knotted windpipe

Stun Nutz

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From your head to your gut, this takes a winding path as it goes down...

The beats were originally put together on an old PC in 1995, and since I have dusted off my old clarinet last year, I have been tinkering around and experimenting with more "live" and improvisational sounds.

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Song Stats

Hits: 2049
Comments: 45
Fans: 24
Plays: 309
Downloads: 86
Votes: 14
Uploaded: Oct 06, 2007 - 10:02:45 AM
Last Updated: Oct 06, 2007 - 12:09:27 PM Last Played: Nov 06, 2009 - 09:37:02 PM

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Keywords:

clarinet (36), improvisation (80), electronic (372), editing (1), glitch (25), noise (58), psychedelic (82), wankery (1), free jazz (4), squeak (2), honk (2), beep (3)

Hardware:

Clarinet, old PC, new iMac

Software:

Creative Wave Studio, GarageBand

Comments

bud	bud said 777 days ago (October 6th, 2007)
	You're tempting me to bring out my daughter's clarinet not that I could play it with the skill you show here - but I did play when I was twelve. Really like what you did with the percussion and effects - cool piece. Check out my latest song called eye for you (w/particledots and michael2)

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 777 days ago (October 6th, 2007)
	Thanks, bud! You really should bring out your daughter's clarinet! In fact, everyone should! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 777 days ago (October 6th, 2007)
	Thumpin Stun, this is too cool. I like how the clarinet wankery holds it all together, through the glitchiness and reversing beats. Very nice, original stuff. Is that a big ol goiter on his neck?? Yewwww... There's not enough clarinet on MacJams, thanks for helping turn that around. Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 777 days ago (October 6th, 2007)
	THnaks pV! The clarinet is the new guitar!!! ha ha! ...and having a knotted windpipe does result in a swelling of the neck area, not unlike a goiter...! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

	said 777 days ago (October 6th, 2007)
	Wow Exceptional love the breaks in this. the clarinet choas goes well. At one point it sounds like a frog saying "sumptin"... dont know but I like this alot!

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)
	hmmm... ...I guess I am part amphibian! That is the second time someone has mentioned frogs after they listened to one of my pieces (the first time was with my tune "oo aa ee"). Thanks for stopping by, egobandit. The comment is appreciated. Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

pooey	pooey said 777 days ago (October 7th, 2007)
	Love it Would like to say more, but am gonna have to listen a few more times to wrap my head around it. I will definitely show this one to my clarinet students. They will think it is very cool (or very weird). Check out my latest song called Wake Up (Pooey Remix)

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)
	cool I am always delighted when you mention playing my music for students... the feeling never gets old. This piece could be part of a lesson on hyperactive trilling! ...or maybe experimental music, of course... Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

Eccentrikamerika

Eccentrikamerika said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)

!
yes the breaks in this are outstanding. emergency punctuation.

this really takes me to pauline oliveros territory and 'deep listening'. imagine this with you playin the clarinet and 5 delays together, so that you are playing off what you just played in staggered bits of time.

not only does this one have ballz, as usual, but there is a honking soul pressing it's face up against the glass at me. staring me in the eye and telling me everything it has to say.

ah- you're the best!

Check out my latest song called Car Go Fast

Stun Nutz

Stun Nutz said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)

thanks
I am glad you mentioned Pauline Oliveros... I have never heard of her before. It looks like some of her music is available on eMusic, so I will have to check it out.

I am glad you got the "live" feeling from this. Someday I want to get to the point where I can put on a live performance with all the bells and whistles. Until that day, I can at least piece it together in GarageBand!!

Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

yrp	yrp said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)
	About Oliveros I strongly recommend "Deep Listening"... Check out my latest song called Light (with onesweetworld)

Diviner	Diviner said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)
	Great track Nice clarinet work and it sits well on the hreat music you have layered with it. The bass at the start is mad esp with all those sounds being flanged about. Thenit goes into a wierd jazz session, I really like the madness of this track. Very interesting. P.s. Mad photo as well Check out my latest song called Space Program (Space Race 2009)

	said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)
	Unbridled ruction is the best ruction of all. I would really like to know if there is an official name for that 'juddering' of the reed you do at around 1:24; that's a really beautiful, indefinable sound. Lots of good stuff in this; impeccable timing.

