tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323962011-07-30T19:46:48.300-04:00noisicianadventures in experimental recording with the Brutum Fulmennoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.comBlogger901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-56496623855027620912011-03-29T20:11:00.004-04:002011-03-29T20:15:17.377-04:00OK, I am planning to revive this blog shortly, to discuss my painting activities and recording projects: Brutum Fulmen (experimental, acousmatic, musique concrete) and Bureau of Weights and Measures (odd rock).
In the meantime, please check out my main website:
noisician.com
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-89048216107320349082010-02-24T23:04:00.002-05:002010-02-24T23:05:52.388-05:00Just found a Tapegerm compilation featuring my track "Sea Monster" using a few of their samples: Germination 2.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-57044161528948251092010-02-07T17:28:00.003-05:002010-02-07T17:43:51.765-05:00I signed up to take part in the sound loop sharing project at tapegerm.com. Here's a piece I put together this weekend using a few of their sounds, some whales, and some water.
Brutum Fulmen - Sea Monster
I consider it to still be a work in progress, but take a listen, let me know what you think!noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-48472730327800508922010-01-15T09:44:00.004-05:002010-01-15T13:50:03.713-05:00Three Brutum Fulmen albums are now beginning to become available at online stores: Collapsing Orchestra, Flesh of the Moon, and New Tender Wreckage.
The latter is a combination of the Brutum Fulmen tracks from Tender Wreckage (split with Lasse Marhaug) and New England (5LP box set from RRRecords), to both of which we contributed one LP side. Sadly, I was unable to find the original file for "noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-25406014944364599112009-08-03T12:31:00.000-04:002009-08-03T12:31:52.218-04:00Ray, Scultor of Clay. Half-finished painting from life-painting session yesterday afternoon. Hope to finish it next Sunday. noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-2039720835927599492009-07-31T01:39:00.005-04:002009-07-31T01:49:23.266-04:00Here are a few snapshots of my painting "Jenny McCarthy (Mommy Instinct)" in acrylic and mixed media on canvas.
It's actually about something, and just for fun there's a whole bunch of symbolism which is probably not possible to decipher.
The back is also painted and has a painted card suspended by thread from nails.
All four edges are painted with text.
This painting is for the New noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-22976571682421331942009-03-16T22:34:00.004-04:002009-07-31T01:39:47.303-04:00Finally creating a proper "musician" page for Brutum Fulmen at Myspace. This is probably the easiest way to listen to the mp3s I currently have online.
Previously I'd set up just a personal page (now deleted).
This means I am going to need new friends over there.
To celebrate the occasion, I will upload a track tonight that has not been online before.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-66729652508278766732009-03-12T00:30:00.005-04:002009-03-12T20:48:42.613-04:00Well, tonight I made my first attempt at getting back to recording in quite a while. And I figure I might as well post it, at least temporarily. This is an ambient, feedback-based piece using some improv recordings Ken and I did in my basement.
Download: Brutum Fulmen - Nude With Icicles
Remember it's just a work in progress, but let me know what you think!noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-70251450007930054642009-03-11T23:44:00.004-04:002009-03-12T00:24:44.653-04:00hell, that's been a long time of inactivity.
but the Brutum Fulmen are not dead yet!
i am still planning on doing a revised version of 1000 Suns for release on CDR. i have re-recorded much of the narration (originally by me) with an old guy in his late 70s, for a more authentic feel (?). planning to rework much of the sounds as well.
i've recorded a new cassette based piece, a lo-fi conceptualnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-74935428082610596032007-12-26T13:08:00.001-05:002009-03-16T17:13:55.259-04:00I just ran across a great review of 1000 Suns in the Cassette Gods blog:
"I had my back to the blast, my fists shoved into my eyes. At the moment of detonation there was a flash. At that instant I was able to see straight through my hands."
Brutum Fulmen's first above-ground effort appeared in 2002 with the full-length "Flesh of the Moon" CD and more recently the band
appeared on RRRecords' "noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-53863666323999311282007-11-07T16:17:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:21:11.931-05:00Yay, the first review of the new Brutum Fulmen release 1000 Suns is in. This from Vital Weekly #599:
BRUTUM FULMEN - 1000 SUNS (cassette by Throne Heap)
For all I know Brutum Fulmen were history. I didn't hear from them in quite some time, which was a great pity as from the few sparse releases I heard from them, I had them down in my little book as one of the interesting noise bands. Good to noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-42557617277125359792007-10-03T00:36:00.001-04:002007-10-03T00:44:00.966-04:00I just ran across a nice analysis of Flesh of the Moon from a few months back over at Smooth Assailing:
noise fun fact #2: brutum fulmen is latin for (essentially) an empty threat. impress your friends/get punched for being pretentious, choose your own adventure! now, the trite facts: brutum fulmen, operating out of connecticut, is mainly the outlet for jeff wrench's experimental work. it seems noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-65027192202855919532007-09-07T01:23:00.000-04:002007-09-16T20:20:30.576-04:001000 Suns
I have finally finished work on a new Brutum Fulmen release, 1000 Suns. This tape (previously titled "Starfish Prime"), will be released in a limited edition by Throne Heap.
