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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
DJ Empirical's Sandpaper Set
Here it is:
Sandpaper Set, 2007-03-30
You can really hear that the needles, by the end, are completely ravaged -- the sound is so much quieter.
About halfway through, i used sandpaper with masking tape in a large X pattern to make a "beat"-type interruption. You can see it in this pic:
Feel free to comment!
Here it is:
Sandpaper Set, 2007-03-30
You can really hear that the needles, by the end, are completely ravaged -- the sound is so much quieter.
About halfway through, i used sandpaper with masking tape in a large X pattern to make a "beat"-type interruption. You can see it in this pic:
Feel free to comment!
Labels: dj empirical, music, sandpaper
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
dj-ing sandpaper
in my myspace profile, i have a picture of myself at a dj gig playing sandpaper instead of records:
this was a noise show at Base Gallery in downtown cincinnati.
someone (evan? matthew? i can't remember) asked, in a myspace comment, something to the effect of, "wouldn't that mess up your records?"
in short, yes:
the blue needle on the left of the low-quality scanner image is a new needle; the two black ones were old, worn out needles i hadn't yet thrown away. as you can see, the sandpaper completely ravaged the needles. :)
i recorded the set; i want to edit it an release it. when i have a second.
UPDATE: For the curious, i used a variety of sandpaper grits, from (i think) 60 to 200.
in my myspace profile, i have a picture of myself at a dj gig playing sandpaper instead of records:
this was a noise show at Base Gallery in downtown cincinnati.
someone (evan? matthew? i can't remember) asked, in a myspace comment, something to the effect of, "wouldn't that mess up your records?"
in short, yes:
the blue needle on the left of the low-quality scanner image is a new needle; the two black ones were old, worn out needles i hadn't yet thrown away. as you can see, the sandpaper completely ravaged the needles. :)
i recorded the set; i want to edit it an release it. when i have a second.
UPDATE: For the curious, i used a variety of sandpaper grits, from (i think) 60 to 200.
Labels: dj empirical, needles, noise, sandpaper