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 775 days ago (October 8th, 2007)
	Thank ya, sonny! I think the "juddering" you are referring to is a trilling of the keys, which I did a lot on this track. Another technique which I have used sometimes is a fluttering of the tongue against the reed... I may use that on a future release, but I didn't use that technique here. Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

yrp	yrp said 776 days ago (October 7th, 2007)
	Very good! The clarinet playing is great and the beats are gorgeously dinamic (I even hear a samba groove for a few seconds). Congratulations! Check out my latest song called Light (with onesweetworld)

_nderscore	_nderscore said 775 days ago (October 8th, 2007)
	incredibly original. these noises can only come from one person-so glad to hear you again! just imagine an album full of this stuff, heheh genius. Check out my latest song called glyd

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 773 days ago (October 10th, 2007)
	You know... ...I got a kick out of you asking me on vid ichat if I was working on any music... and so I became determined to finish this last Friday. Thanks! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

BranDaMan	BranDaMan said 775 days ago (October 8th, 2007)
	Cool! thats some pretty cool clarinet playing. Really good tune, very interesting all around. Check out my latest song called Giving Up (Instrumental)

MissChaos	MissChaos said 775 days ago (October 8th, 2007)
	wankery? Stun Nutz. Reinventing Woodwinds. This is sweet. Love the atonal quality in this. It's childishly sweet, yet twistedly demented. Right up my alley. Bravo! Check out my latest song called Mama Cries - Album Version (MJRF)

racerat	racerat said 775 days ago (October 8th, 2007)
	pissed dog Played this on my monitors and the dog started barkin....alot....weird. Very cool soundscape. Oh, and the juddering ruction was good too. P Check out my latest song called Frank's Song

lengold	lengold said 774 days ago (October 9th, 2007)
	Something very unique going on here. Holds the attention throughout. Excellent. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

said 774 days ago (October 9th, 2007)

very nice
nice n sudden build up, density of it all is truly you. the beat rock uncontrollably and that one clarinetish-bass sound sounded very cool n scary. The freestyle approach does the clarinet justice. It is a misbehaving, yet adorable little smartass. It has its own will so to speak and the rest of the track accompanies it. Well done to medium-rare, this one;)

Good to hear you still can't resist!

Marc

Feter	Feter said 773 days ago (October 10th, 2007)
	knotted windpipe Way Cool playin and tune ..this is Impressing !! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

Mcboy	Mcboy said 773 days ago (October 10th, 2007)
	now this is some freaky blowing.....hehheh......i get images of that spongebob octopus playing the clarinet ...but above sea level...hehheh....fun track...... Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 773 days ago (October 10th, 2007)
	oh my god! That is so hilarious! I actually did think of him too... as I was playing it!!!! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

ktb	ktb said 773 days ago (October 10th, 2007)
	inspired Thanks for the post. Great Clarinet, and I loved the percussive fx ambience. Very cool improvation Check out my latest song called off the deck (w/Z293)

Komrade K

Komrade K said 773 days ago (October 10th, 2007)

A triumph Mr Nutz!
That combo of real clarinet melody (you can play that thing!) with the electronics is startling and captivating. Frequently the piece seems to head in a particular direction (tune or beats) and then be pulled up short and sent in a whole other direction like an animal unable to settle in a cage.

KK

PS - this is the second track I've commented on today which had a 'wank' related keyword!

Check out my latest song called Ye Mariners All

guitapick	guitapick said 772 days ago (October 11th, 2007)
	Experimental... ...it is...and a successful one, too... ...totally off the wall of the universe (I saw it the other day)...really cool. Enjoyed this very much... Check out my latest song called Outside the Corral

echoroom	echoroom said 772 days ago (October 11th, 2007)
	nutz great beats, great woodwind, juddery wobbles.. freakin aces! Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

datafunk	datafunk said 771 days ago (October 12th, 2007)
	impressive terrrrrrrrrific drum'n'clarinet track, loved it from the very first notes, instant stun classic! Check out my latest song called Dr Lioli vs the seven blender army (feat Dr Lioli as himself)

composerclark

composerclark said 749 days ago (November 3rd, 2007)

Great job!
It's very cool to hear a real clarinet around here! The clarenet is a great instrument for experimental music, because it is capable of making so many different (but cool) sounds. I like this a lot... it has a 'classic' electronic music feel to me, like something from the 70's or 80's, back when I was a student. Anyway, great job here, and I'm really sorry it took me so long to comment! I've kind of been on a hiatus from the site...

