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This is an official preview video excerpt of the premier CCCD Light and Solo Live Looping Concert held at Esplanade Singapore on 28 October 2011.
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This is an official preview video excerpt of the premier CCCD Light and Solo Live Looping Concert held at Esplanade Singapore on 28 October 2011.
Preview and download the album at my souncloud link http://soundcloud.com/randolf-arriola... and email info@embryosongs to order the cd now..
C.C.C.D. (The Album)
I have released previous solo recordings throughout my career, but I have chosen to call this a debut because I feel it truly expresses my musical self. It features an extended excerpt from a recording that was originally over one hour and 45 minutes long. It was recorded live and in one take, using live looping methods. The length of the original piece is typical of the manner in which I compose, and is the result of an improvisational work flow as I explore, learn and practice - I ultimately reach a point where a door is opened and stream of consciousness takes over. When this happens, I can play, create and discover new musical ideas, free from inhibitions and creative blocks. At times it feels like I am walking a tightrope without a safety net. Over the years I have experimented, practiced, performed, imagined and dreamed live looping, and I continue to discover not only its vast creative possibilities, but a deeper understanding of what I have yet to discover as a lover of music and sound, as a musician and as a person. (Randolf Arriola 2011)
"If you have the opportunity to sit for an hour in one of the more secluded Japanese gardens of Kyoto, a number of simultaneous impressions may make themselves felt. The tranquility seems to switch open a calm state of the mind which tunes the body's receptors to a flickering environment of miniature events - a butterfly landing on moss, intermittent water droplets, insect drones, reflections of water ripples on bamboo poles, the scrape of the old woman digging weeds in the path. There are bold strokes also. A giant carp jumps, then flops back into the ornamental pond. The hydori bird flutters noisily as it weaves through the bamboo platforms that train tree branches and foliage into pleasing shapes... A crow squawks." by David Toop (excerpt from the accompanying booklet in the Brian Eno Instrumentals boxset)
"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture."
John Cage
Special thanks to the following for their help to make this video possible: James Woo (soft.com.sg), Leslie Hui, Nigel Hogan, Anisah Aidid, Marvin Das, Pepper See, Mervyn Asher, Jennifer Eveland and Ramon Arriola.
I'm a student of Greg Howard on the Chapman Stick and a member of Loopersdelight.com the world's largest International community of creative musicians, sound artists and music technology who share the common ground of sonic explorations with Live Looping as a performance method with it's wide applications in creative and educational, artistic and entertainment fields.
I was 1 of 4 headliners among 75 International performers at Y2KX International Live Looping Festival held in Santa Cruz, San Jose and San Francisco .in Oct 2010.
Email: randolf@embryosongs.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/randolfarriola
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/randolf-arriola
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/the_embryo
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Ppl who write on your youtube profile are so rude lmaoo
Shalom x