voices #30
◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
here we got:
Jashiin
answering some questions. We have already observed his electronic / soundscapes / Glitch work here.
[1. IDEA]
■ The A. O.: The track from “A Walk Through Dark Places: A Photographic Record” that we prefer is “Hipparcos Catalog”. Can you tell us how it came to light?
► Jashiin: There were several “catalog” tracks, all named after astronomical catalogs of stars, nebulae, and such. They were all made using a free pipe organ sample set I found online. I created an algorithm to process the samples: applying several effects with parameters randomized, then changing the loop points, also randomly. I had no idea how it sounded until I connected it to a midi keyboard and started playing, discovering the sounds as I went along. It took a while to learn which keys do what, which loops I like, if and how the pitch changed. I recorded many takes and kept the ones I liked best. “Sharpless Catalog”, from the parent album “A Walk Through Dark Places”, was the one I fell in love with the most and kept tinkering with. Two more catalogs, including Hipparcos, ended up on “A Photographic Record”, and there’s a couple more, either unreleased or hidden in the tracks of “A Walk”.
[2. CREATION]
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