Check out my latest song called Scarlet Nightfall

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 748 days ago (November 4th, 2007)
	Thanks Don't worry about taking too long to comment... I am just gald you did. Thanks for the feedback, it is much appreciated!! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

SpasmodicMan	SpasmodicMan said 746 days ago (November 6th, 2007)
	Encore! The live clarinet is great. Do more! Check out my latest song called The Androgyne

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 746 days ago (November 6th, 2007)
	thanks I will defeinitely be doing more clarinet... in one way or another... good to see ya, SPas! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

amandamason@mac.	amandamason@mac. said 738 days ago (November 14th, 2007)
	WOW This is really brilliant! Gosh you're amazingly talented! This is incredable! I love the clarinet but I've never heard it like this before. Check out my latest song called MacJammin

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 737 days ago (November 15th, 2007)
	ha! Thanks for the compliments, Amanda...! I blush at the fact you are calling me amazingly talented. Reality is... I can play my own noodlings ok, but if I were to read sheet music or play a classical composition, I would need a LOT of practice! (I took eight years of clarinet in grade school, but it has been a while...) Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

DeputyDoofy	DeputyDoofy said 737 days ago (November 15th, 2007)
	The master of sound manipulation... Like everything else you release, this is a great piece of work. It's fun to work with unique sources. I would know that! :) Check out my latest song called Sweet Smell Of Success

stooey	stooey said 646 days ago (February 14th, 2008)
	Been Away for a while... But while I was looking around, I found this gem! It's neat. I like the live aspect. Good percussion. Check out my latest song called Loop It Oldfieldlian

	Modesto66 said 632 days ago (February 28th, 2008)
	cofused very confusing. I guess this is an experiment Check out my latest song called No More Monkey Business

gregd	gregd said 612 days ago (March 19th, 2008)
	Between your Ribs and your Windpipe, I think I like your pipe better. These being the first tracks of yours that I've heard, I'm happy that LeDebutant told me to check you out. It's cool music you make. The percussion and clarinet are great. You get a live feeling from them well. You should come back and make some more body parts sing. -g Check out my latest song called 08nov08

	said 584 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	Very Coool Some lovely sounds here, I love it. That clarinet sounds awsome. Peace Dee.

	said 563 days ago (May 7th, 2008)
	Big fan... of the transitions and overall feel, of the slightly awkward but benign grittiness of the tune, of your propensity for puns and palindromes. This track went on my most recent mix cd. Thanks.

richardhowardjones	richardhowardjones said 522 days ago (June 17th, 2008)
	. A fun trip thru the wanderings of your head, bro. Thanx Check out my latest song called STANDIN' IN THE RAIN

timothy devine	timothy devine said 521 days ago (June 19th, 2008)
	hey man I love the clarinet sounds great improv! Perfect I love improv this was a great listen cool Check out my latest song called Mankind Needs a Change/WoodstockII

blindsidedpoets	blindsidedpoets said 219 days ago (April 16th, 2009)
	knotted windpipe Well, this is just awesome! I'm partial to the sound of a clarinet, but besides that, this is a very good song! Check out my latest song called Sorry (Bracelet of Hope Version)

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Name: Eric Kauppila

The alter ego of mild-mannered suburban family guy... Projects and collaborations under other names: spiritMasheen with pooey and _nderscore Mixed Nuts by MacJammersUnited blister beatz released as the ElectroClubCrew blister beatz – dir... [see more]

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Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. There is an overlap with avant-garde music. John Cage was a pioneer in experimental music and defined and gave credibility to the form. As with other edge

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