switch back and forth pretty fluidly between serious ideas and comedic ones. Some keywords which go with the sort of thing I'm doing are: fluxus, pataphysics, dada, surrealism, prog, fusion, third wave, non-music, post sci-fi. [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/52248345/Speculativism+_20100921_0606.jpg[/img][/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 1 Dec 2010, 05:57
November 2010 Updates (posted on December 1st)

During November the number of listeners to my recordings under the name of "Speculativism" passed the 1,000 mark! In addition one of my tracks was featured in the last.fm group "Gruppe gegen Marmelade" as SOUND OF THE WEEK #83 ( http://www.last.fm/group/Gruppe+gegen+Marmelade )

It has also been a very productive month. I recorded a Christmas song (a Buddhist Christmas song) Xmas 2.0 for the Zilch Records Christmas album then put the track out on a little album of it's own too. Silverlage describes the track as "Acid Folk holiday music".

I've released three new Speculativism albums this month (4 including the Christmas one) --- (making a total of 27 so far on last.fm) and one new video on YouTube (making a total of 156 videos there).

The new albums are:

Hergest Bells, which is me pretending to be Mike Oldfield,

Glitchy Bricolage, released on Чёрный квадрат (Black Square net label) by last.fm user and artist In_Cognitus

and
Wastelands, a bizarre collision of T.S. Eliot's poetry with music inspired by Terry Riley, Steve Reich and The Who.

The new video is "Unknown" - and the soundtrack is on the Glitchy Brilcolage album.

Plus, I've done these tracks for forthcoming Apskaft albums Toccata and Fugue in Blue, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, 21st Century Schizoid Man and a Daniel Johnston cover (plus a bit for the Apskaft Battleship Potemkin soundtrack collaboration).

I'm also gradually getting all these items uploaded to other locations such as Jamendo, Bandcamp, Vimeo and the Internet Archive.

You wouldn't credit it, but even after all that I still have an enormous backlog of sound and video projects to complete, plus the faux autobiography I'm writing (which has temporally stalled somewhere around Chapter Twenty-Two or whatever) - it's lucky I'm unemployed just now.

http://art-moving-on.blogspot.com

http://how-i-came-to-be.blogspot.com/

[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: During November the number of listeners to my recordings under the name of "[artist]Speculativism[/artist]" passed the 1,000 mark! In addition one of my tracks was featured in the last.fm group "Gruppe gegen Marmelade" as SOUND OF THE WEEK #83 ( http://www.last.fm/group/Gruppe+gegen+Marmelade ) It has also been a very productive month. I recorded a Christmas song (a Buddhist Christmas song) [track artist=Speculativism]Xmas 2.0[/track] for the [label]Zilch Records[/label] Christmas album then put the track out on a little album of it's own too. Silverlage describes the track as "Acid Folk holiday music". I've released three new [artist]Speculativism[/artist] albums this month (4 including the Christmas one) --- (making a total of 27 so far on last.fm) and one new video on YouTube (making a total of 156 videos there). The new albums are: [album artist=Speculativism]Hergest Bells[/album], which is me pretending to be Mike Oldfield, [album artist=Speculativism]Glitchy Bricolage[/album], released on [label]Чёрный квадрат[/label] (Black Square net label) by last.fm user and artist [artist]in_cognitus[/artist] and [album artist=Speculativism]Wastelands[/album], a bizarre collision of T.S. Eliot's poetry with music inspired by [artist]Terry Riley[/artist], [artist]Steve Reich[/artist] and [artist]The Who[/artist]. The new video is "Unknown" - and the soundtrack is on the [album artist=Speculativism]Glitchy Brilcolage[/album] album. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzrkCxGAk7A[/youtube] Plus, I've done these tracks for forthcoming Apskaft albums [track artist=Speculativism]Toccata and Fugue in Blue[/track], [track artist=Speculativism]Sheena is a Punk Rocker[/track], [track artist=Speculativism]21st Century Schizoid Man[/track] and a [artist]Daniel Johnston[/artist] cover (plus a bit for the Apskaft Battleship Potemkin soundtrack collaboration). I'm also gradually getting all these items uploaded to other locations such as Jamendo, Bandcamp, Vimeo and the Internet Archive. You wouldn't credit it, but even after all that I still have an enormous backlog of sound and video projects to complete, plus the faux autobiography I'm writing (which has temporally stalled somewhere around Chapter Twenty-Two or whatever) - it's lucky I'm unemployed just now. [/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 28 Dec 2010, 14:38
A new track added to "One Mad Man"

