Thursday, October 12, 2017

republishing inri043

this is one of the tracks that i can't date well. i do, however, remember working on it during the winter, which means it must have been late '00 or early '01. i'm going to consequently deduce that it must have been what i was working on over the 2000 christmas break and date it coming out right after it.

actually, i have another reason to date it in early '01 rather than late '00: the introductory piano part was recorded live into my notation program on my dx100, which i was given over christmas (maybe a little before; it was a cheap garage sale pickup) to act as a controller for my recently broken jx-8p, that i had tried to take apart over the summer to clean a sticky key (a common problem with mid-80s roland analog synths) but failed and left keyless. it's still keyless. yet, the dx still drives it....

that introductory piano part formed the basis of the track, which built itself up fairly quickly. somewhere, i lost the nwc file by saving it as midi, which ruined all the formatting. it's been sitting on my drive ever since.

why put together seven different midi versions of the same track, and sequence them after a polished recorded version? well, this was never actually meant to be computer music. i was just composing something the old fashioned way with the intent of later giving it to some musicians to play. that never happened. what did happen was that i found myself playing it back on multiple sound cards over many years, trying to make it sound as good as possible in the short run - until i could finally get the chance to sit down and actually record it. while each of the different renders has it's strong and weak points, i ultimately don't feel that they form a total order. something i thought about doing was recording tracks independently on different cards and then pasting them together, but that would have just created another dozen incomparable mixes. rather than arbitrarily pick one, i decided to just upload all of them.

in hindsight, i think the format is interesting in itself in terms of it being a psychological experiment with sound. the differences from track to track are sometimes inaudible and sometimes extremely noticeable. stringing it all together in a row like this is challenging to any listener in the sense that it rips apart the process of becoming familiar with a piece. it means listening to exactly the same song through multiple different sound libraries. i think your brain would have to interpret that as a sort of a trip, especially when it comes to trying to build associations in sound within tracks that are both similar and different sounding, soundcard wise. i think that might be part of the reason i had so much difficulty isolating tracks in the first place.

so, listening to the ep through all the way is likely to be a bit disorienting and might ultimately be a strange experience. however, if you like the track for what it is as a collection of overlapping sequences of notes then i hope you get something out of the process of comparing and contrasting the renders together.

i have included the original midi file as a bonus item in the download, if you want to play with it on your own. the added guitar sections in the final version are recent additions and have not been written out.

thematically, the track is meant to orchestrate a feeling of claustrophobia with society pushing down on you too hard. it's meant to transmit a feeling of existential dread. at the time, i really felt stuck with life in general and not sure how i was going to get out of it.

four further remixes were added at the end of may, 2015, which initially forced me to move two of the midi renders to 'download only'. it also split the ep into jazz and orchestral components, with a glitch mix added on to the end. in oct of 2017, this separation was formalized by converting the release into a double ep with 'jazz' renders on the first disc and 'classical' renders on the second one. two jazz mixes (album mix, vocal mix) were added to disc one; three further mixes (percussion mix, string orchestra mix, guitar-only mix) were added to the second one.

written late 2000 & early 2001. the renders present here are all from either the early months of 2014, the second half of may, 2015 or the 11th/12th of october, 2017. minor instrumentation changes to facilitate a small wind section were implemented in late april, 2014. live guitars were layered into the final version over may 2014. four more mixes were added from may 19-26, 2015. five more mixes were added on oct 11/12, 2017. release finalized on oct 12, 2017. as always, please use headphones.

the album version of this track appears on my fifth record:
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

this release also includes a printable jewel case insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries from all phases of production (2001, 2014, 2015, 2017).
 

credits

released January 10, 2001

j - electric piano, programming, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, vocoders, digital effects & treatments, digital wave editing, composition.

