Tying Tone Arms

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Restrictions are fundamental to my work. This film focuses on the most obvious physical restriction. All my work uses found objects, as much as is possible, in the state in which they are found. Any repairs carried out are basic and merely to achieve some sound production. All work is then produced live without headphones using randomly selected loops from randomly selected records. By making work in this way I hope to reassess the nature of the objects and their 'useful' life, explore notions of musical consistency and examine the ontology of recorded sound. This study of a fundamental part of my composing process is accompanied by a mix of randomly selected loops from records selected by artist Louise Bird.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• documentary
• experimental
• short
• film
• art
• Turntables
• Record
• Player
• Tying
• tone
• arm
• Turtablism
• Loops

[Yacobel]

Thanks for your comments.

Doesnt do vinyl much good no...

[kjigmond]

Analog looping... I'm in! *click* subscribed.

:D

[Yacobel]

Nice one!

[Falcons66]

creepy! Wouldnt a strip of tape be quicker and easier to apply and remove? Either way, This vid gives me the creeps. Not sure why. In a sense this is an earyl form of ;'sampling', but the record 'pop' makes it sound so great.

[Yacobel]

Tape or stickers work well but give a much more stable loop. For me the its the occasional random changes that happen as the wire stretches that make it..

'Mechanical sampling' perhaps?

[lrd9999]

Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art has an adjustable device on display that does this with a lever so you can adjust the repeating track on the fly. Weird, but it could make somebody happy.

PS: It was the highpoint of the exhibit; the rest was even weirder and less interesting.

[catwalkin]

This video could easily be the beginning of a French art film - creates a great atmosphere.

[Falcons66]

'mechanical sempling'. I love it.

Good point as well on the wire vs tape. Thanks for the reply, and the sub. Good stuff.

[vinylman86]

I think i remember that movie, but forget what it was.

[coondogtheman1234]

wouldnt this ruin the record grooves by cutting into the wall, reminds me of a movie i saw on the sci fi channel this guy was sitting in a bar and Achy Breaky Heart by billy ray cyrus was playing on the jukebox and it was skipping on: "My Achy Breaky heart" and it kept playing that part over and over again and the guy kicked the jukebox and the bartender i think took his car keys and kicked him out