I've added a new track to the album "One Mad Man". The track is "Spleen Two" by Charles Baudelaire

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I've added a new track to the album "[album artist=Speculativism]One Mad Man[/album]". The track is [track artist=Speculativism]"Spleen Two" by Charles Baudelaire[/track][/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 3 Jan 2011, 17:47
New Album on the way.

I'm working on a new album but I'll be building this one up gradually, adding one track at a time. The album will be called "My Subversions" and the first track is up now: A Distorting Mirror

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I'm working on a new album but I'll be building this one up gradually, adding one track at a time. The album will be called "My Subversions" and the first track is up now: [track artist=Speculativism]A Distorting Mirror[/track][/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 7 Jan 2011, 18:18
The second track goes up.

The second track of the forthcoming album My Subversions is now up. The second track is called Ipecacuana

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: The second track of the forthcoming album [album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album] is now up. The second track is called [track artist=Speculativism]Ipecacuana[/track][/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 9 Jan 2011, 02:53
The third track.

The third track of the album My Subversions is up. The third track is called The Long, Arduous Trek Through the Mad Hatters Tea Party

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: The third track of the album [album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album] is up. The third track is called [track artist=Speculativism]The Long, Arduous Trek Through the Mad Hatters Tea Party[/track][/quote]

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- 9 Jan 2011, 10:11
The fourth and fifth tracks are now uploaded

The fourth and fifth tracks of "My Subversions" are now uploaded:

The Superman

While My Guitar Gently Soils Itself

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: The fourth and fifth tracks of "[album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album]" are now uploaded: [track artist=Speculativism]The Superman[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]While My Guitar Gently Soils Itself[/track][/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 19 Jan 2011, 09:40
6 New Tracks

I've uploaded another 6 tracks to the My Subversionsalbum

You're Not Coming In with THOSE Antiquated Implants!

Flange Sprocket

Vincent Starts on His Ear

Feet Down

My Version of Rear Window

Evil Twin with Bad Homburg

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I've uploaded another 6 tracks to the [album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album] album [track artist=Speculativism]You're Not Coming In with THOSE Antiquated Implants![/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Flange Sprocket[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Vincent Starts on His Ear[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Feet Down[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]My Version of Rear Window[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Evil Twin with Bad Homburg[/track] [/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 20 Jan 2011, 21:40
And 3 More New Tracks

Uploaded another 3 tracks to the My Subversionsalbum

8 at the Crossroads

The Jazz Ghost in the Jazz Machine

Future Poem (text)

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: Uploaded another 3 tracks to the [album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album] album [track artist=Speculativism]8 at the Crossroads[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]The Jazz Ghost in the Jazz Machine[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Future Poem (text)[/track] [/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 30 Jan 2011, 19:29
Another 2 Tracks

Another two new tracks for the My Subversions album brings the track listing up to 16 now. More to follow. The 2 new tracks are:

The Demonic Conspiracy Theory Movie

and:

Something To Be Thankful For

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: Another two new tracks for the [album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album] album brings the track listing up to 16 now. More to follow. The 2 new tracks are: [track artist=Speculativism]The Demonic Conspiracy Theory Movie[/track] and: [track artist=Speculativism]Something To Be Thankful For [/track] [/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 11 Feb 2011, 12:06
3 More Tracks added to "My Subversions" - making 19 tracks so far

I've added these three tracks to the "My Subversions" album:

Catching the Truth

Jeremy Bentham's Mobile Cell

Sub Stratum

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I've added these three tracks to the "[album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album]" album: [track artist=Speculativism]Catching the Truth[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Jeremy Bentham's Mobile Cell[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Sub Stratum[/track][/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 15 Feb 2011, 07:46
Completing the Album

The "My Subversions" is probably now complete with these two final tracks added:

The Lure of The Unexpected Life

and

Fade Out

Also I had to change the name of one track (Sub Strata changed to Sub Stratum) because of a weird glitch in the uploader thingy.

