artwork by mira

deconstructing beck track notes click on track # for realaudio clip read about this release on the rtmark deconstructing beck pages please see the illegal art catalog for ordering information track 1 title: Paving the Road to Hell Pt2 author: Mr. Meridies duration: 3 minutes 37 seconds notes: none track 2 title: Puzzels & Pagans author: Jane Dowe duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds notes: Playing with the perception of the listener "Puzzels & Pagans" takes the first 2 minutes and 26 seconds of "Jackass" (from Odelay) and cuts it up into 2500 pieces. These pieces are then reshuffled taking into account probability functions (that change over the length of the track) determining if pieces remain in their original position or if they don't sound at all. This was realized using James McCartney's SuperCollider programming language. track 3 title: Killer Control Enters Blackhole author: Huk Don Phun duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds notes: Contains samples exclusively from "Loser." Assembled using a bunch of blank cassette tapes. track 4 title: Stuck Together, Falling Apart author: Steev Hise duration: 5 minutes 53 seconds notes: This piece was constructed using Macintosh and Silicon Graphics computers exclusively. Software used was exclusively freeware, shareware, or pirated and includes: Perl, Csound, vi, SoundHack, Thonk, Peak, SoundEdit, and Deck. Thanx to Agro for loaning me his Beck CDs. Sources: from Stereopathic Soulmanure (11.6.45, 8.4.82, 8.6.82, Modesto, Satan Gave Me a Taco, Rowboat), from Mellow Gold (Loser, Soul Suckin Jerk, Corvette Bummer (from Loser CD single)), and from Odelay (Devils Haircut, Hotwax, Where Its At, Readymade). track 5 title: Void Transaction author: The International Bankers duration: 4 minutes 9 seconds notes: The International Bankers, Layng and Tucker Martine, layered samples from CD to analog 8-track, did a few different mixes, and handed it off to guest editor Beck Henderer, who created the final composite. track 6 title: Burning Today's Memory author: Corporal Blossom duration: 4 minutes 24 seconds notes: none track 7 title: So Cal Weevil Dream author: Mr. Meridies duration: 4 minutes 4 seconds notes: none track 8 title: One Beck in the Grave author: The Evolution Control Committee duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds notes: none track 9 title: Eggs eggs, arms legs author: Spacklequeen duration: 2 minutes 59 seconds notes: Spacklequeen is Nuepi Hastseltsi Asplund-h. Why don't you giraffe it? track 10 title: Doublefolded author: Hromlegn Kainn duration: 6 minutes 9 seconds notes: Equipment: Apple Mac PPC 8500/180. Software: SoundHack, Grainwave, SoundEdit & Deck (Macromedia), MAX (Opcode), Movieplayer (Apple) track 11 title: Carpet Tunnel Syndrome author: Mr. Meridies duration: 4 minutes 59 seconds notes: none track 12 title: Bust a Move author: Jane Dowe duration: 2 minutes 59 seconds notes: Beats alternating with cut-up fragments leading to the eventual deconstruction of the beat. Includes short samples of Beck chatting with Jay Leno and singing with Willie Nelson (amongst other things). Everything assembled on a Macintosh with AudioSculpt, SoundHack, SuperCollider, and ProTools. track 13 title: Fat Zone author: J. Teller duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds notes: none top