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Hessel pointed me to a video made by Michel Gondry (one of my "heroes") that I didn't know yet. It's a raw one made for Björk, and I love it...

(see higher quality version here)

ps to link this post to my previous post: here is a track by Björk that features Evelyn Glennie

A few months ago I stumbled upon this beautiful TED video about a deaf percussionist:

(see better format including download options here)

I really loved her talk and demonstration, the way she approaches sound and music (while being deaf) is really inspiring. Yesterday there was a documentary about here on TV called Touch The Sound. I recorded it yesterday and watched it today. And... it was one of the most beautiful documentaries I have ever seen! Maybe I am biased by my own love for sound :-).
You can borrow my VHS-tape if you like to decide for yourself :-).

here is a fragment of that documentary:

(click here for the high quality version)

I was looking something up on GoogleMaps tonight and I stumbled upon the beauty of the Waddenzee

(grr... it all looked nice in Firefox, but then I checked IE and all the picture-placement was messed up, so I do it this way now)

went there yesterday, here are some photos of highlights (in my opinion)
(all pictures found on Flickr, and they link to the photographers)

In the research group where I graduated high speed photography (necessary for slow motion videos) was one of the main instruments used in research. I used for my own research a camera that could shoot up to 25 million frames per second enabling us to investigate processes that happen faster than a microsecond.

Anyway, that was some background info. This week I found this nice video on youtube with some spectacular slow motion:

(watch in high quality)

So I graduated in may for my applied physics study (see thesis if you like). And since the beginning of august I work for Eboman as a programmer (company name: Smadsteck), he is an Amsterdam based media-artist that performs with an interactive suit. Yes, the same guy where I did my internship.

It's good to be back and I really enjoy my work. My first task is to program audio-effects so that you can make a bassline out of every recorded sound while still recognizing the sound (or at least the way towards the bass-sound should be able to follow for listeners). The results of the first 5 days work can be seen from this video of his Lowlands performances:

(watch in higher quality here)

I made 2 tracks with 2 groups of 8 people by using solely sounds they made. This was all done on an island (see photo) and I bought a pair of USB-powered speakers to make this possible with my laptop. What I did was recording samples, edit and tweak them on the computer and load them in samplers in Ableton Live. Because of the limited time I prepared by making some sequences in advance (but I only used sounds recorded on the spot).

Here are the results:
Track 1
Track 2

Besides that we also had 2 performances/ services with WorshipLAB (site is a bit outdated). WorshipLAB is some sort of alternative church service with djs, visuals, spoken word and more. This time I did the visuals, using material made by Rik and Geerard and some stuff I found myself. To make this possible I spent some weeks programming a personal setup in MAX/MSP+Jitter that has the capability to run 8 videos, 2 picture feeds, 1 webcam and graphical input from a WACOM drawing tablet, controllable with a midi-controller. The screen was split into 4 separate 'channels'/corners. See screenshot:

a fresh dose of grooving tunes :-)
starting deep and positive, ending a bit more in the raw electrohouse area

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tracklist:
01. Jimpster - Dangly Panther
02. Shik Stylko - Minion (Llorca Remix)
03. Milton Jackson - Soundtron
04. Brett Johson - Cuckoo (Motor City Soul Remix)
05. Joris Voorn - Blank
06 Gui Boratto - Like You (Supermayer Mix)
07. Robot Needs Oil - Defected
08. Wolfgang Gartner - Front To Back
09. Boy 8-Bit - Fogbank

hello there...
... I'm gonna try and be a bit more active here

first thing I did is upgrade the blog itself to be able to fight the spam-comments (yuk!) a bit better (thus losing my custom template, that's the reason for this prefabricated fresh look, well, my custom template was outdated as well)

expect some more posts in the near future...