The album now has 21 tracks. These range from jazzy to noisy to glitch rock to synth sounds to wyrd, all interspersed with spoken word pieces of oddthought.

http://art-moving-on.blogspot.com

http://how-i-came-to-be.blogspot.com/

[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: The "[album artist=Speculativism]My Subversions[/album]" is probably now complete with these two final tracks added: [track artist=Speculativism]The Lure of The Unexpected Life[/track] and [track artist=Speculativism]Fade Out[/track] Also I had to change the name of one track (Sub Strata changed to Sub Stratum) because of a weird glitch in the uploader thingy. The album now has 21 tracks. These range from jazzy to noisy to glitch rock to synth sounds to wyrd, all interspersed with spoken word pieces of oddthought. [/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 28 Feb 2011, 11:17
Under the Gassssss

Here's my latest video release. An extended version of my earlier video "Under the Gas". This is a movie about pain and distress.

When I was about 10 years old I received an overdose of nitrous-oxide gas at the dentist. I probably had minor brain damage as a result. My IQ still tested unusually high but my behaviour became slightly sillier than before. I've enjoyed unusual levels of silliness ever since.

YouTube recently allowed me to post longer videos, so this one is 38 minutes and 21 seconds, compared with the original version which was 4 minutes and 32 seconds.

All original music by Peter-David Smith (Speculativism) with the exception of "Zig Me Baby" which comes from a public domain soundie in the Prelinger Archive.

The original version looked like this:

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: Here's my latest video release. An extended version of my earlier video "Under the Gas". This is a movie about pain and distress. When I was about 10 years old I received an overdose of nitrous-oxide gas at the dentist. I probably had minor brain damage as a result. My IQ still tested unusually high but my behaviour became slightly sillier than before. I've enjoyed unusual levels of silliness ever since. YouTube recently allowed me to post longer videos, so this one is 38 minutes and 21 seconds, compared with the original version which was 4 minutes and 32 seconds. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkJXsinJ-LY[/youtube] All original music by Peter-David Smith (Speculativism) with the exception of "Zig Me Baby" which comes from a public domain soundie in the Prelinger Archive. The original version looked like this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOrLLlfnfKo[/youtube] [/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 10 Mar 2011, 09:49
Experiments in the Vicinity of Music

new release:

Experiments in the Vicinity of Music has 6 tracks:

1 Scarborough Fair
2 Bad Music
3 Binaural Beast
4 Strange News from Another Star
5 The House of the Rising Sun
6 Carbon in the Soul

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: new release: [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/60003889.png[/img] [album artist=Speculativism]Experiments in the Vicinity of Music[/album] has 6 tracks: 1 [track artist=Speculativism]Scarborough Fair[/track] 2 [track artist=Speculativism]Bad Music [/track] 3 [track artist=Speculativism]Binaural Beast[/track] 4 [track artist=Speculativism]Strange News from Another Star [/track] 5 [track artist=Speculativism]The House of the Rising Sun[/track] 6 [track artist=Speculativism]Carbon in the Soul[/track][/quote]

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- 21 Mar 2011, 22:49
On the Way a Mystery

I added a new track to the Tracks with vocals as such album:

On the Way a Mystery

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I added a new track to the [album artist=Speculativism]Tracks with Vocals as Such[/album] album: [track artist=Speculativism]On the Way a Mystery[/track][/quote]

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- 9 Apr 2011, 02:12
Old Old Science Fiction

I've released 2 new tracks on: Old Old Science Fiction.