the rendered electronic orchestras variously include piano, bass, synth bass, distorted electric guitar, clean electric guitar, other guitar effects, steel string acoustic guitar, nylon string classical guitar, sitar, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, french horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, oboe, english horn, bassoon, synthesizers, clarinet, flute, piccolo, xylophone, glockenspiel, woodblock, tubular bells, orchestra hit, jazz drum kit, hand drums, melodic toms, orchestral drum kit, hammered percussion, marimba, taiko drum, synthetic percussion and electronic drum kit.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.
it doesn't matter who wins or who loses - we all decompose in the end.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.
i don't hold to imperialist ideals or calvinist dogma about strength and perseverance; i am perfectly comfortable with admitting weakness, and perfectly content in giving up. and, i will not feel any shame in being labelled a quitter. i would rather that rational agents see the logic in it, and the foolishness inherent in struggling.

there is no purpose to existence, no reward for competing, no value in winning. i'm sorry if you're lost in a world of make believe. but, i will openly choose to give up without shame, if i must.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.
flac dvd containing material originally recorded from 1999-2000 and completed between 2013 and 2017. inri030-inri042. numbered with a cd printer and shipped in a jewel case. inriℵ8.

full contents:

/inri030: war
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/war

/inri031: liquify
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/liquify

/inri032: inrimake
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inrimake

/inri033:
inridiculous
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inridiculous

/inri034: book it!
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/book-it

/inri035: ambient works vol 0
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-works-vol-0

/inri036: let freedom ring
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/let-freedom-ring

/inri037: the curious george suite
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/the-curious-george-suite

/inri038: ignorance is bliss
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/ignorance-is-bliss

/inri039: acidosis
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/acidosis

/inri040: curious george
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/curious-george-2

/inri041: deny everything
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/deny-everything

/inri042: inrimoved
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inrimoved

total disc size is gb 4.013
total running time of official releases, inri030-inri042, is 11:44:59.

this release is a little smaller than average because inri043 is a long release around a dense track. it was initially intended for release here, but it would not fit on the dvd - it's almost 900 mb. the lower price reflects the smaller iso.
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about

purchasing this release does not come with a download.

inri030: initially created in sept, 1997. remixed and reimagined repeatedly over 1998 and 1999. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. partially reclaimed dec 8, 2014. rebuilt and resequenced on jan 9, 2016 out of material that had been remastered over 2013-2016. reimagined again on oct 26, 2016 out of material that was created in jan, 2016, but not released (and finalized) until sept 13, 2017, in order to properly fit into sequence.

inri031: recorded over the spring and summer of 1999. originally released on inrimake in october, 1999 (with an accidental phase reverse). the first section was modified further at the end of 1999. minimally altered and split into it's own ep in january, 2014. spliced further, appended to, remastered and finalized over sept, 2017. release finalized on sept 28, 2017.

inri032: recorded sporadically, and without cohesive intent, over '98 and '99. originally compiled in the fall of '99. augmented and minimally altered in january, 2014. finalized as lp006 on sept 21, 2017. as always, please use headphones - but note that they are especially mandatory for this recording.

inri033: written and demoed in multiple stages from 1996-1999. initially constructed in this form in dec, 1999. slightly resequenced in jan, 2014. finalized on sept 19, 2017. lp007.

inri034: written & recorded in the fall of 1999. originally released on inridiculous in december, 1999. split into it's own ep in january, 2014. remastered & finalized on sept 28, 2017.

inri035: initially written and recorded between 1996-1999 and remixed between 2013-2015. initially released as part zero of a three volume set on may 21, 2015. split into it's own release on june 14, 2015. finalized as lp008 on sept 29, 2017.

inri036: written and recorded in late 1999 and early 2000. these versions of these tracks were sequenced without further modification in jan, 2014. remainder of hummer added as a bonus track, and release finalized, on oct 3, 2017.

inri037: recorded in spring, 2000. released, unmodified, in jan, 2014. release finalized on oct 3, 2017.

inri038: written and recorded, 1999-2001. track 3 was reconstructed out of existing sound in june, 2004. initially sequenced in jan, 2014. four new mixes (maximal mix (2017), electronics only mix (2015), single mix for lp010 (2017), full instrumental mix from deny everything (2014)) were added on oct 5, 2017; release subsequently closed.

