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This series of films was made between 2006 & 2009 and document processes and activity in the studio.
Screened as a series in Aberystwyth in 'The Box', they provide a nostalgic look at found and faulty hifi equipment, questioning sentimentality and reverence towards both music and past technology.
Tying Tone Arms (02:42) wach here
(This film was made in response to a call for short films on the theme of restriction and was first shown as part of the Real Institutes 'Really Restrictive Shorts' event, Llangollen, 13/01/07. Subsequently it has also screened at various events and locations nationally including Shunt Vaults, Mission Gallery, and Aberystwyth Arts Centre.)
Restrictions are fundamental to my work. This film focuses on the most obvious physical restriction. My work generally uses found objects, and my aim is to use them, as much as is possible, in the state in which they are found. Basic repairs are made merely to achieve some sound, with any problems leading to their being discarded playing an important part of the composing process. With turntables I often then intervene further by tying the tone arm back in order to interrupt normal play. The work is then produced live without headphones or post-production, using randomly selected loops from often randomly selected records. By making work in this way I hope to reassess the nature of the objects and their useful life, explore memory and 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 randomly selected records.
Shaky (03:22) watch here
Looks at a particular fault of an old Alba hifi found by a friend some years ago. The audio is from the camera mic.
Panaround (05:14) watch here
A single long pan around the studio, cutting to details on the beat of the loop. The a udio is the stuck record shown playing, Bauhaus 79-83 Side 1 (a 'natural' loop, ie not tied) recorded on camera mic.
15 Fragments (02:36) watch here
15 fragments of webcasts in one short.
The duration is dictated by the lower middle screen, a Sony PS-212A playing a Calibre record. Calibre records are unique recordings made in public recording booths. The audio is a digital remix of all the individual webcast soundtracks.
The rain and the sleet was driving down this afternoon as I loaded the van for the last time, for a Crimson Moon venture under our direction. Forecast according to weather.com shows that tomorrow (Saturday) should be cloudy with sunny showers, and a temperature of 6 degrees. Let's not talk about Sunday at the moment - after all we will be on site and can't do much about it by that time.
It is the evening before that as the temperature drops, you have the opportunity to think that bed is going to seem very inviting at 5am tomorrow, as we start a drive down to Caerphilly Castle before dawn.. a long time before dawn!!
Monk's habit s ready and hanging by the door for my Alter Ego 'Brother Weaver Barrel' - the Drunken Monk, and "Nona the 'nebriated Nun's"wimple. Guaranteed to scare a random Jehovah's Witness should one be silly enough to call!! But no, I am sure that they have more sense than to be out in this cold.
On this occasion - we are not taking our own marquee, which is sitting in the living room awaiting scrutiny for replaced guy ropes and patches, but are lucky enough to have an historic tent being put in place for us (I hope they remember to put it up!!). As a result, the van looks deceptively empty, with only the boxes of Mulled Wine, Mead, a crate of plastic Ivy, gas burners and 1,000 cups.
Sad to say, our benefactor, who normally graces the Castle as the Barber Surgeon, has just had his trailer stolen containing the full contents of his Victorian Hospital, and despite circulation through Facebook Accounts does not appear to have been recovered. Roger's knowledge that the axle is broken and the frame is unroadworthy does not help him as the trailer seems to have disappeared from his South Wales home..
I may have to sympathise with a few glasses of mulled wine tomorrow!!
So Caerphilly Christmas Fayre will start tomorrow morning for two days. Our last trading days as the Crimson Moon though no doubt I will be involved in the future helping the new owners.
Also our last chance at this stage, to spend the night in our favourite castle.
If you are in the vicinity of Caerphilly - hope to see you there...
Caerphilly Castle Christmas Fayre
Nadolig Llawen
Many thanks to John Good for the following list of Welsh Christmas words and phrases. John wishes it to be known that the list reproduced below is something that he found on the internet thousands of years ago and since he can no longer remember where, he is unable to attribute it. Check out John's recording of the pronunciations in the sound file embedded below. While you're here check out John's other excellent musical and lyrical contributions to the site. You will find his AmeriCymru profile page here: John Good on AmeriCymru
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Nadolig - Christmas n.m.
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Nadolig llawen - Merry Christmas
Noswyl Nadolig - Christmas Eve
adeg y Nadolig - Christmas time , Yule-tide , at Christmas
bwrw'r Nadolig - to spend Christmas
carden Nadolig - Christmas card
carol Nadolig - Christmas carol
dydd Nadolig - Christmas -day
goleuadau Nadolig - Christmas illuminations
mae'r Nadolig ar ein gwarthaf - Christmas is just around the corner
mae'r anrhegion i gyd dan y goeden Nadolig - all the presents are under the Christmas tree
nos Nadolig - Christmas Eve
o gwmpas y Nadolig - about Christmas time
rhodd Nadolig - Christmas present
Siôn Corn - Santa Claus
corn simne - chimney
Blwyddyn o eira, blwyddyn o lawndra - A year of snow, a year of plenty
Chwedl a gynydda fel caseg eira - A tale increases like a rolling snowball
Mor wyn â'r eira - As white as snow
aderyn yr eira - starling n.