Track One:
Old Old Science Fiction

Track Two:
Space Lizards

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I've released 2 new tracks on: [album artist=Speculativism]Old Old Science Fiction[/album]. Track One: [track artist=Speculativism]Old Old Science Fiction[/track] Track Two: [track artist=Speculativism]Space Lizards[/track] [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/61408439.png[/img][/quote]
Edited by speculativism on 25 Apr 2011, 10:30

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- 23 Apr 2011, 15:29
The Labyrinth Within the Maze Within the Labyrinth

Emerging from my weirdness laboratory I've devised two albums in April. The first one is called "The Labyrinth Within the Maze Within the Labyrinth" and is a collection of semi musical workings of strange ideas and visions. There are a few recurring themes from previous albums, reworked in new ways, and lots of entirely new tracks. The second album for April is coming soon and will be an archive of experiments I did recently with recorded spoken words and musical scales.

However, this one, "The Labyrinth Within the Maze Within the Labyrinth", has 16 tracks and they are:

Work

The Rainbow and the Serpent

In Spite of the Noise there is a Peace Within

In the Hollow Earth

Tuatha Dé Danann at Hy Brasil

To Vada the Shamanic Eek

Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 1

Dizzy Wizzy

Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 2

Interzone

Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 3

Lost Soul Train

Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 4

Lung Mei

Parallel Planes

The Haunted Mansion

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/61995435.png[/img] Emerging from my weirdness laboratory I've devised two albums in April. The first one is called "[album artist=Speculativism]The Labyrinth Within the Maze Within the Labyrinth[/album]" and is a collection of semi musical workings of strange ideas and visions. There are a few recurring themes from previous albums, reworked in new ways, and lots of entirely new tracks. The second album for April is coming soon and will be an archive of experiments I did recently with recorded spoken words and musical scales. However, this one, "[album artist=Speculativism]The Labyrinth Within the Maze Within the Labyrinth[/album]", has 16 tracks and they are: [track artist=Speculativism]Work[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]The Rainbow and the Serpent[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]In Spite of the Noise there is a Peace Within[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]In the Hollow Earth[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Tuatha Dé Danann at Hy Brasil[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]To Vada the Shamanic Eek[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 1[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Dizzy Wizzy[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 2[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Interzone[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 3[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Lost Soul Train[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Dance Music for Jostling Commuters 4[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Lung Mei[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Parallel Planes[/track] [track artist=Speculativism]The Haunted Mansion[/track] [/quote]
Edited by speculativism on 25 Apr 2011, 10:30

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- 25 Apr 2011, 10:28
Beyond the Radio Waves from Earth

I've now uploaded:

Beyond the Radio Waves from Earth

This album is an archive of sound experiments I did recently. I don't expect anybody to sit and listen all the way through this album. There's too much of it. This is more of an archive to dip into occasionally. There's lots of interesting stuff happening in these experiments.

On my computer's hard drive I had a folder containing examples of various elements from which music could be constructed. These consisted of little midi files labelled things like: octave lesson, oriental, piano riff, power arp, power chord riff, major, minor, dorian, phrygian, algerian, lydian, arpeggios, arabian, sweeps, balinese, byzantine, scales, mixolydian, harmonic, chromatic, egyptian, hungarian, gypsy, hindu, minor pentatonic, etc. In another folder I had recordings of iconic speeches by people like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, President Richard Nixon, Abbott and Costello, William Shatner, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi, Mick Jagger, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President John F. Kennedy, President Harry Truman, Yuri Gagarin, Stokely Carmichael and President Nelson Mandela. I decided to combine all of these with the singing voices of Mae Questel and Marlene Dietrich to produce a gigantic mix of radio signals which might be received from Planet Earth. Pity the poor Martian scientist who is trying to decode all this stuff.