inri039: this was constructed over a little more than a month: from 7/7-8/20, 2000. it seems to have been recombined into one track around 2007 but has otherwise not been modified since it was completed. first released as an ep in jan 2014. release finalized on oct 8, 2017.

inri040: recorded in april, 2000. samples added in oct, 2000. album version reverted to original mix in sept, 2006

inri041: recorded over the space of the year 2000. remixed substantially in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014. existing version constructed in jan, 2014. finalized as lp009 on oct 9, 2017.

inri042: this record was recorded over the years 1999 and 2000, but did not take this form until mid september, 2017. the first track list dates to sept 14, 2017. these tracks are technically outtakes, but did not become outtakes until the remastering process removed them from their respective recordings. finalized as lp010 on oct 9, 2017.

originally created from 1999-2000. this compilation is dated to dec 2, 2000. slowly remastered, reconstituted, compiled, reconstructed, released and finalized from 2013-2017. compilation finalized on oct 12, 2017. as always, please use headphones.
 

credits

released December 2, 2000

j - guitars of all types, effects, bass, synth, piano, organ, ebow, flute, mandolin, drum kit, drum programming, orchestral and other sequencing, hammerhead (909 emulator), pick scrapes, sound design, found sounds, granular synthesis, noise generators, generative synthesis, generative percussion, cool edit synthesis, light-sound synthesis, loops, films, tapes, metronome, sampling, vocals, vocoders, windows 95 sound recorder, digital wave editing, digital effects processing, treatments, coughs, a broken equalizer, text-to-speech synthesis, remixes, reconstructions, reinterpretations, production

the rendered electronic orchestra includess piano, electric guitar, orchestra hit, pizzicato strings, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, synth pad, ukelele, theremin, string ensemble, taiko drums, gongs, trumpet and saxophone. 
 
 
jagmeet singh must cut his beard.
"bombing iran?

that's a paddlin'."

jagmeet singh must cut his beard. 
there are limits on trump's power. they don't come in the form of an advisory board, but in a set of red lines that he will be assassinated from the inside if he crosses.

ripping up the iran deal is probably not one of those lines. but, launching military action against iran very well might be.

the only president in the nuclear era that they had to talk down like this was jfk. reagan was actually deeply anti-nuclear.

it's the sanctions that are going to hand the country over. reports this evening are suggesting they aren't happening. that's good.

but, this man is pushing his luck. and, you know the deep state likes his vp better, anyways....

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.  
i'm technically pansexual.

but, i'm functionally asexual, because i hate everybody.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.  
i mean, i'm obviously queer, but i'm not really anything specific beyond that - i haven't had sex with anybody in over ten years, and i'm absolutely comfortable in that.

i would need to be post-op before i even think about it. but, the flat truth is that i don't expect to ever be sexually active again.

with anybody.

ever.

at all.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.  
i have to post this every once in a while.

again: i avoid queer spaces because i am not sexually active, i do not want to be sexually active and i hate getting hit on.

nobody hits on me in hetero spaces. for me, this is consequently a "safer space" - so long as it is liberal enough to allow for an open concept of expression.

i would actually be likely to get into a fight if i were to spend time in a queer space, because i am pro-active about defending myself against unwanted advances. i would punch somebody out. i know that.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.  
these is a legitimately new mix - not a remaster or reconstruction, but a new idea:


this is also a new mix, but from existing sound:


....and this is an upload of a suppressed track:


one more vocal mix coming for inri043, before it re-releases as a 2xep.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.  
i repeat: the only market that exists is for porn.

so, an artist needs to make a choice as to whether it will follow the art, or resort to chasing market demand.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard. 
the modern bourgeoisie is really only interested in pornography, and will openly reject art if it is not sufficiently pornographic - even quite comically going so far as to question it's artistic value if it doesn't contain enough smut.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.