blodyn eira - snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
bwrw eira - to snow
cwymp eira - avalanche
disgwylir eira trwm yn y gogledd heno - heavy snow is expected in the north tonight
mae eira ar y ffordd - medden nhw - there's snow on the way - so they say
mae'n bwrw eira - it's snowing
pêl eira - snowball
anrheg - present n.f. (anrhegion) , gift n.f. (anrhegion) , gratuity n.f. (anrhegion)
anrhegu - to present v. anrheg- , to give v. anrheg- , to bestow v. anrheg-
dyma anrheg ddelfrydol i'r plant - here's an ideal present for the children
mae'r anrhegion i gyd dan y goeden Nadolig - all the presents are under the Christmas tree
Iesu - Jesus n.m.f.
eglwys - church n.f.
service - oedfa n.f. (oedfaon)
carol plygain - matin song
plygain - cock-crow n.m. (plygeiniau) , matins n.m. (plygeiniau) , dawn n.m. (plygeiniau)
carol Nadolig - Christmas carol
Yule-tide - adeg y Nadolig
gwyl - holiday n.m.f. (gwyliau) , festival n.m.f. (gwyliau) , feast n.m.f. (gwyliau)
gwyliau - holidays n. , vacation n.
Tawel Nos
Tawel nos dros y byd,
Sanctaidd nos gylch y crud;
Gwylion dirion yr oedd addfwyn ddau,
Faban Duw gydar llygaid bach cau,
Iesu Twysog ein hedd.
Sanctaidd nos gydai ser;
Mante ll fwyn,cariad per
Mintair bugail yn dod i fwynhau
Baban Duw gydar llygaid bach cau,
Iesu Twysog ein hedd.
Tawel nos, Duw ei Hun
Ar y llawr gyda dyn;
Cerddir engyl, ar Nen trugarhau;
Baban Duw gydar llygaid bach cau,
Iesu,Twysog ein hedd.
Mae Llaw y Gaeaf (Jenkin Morgan Edwards, 1933)
Mae llaw y gaeaf oer
Yn cloi pob nant a llyn,
A bysedd bach y coed
I gyd mewn menyg gwyn;
Ar adar wrth y drws
Yn printior eiran dlws.
Nid oes mewn llwyn na gardd
Un nodyn bach o gan,
A saif y coed yn syth
Mewn gwisg o berlau glan;
Daw dawns yr haul cyn hir
Iw troi yn arian clir.
Caraf y gaeaf byth,
Er oernii awel fain,
Am ddod a gynau gwyn
Ir coed ar llwyni drain;
Ar adar wrth y drws
Yn printior eiran dlws.
menig: gloves
oerni: [m.](n.) cold, coldness, chillness
After surviving the evil of the kitchen boiler - it is restful to be back in Wales, and and face the simple life. A little study on the internet and an opportunity to better oneself ..
It was in this spirit that I found the following picture on my researches..
Seems to sum up my day ...
That's All !!!
Some central heating systems seem to have a mind of their own. There is probably a technical term for overanthropomorphising a plumbing system, but when you are in someone else's house, and the temperature is dropping sharply, and the radiators are cold, and none of the buttons seem to work then you have to forgive me for thinking that there may be a hint of malicious intelligence in the boiler in the corner.
There is a simple white box on the wall of the kitchen, it says that the heating is on timer. Well when I say "it says" I do not mean that I have over-egged the intelligence bit by implying that it is actually speaking to me in a "we will take over the world Pinky" type manner. I mean that the little arrow is pointing to the "Timer" line in the LED display. There is a button next to it, and though it says ADVANCE HEATING, which might mean that it considers itself to be the height of technology, or that it wants you to move forward with the times, pressing the button simply switches a green light on with the letters ADV ( which implies it is doing whatever it is meant to ) but the radiators don't warm up, and the master mind which looks like R2D2 in the cupboard is remaining stubbornly quiet!!.
Looking at R2D2, there are some buttons saying plus and minus, and MODE - and the readout says 54 - which looks like a temperature - blooming cold !!!! Pressing the MODE button seems to do little. Though I was getting somewhere when I pressed the PLUS and the numbers started climbing. But when I stopped they kept on - up into the 70's and then into the 80's.
Forgive me if I admit that I panicked just a little. After all it is not my house. I did not put the evil entity into the cupboard, but I am not sure that it isn't blaming me anyway !!!. But if the numbers kept on climbing then the whole thing might explode!!! Okay, I know it is an exaggeration, and slightly extreme, but it seemed likely to me as I hurriedly pressed the minus button.... Yes... I watched the numbers drop into the single figures ......
But more important - the radiators are still cold!!!
and then - one radiator started to warm up - just to spite me I reckon!!!
I know all the radiators were on this morning so none have been switched off!!
So why is only one radiator warming up ?? And that is quite hot now - but I don't want to spend the rest of the day hovering over one radiator. While the remainder refuse to budge.
I can't hear the boiler running - so where is the heat coming from????
Ahh - the sound of a car driving up - we may solve the mystery.........
Watch this space .....
If I don't Blog tomorrow - send help... but beware the cupboard on the left....