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I've now uploaded: [album artist=Speculativism]Beyond the Radio Waves from Earth[/album] [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/62092393.png[/img] This album is an archive of sound experiments I did recently. I don't expect anybody to sit and listen all the way through this album. There's too much of it. This is more of an archive to dip into occasionally. There's lots of interesting stuff happening in these experiments. On my computer's hard drive I had a folder containing examples of various elements from which music could be constructed. These consisted of little midi files labelled things like: octave lesson, oriental, piano riff, power arp, power chord riff, major, minor, dorian, phrygian, algerian, lydian, arpeggios, arabian, sweeps, balinese, byzantine, scales, mixolydian, harmonic, chromatic, egyptian, hungarian, gypsy, hindu, minor pentatonic, etc. In another folder I had recordings of iconic speeches by people like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, President Richard Nixon, Abbott and Costello, William Shatner, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi, Mick Jagger, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President John F. Kennedy, President Harry Truman, Yuri Gagarin, Stokely Carmichael and President Nelson Mandela. I decided to combine all of these with the singing voices of Mae Questel and Marlene Dietrich to produce a gigantic mix of radio signals which might be received from Planet Earth. Pity the poor Martian scientist who is trying to decode all this stuff. [/quote]

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- 17 Jun 2011, 19:10
Further Experiments by Speculativism

New album:

Further Experiments

New album:

Further Experiments

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: New album: [album artist=Speculativism]Further Experiments [/album] [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/64748607.png[/img] New album: [album artist=Speculativism]Further Experiments [/album][/quote]

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- 5 Aug 2011, 13:25
I may have improved this track (?) :

Evil Twin with Bad Homburg (new version)

Evil Twin with Bad Homburg (old version)

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I may have improved this track (?) : [track artist=Speculativism]Evil Twin with Bad Homburg (new version) [/track] [track artist=Speculativism]Evil Twin with Bad Homburg (old version) [/track][/quote]

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- 7 Aug 2011, 21:03
Songs Wot I Actually Wrote

I've put a significant number of my songs (the ones with actual words wot I made up by myself) onto a an album called Songs Wot I Actually Wrote

This collection includes previously unreleased versions of Space lizards and Old Old Science Fiction

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I've put a significant number of my songs (the ones with actual words wot I made up by myself) onto a an album called [album artist=Speculativism]Songs Wot I Actually Wrote[/album] This collection includes previously unreleased versions of Space lizards and Old Old Science Fiction[/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 6 Oct 2011, 14:02
My best album so far!

I've released a new album and it is the most musical so far. I'm really beginning to get the hang of making the the weird noises sound like music now!

An Alternative Steam Age

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I've released a new album and it is the most musical so far. I'm really beginning to get the hang of making the the weird noises sound like music now! [album artist=Speculativism]An Alternative Steam Age[/album][/quote]

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- 25 Nov 2011, 00:04
Apskaft magazine, Name Changes, New Album and Impending Homelessness

I'm about to lose the place where I've been living for the past ten years and, since I'm very poor, I face possible homelessness. Therefore, just in case I find I have nowhere to keep a computer and an electric guitar etc., much less plug them in, I'm trying to get all of my current work online, finished or unfinished. There's audio, video and graphic art work + writings.

I'm also changing my artist name to be the same as my regular name: Peter-David Smith but, at the same time, spawning another alias as Various Female Artists

Take the Smooth with the Rough

Peter-David Smith with Speculativism and Cyborg Jazz

Individual Tracks:

01 wild fing 1

02 wild fing 2

03 wild fing 3

04 Guess What

05 2113

06 All Delilah Regrets

07 Ballad

08 Existence-Consciousness-Bliss

09 Chill 1

10 Chill 4

11 Cursed Earth

12 Double Star

13 Ecce Homo

14 Fanstatic

15 Get It Together

16 Ghosts in the Web

17 Necklace of Skulls

18 Rough Noisy Chill

19 Sad Pixies

20 Steamy Jungle Planet

21 The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock (remix)

22 They Give Us the Minimum They Can Get Away With

23 They Take the Maximum the Law Will Allow

24 They're Throwing Me Out of My Home

25 VH20111107_193817

26 Wig Wearing Woogie

27 Zeta Beam

28 New Moon Over

29 the other track v1

29 the other track v2

At the same time, The new Apskaft magazine is published on ISSUU:

Read it here: http://issuu.com/apskafters/docs/apskafters_001

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I'm about to lose the place where I've been living for the past ten years and, since I'm very poor, I face possible homelessness. Therefore, just in case I find I have nowhere to keep a computer and an electric guitar etc., much less plug them in, I'm trying to get all of my current work online, finished or unfinished. There's audio, video and graphic art work + writings. I'm also changing my artist name to be the same as my regular name: [artist]Peter-David Smith[/artist] but, at the same time, spawning another alias as [artist]Various Female Artists[/artist] [album artist=Peter-David Smith]Take the Smooth with the Rough[/album] [album artist=Various Female Artists]Peter-David Smith with Speculativism and Cyborg Jazz[/album] Individual Tracks: [track artist=Peter-David Smith]01 wild fing 1[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]02 wild fing 2[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]03 wild fing 3[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]04 guess what[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]05 2113[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]06 all delilah regrets[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]07 ballad[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]08 existence-consciousness-bliss[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]09 chill 1[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]10 chill 4[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]11 cursed earth[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]12 double star[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]13 ecce homo[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]14 Fanstatic[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]15 get it together[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]16 ghosts in the web[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]17 necklace of skulls[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]18 rough noisy chill[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]19 sad pixies[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]20 steamy jungle planet[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]21 the lovesong of j alfred prufrock (remix)[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]22 they give us the minimum they can get away with[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]23 they take the maximum the law will allow[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]24 they're throwing me out of my home[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]25 vh20111107_193817[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]26 wig wearing woogie[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]27 zeta beam[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]28 new moon over[/track] [track artist=Various Female Artists]29 the other track v1 [/track] [track artist=Various Female Artists]29 the other track v2 [/track] At the same time, The new Apskaft magazine is published on ISSUU: Read it here: [url=http://issuu.com/apskafters/docs/apskafters_001]http://issuu.com/apskafters/docs/apskafters_001[/url][/quote]

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- 26 Dec 2011, 21:09
New Peter-David Smith album: exploration

exploration by Peter-David Smith

exploration by Peter-David Smith

Tracklisting:

exploration 1

exploration 2

exploration 3

walk with mobile phone

the ballad of Jesse James

exploration 6

exploration 7

life is just a bowl of cherries

exploration 9

exploration 10

exploration 11

exploration 12

exploration 13

rhyming dictionary

exploration 15

playing guitar with a screwdriver

exploration 17

exploration 18

exploration 19

exploration 20

exploration 21

exploration 22

exploration 23

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: [album artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration[/album] by Peter-David Smith [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/72335508.jpg[/img] [album artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration[/album] by Peter-David Smith Tracklisting: [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 1[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 2[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 3[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]walk with mobile phone[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]the ballad of Jesse James[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 6[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 7[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]life is just a bowl of cherries[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 9[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 10[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 11[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 12[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 13[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]rhyming dictionary[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 15[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]playing guitar with a screwdriver[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 17[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 18[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 19[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 20[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 21[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 22[/track] [track artist=Peter-David Smith]exploration 23[/track][/quote]

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- 15 Jan 2012, 22:39
The soundtrack album of Metropolis, now uploaded to last fm:

Metropolis Soundtrack

These are all new tracks except for "Bad Music" which I previously released on a different album.

The version of the movie uploaded to Youtube:

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[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: The soundtrack album of Metropolis, now uploaded to last fm: [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/73056030.jpg[/img] [album artist=Peter-David Smith]Metropolis Soundtrack[/album] These are all new tracks except for "Bad Music" which I previously released on a different album. The version of the movie uploaded to Youtube: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJDkoIAfMhc[/youtube][/quote]

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