A mix for Proton Radio featuring a bunch of stuff I made, celebrating the release of Rise & Fall (see here)

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Tracklist:
01. Timo Rozendal - Intro [unsigned]
02. Joel Armstrong - Rise & Fall (Timo Rozendal Remix) [Dot Dot records]
03. Joel Armstrong - Rise & Fall (Joel vs Timo Remix) [Dot Dot records]
04. Mike Uzzi & Ben Recht - Numbers Are Only Indicators [Unfound]
05. Booka Shade - Planetary (Dub Mix) [Get Physical Music]
06. Dominik Eulberg - Freche Freuchte [Cocoon Recordings]
07. Prophecy of Panic - Meditations (Timo Rozendal remix) [Deeplife]
08. Swayzak - By The Rub Of Love [K7 records]
09. Danny Tenaglia - Bottom Heavy 2008 (Phunk Investigation Instrumental DJ Mix) [Tribal]
10. Hardfloor - Who You Gonna Call [No Respect]
11. Coretex - Heart Of A Child (Timo Rozendal Remix) [Deeplife]
12. Tresice - Can't Fix It (Timo Rozendal Remix) [Lowroof]

I am terribly late with this: this release came out half april 2008 on DotDot records on vinyl distributed worldwide and on mp3 via beatport (and others).

The vinyl includes the original version by joel armstrong, a remix by me, and a reworked version of my remix by joel. The digital version also includes a remix by gerwin koudijs and another version of my remix.

Because of this release joel also asked me to do a dj-mix for Proton radio.

Listen here
(it starts with my remix and then Joels rework of my remix, see for more info this post)

The version of my remix that joel reworked is doing really well, it has been played by Sasha, Hernan Cattaneo, Pole Folder, Lucien Foort and possibly James Zabiela.

I am really happy with this opportunity and the release itself.

it starts almost meditative, then becomes a bit cloudy, but the weather is clear and sunny towards the end

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tracklist:
01. Âme - Doldrums
02. Murcof Cielo
03. Bukkador & Fishbeck - Decade
04. Moonbeam - You Can Hear Them
05. Trickski - Lost Dub
06. Onkel Brutalo - Selva (Mri's Smiling Faces Mix)
07. Palm Skin Productions - Magnetic North (Solomun Remix)
08. Lars Behrenroth - Feel The Sunshine
09. Minus 8 - Night Digger (Late Nite Edit)

a bunch of raw and laidback stuff with groove, no standard house or techno

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tracklist:
01. Amon Tobin - Big Furry Head
02. Mr Oizo - Stunt (Flying Lotus Remix)
03. Flying Lotus - Massage Situation
04. Mr Oizo - Non Stop Electro Shit (edit)
05. Fish Go Deep - Layback
06. Bola - Noop
07. Apparat - Arcadia (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix)
08. Justice - Genesis
09. The Ace Of Clubs - Ecid
10. Siriusmo - Wow
11. Ben Mono - Hit The Bit (The Loose Cannons Spanish Freak Remix)
12. Pete Philly & Perquisite - Fish To Fry (edit)
13. Rednose Distrikt - Tea For Two
14. Fdel - Rocksteady
15. Soulphiction - Reclap
16. Lukas Nystrand - Agima Return
17. Nightmares On Wax - Passion

minimal... but with feeling and groove

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tracklist:
01. Argy - La Passion
02. Matthias Tanzmann - Bulldozer
03. Trentemøller, Buda - Gamma (Minilogue Remix)
04. Âme - Basic Track (Short Version)
05. Format B - Full House
06. LAUHAUS ET CHAPTAL - Freedom Fries
07. BECKERS, D-Nox - Shanghigh (Minilogue Remix)
08. Gregor Thresher - Running Systems
09. Extrawelt - Fernweh

groovin' deep house... with a positive vibe...
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tracklist:
01. Elektrons - Joy (12 Inch Version)
02. Cpen - African Jack (Tribal Dub)
03. Zed Bias - Mighty Dub
04. Marcel Wave - 71 Aldie
05. Palm Skin Productions - Lose It
06. Jimpster - Got A Hold On Your Soul
07. Milton Jackson - Ghosts In My Machine
08. Gold Ryan - Clean Track
09. Thomas Schwartz - Jupiter Calling
10. Agoria - Les Violons Ivres