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knotted windpipe by Stun Nutz [Email]
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Uploaded: Oct 06, 2007 - 10:02:45 AM
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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.

Hardware:
Clarinet, old PC, new iMac

Software:
Creative Wave Studio, GarageBand
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You're tempting me to bring out my daughter's clarinet &mdash 10/06/07 - 10:29:44 AM
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.

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Thanks, bud! &mdash 10/06/07 - 04:13:23 PM
You really should bring out your daughter's clarinet! In fact, everyone should!

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Thumpin &mdash 10/06/07 - 01:59:02 PM
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.

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THnaks pV! &mdash 10/06/07 - 04:16:56 PM
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...!

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Wow &mdash 10/06/07 - 04:23:13 PM
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!

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hmmm... &mdash 10/07/07 - 10:59:55 AM
...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.

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Love it &mdash 10/07/07 - 01:17:33 AM
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).



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cool &mdash 10/07/07 - 11:06:02 AM
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...

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! &mdash 10/07/07 - 03:08:44 AM
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!

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thanks &mdash 10/07/07 - 11:12:56 AM
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!!

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About Oliveros &mdash 10/07/07 - 11:10:23 PM
I strongly recommend "Deep Listening"...

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Great track &mdash 10/07/07 - 02:01:18 PM
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

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Unbridled ruction &mdash 10/07/07 - 10:32:43 PM
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.

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Thank ya, sonny! &mdash 10/08/07 - 12:51:34 PM
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.

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Very good! &mdash 10/07/07 - 10:45:26 PM
The clarinet playing is great and the beats are gorgeously dinamic (I even hear a samba groove for a few seconds).
Congratulations!

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incredibly original. &mdash 10/08/07 - 12:13:17 PM
these noises can only come from one person-so glad to hear you again! just imagine an album full of this stuff, heheh
genius.

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You know... &mdash 10/10/07 - 01:31:09 PM
...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!

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Cool! &mdash 10/08/07 - 12:42:48 PM
thats some pretty cool clarinet playing. Really good tune, very interesting all around.

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wankery? &mdash 10/08/07 - 03:08:45 PM
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!

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pissed dog &mdash 10/08/07 - 08:57:38 PM
Played this on my monitors and the dog started barkin....alot....weird.

Very cool soundscape.

Oh, and the juddering ruction was good too.

P

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Something &mdash 10/09/07 - 07:26:48 AM
very unique going on here. Holds the attention throughout. Excellent.
Cheers
Len



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very nice &mdash 10/09/07 - 09:56:56 AM
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

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knotted windpipe &mdash 10/10/07 - 12:48:36 PM
Way Cool playin and tune ..this is Impressing !!

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now &mdash 10/10/07 - 12:53:50 PM
this is some freaky blowing.....hehheh......i get images of that spongebob octopus playing the clarinet ...but above sea level...hehheh....fun track......

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oh my god! &mdash 10/10/07 - 01:02:43 PM
That is so hilarious! I actually did think of him too... as I was playing it!!!!

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inspired &mdash 10/10/07 - 03:54:47 PM
Thanks for the post. Great Clarinet, and I loved the percussive fx ambience. Very cool improvation

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A triumph Mr Nutz! &mdash 10/10/07 - 06:55:14 PM
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!

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Experimental... &mdash 10/11/07 - 10:20:33 AM
...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...

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nutz &mdash 10/11/07 - 10:49:45 AM
great beats, great woodwind, juddery wobbles.. freakin aces!

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impressive &mdash 10/12/07 - 03:38:29 PM
terrrrrrrrrific drum'n'clarinet track, loved it from the very first notes, instant stun classic!

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Great job! &mdash 11/03/07 - 05:53:59 AM
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...

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Thanks &mdash 11/04/07 - 08:40:46 PM
Don't worry about taking too long to comment... I am just gald you did. Thanks for the feedback, it is much appreciated!!

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Encore! &mdash 11/06/07 - 09:50:42 AM
The live clarinet is great. Do more!

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thanks &mdash 11/06/07 - 12:50:06 PM
I will defeinitely be doing more clarinet... in one way or another... good to see ya, SPas!

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WOW &mdash 11/14/07 - 08:23:10 PM
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.

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ha! &mdash 11/15/07 - 03:52:03 PM
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...)

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The master of sound manipulation... &mdash 11/15/07 - 06:48:53 PM
Like everything else you release, this is a great piece of work. It's fun to work with unique sources. I would know that! :)

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Been Away for a while... &mdash 02/14/08 - 08:08:14 PM
But while I was looking around, I found this gem!

It's neat. I like the live aspect.

Good percussion.

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cofused &mdash 02/28/08 - 07:51:45 PM
very confusing. I guess this is an experiment

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Between your Ribs and your Windpipe, &mdash 03/19/08 - 05:21:02 PM
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

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Very Coool &mdash 04/16/08 - 04:17:57 PM
Some lovely sounds here, I love it. That clarinet sounds awsome.
Peace Dee.

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Big fan... &mdash 05/07/08 - 07:47:47 PM
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.

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. &mdash 06/17/08 - 06:32:43 AM
A fun trip thru the wanderings of your head, bro. Thanx

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hey man &mdash 06/19/08 - 12:02:52 AM
I love the clarinet
sounds great
improv!
Perfect
I love improv
this was a great listen
cool

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