You might say it's an audio drama because of the spoken parts, though it is on the impressionistic side and not a straight narrative. In any case, this is a bit different for Brutum Fulmen. It is about atomic noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-6309467748406259992007-08-13T11:16:00.000-04:002007-08-13T11:22:55.566-04:00I recently headed to NH for a long weekend at the beach with the family, but I couldn't resist stopping by RRRecords on the way there. Picked up a few Pure CDs (sadly now apparently done as CDRs), a few recycled cassettes, and a few zines including two issues of Idwal Fisher.
In issue 5 of Idwal Fisher I was happy to find a review of the RRRecords New England box set which highlighted the Brutumnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-34607719404353535262007-04-14T12:12:00.000-04:002007-04-14T13:35:26.201-04:00Surfing the web, I just found 3 compilations in which I took part, but never received a copy. Two of the labels have promised to send me copies... the other I wasn't able to track down. If you care, check the Brutum Fulmen discography for: 4 Sides a Circle (AMK 4xCD3), Sicktron (Black Arts C90), and Entartete Musik (Entartete 4xC90).noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-87945728597261003222007-03-08T23:32:00.000-05:002007-03-08T23:45:01.569-05:00While avoiding recording anything, I was wasting time surfing the web when I came across a program for creating a simple "choose your own adventure" game. Since I was into these (and D&D) as a kid, I wrote an adventure over a weekend.
Play my adventure online:
The Shoemaker's Apprentice
Unfortunately, you MUST USE MS INTERNET EXPLORER or it won't work.
If you want to try your hand at making noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-80540877961986577642007-03-08T22:56:00.000-05:002007-03-08T23:31:22.787-05:00I have finally started getting somewhere with recording again. I am currently thinking about and recording material for three different projects:
"Starfish Prime" - a short cassette (22min?) to be released in a limited edition (40?) with hand pressed or screened artwork. The topic for this short album is the atom bomb.A split CDR - still working on who the split will be with. Album will be with noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-1145640554521878962006-04-21T13:20:00.000-04:002006-04-21T13:29:14.530-04:00It has been far too long since I have updated this web site, but unfortunately it does reflect my Brutum Fulmen recording activity.
My hours at work have gotten longer and longer, and whatever free time I've had, I've been spending with my family.
However, I have just quit my job and started a new one. That's always a nice feeling: quitting your job (at least when it's on your own terms I guessnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-1115203414955316002005-05-04T06:39:00.000-04:002005-05-04T07:17:17.183-04:00Just submitted a noise track "Arm the Children" to a compilation tape from Black Arts in Finland. Sound sources are screams, a 911 tape (emergency response phone system), tv talk show announcer, and gun sound effects. Piece is about young kids playing with guns, originally recorded in 1998.
I'm also beginning work for two CD compilations, for Banned Productions and APOP.
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-1114005593834604372005-04-20T09:56:00.000-04:002005-04-20T10:01:19.893-04:00Just got back online after several months... my 5 year old PC had finally fried and I got sick of spending time and money trying to swap out parts and keep it alive. So now with a new machine, hopefully I will get back to doing a little recording.
You can imagine the amount of spam that built up after months of not checking email. Sorry for delays to anyone who may have written. And hopefully I noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-1096759265648745182004-10-02T19:19:00.000-04:002005-04-20T09:27:43.233-04:00Recently got a request to do a commissioned audio piece to be used as the backdrop for a performance artist. Sounds like a fun idea, but not sure when I'll have the time!noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-1077497782760970552004-02-22T19:56:00.000-05:002004-02-22T20:15:53.076-05:00
It's here: New England - the RRRecords 20th Anniversary 5LP box set. Each of the 10 New England area artists hand decorated 50 covers. The Brutum Fulmen version here was spackled, printed with old wooden type, and splashed with paint.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-1073981464965266432004-01-13T03:11:00.000-05:002004-01-13T03:12:53.530-05:00At end of December, Linda & I just finished up our 50 hand-decorated boxes for the RRRecords 20th anniversary box set, New England. We came up with a textured cover imprinted with the text "New England RRR:XX". Will post images soon.
Last I heard, Ron was trying to get all the parts together in January for an early 2004 release.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-1065385016230246132003-10-05T16:16:00.000-04:002003-10-05T16:19:30.263-04:00At the pressing plant right now is the Brutum Fulmen portion of RRRecords' 20th anniversary 5LP box set entitled New England. Each LP side will be filled by a different artist from the area. Additionally, each of the 10 artists will hand decorate 50 of the boxes that will house the collection.
The Brutum Fulmen tracks are:
Grubs
Artificial Life
Fever Dream
The Apparatus
I think it's noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-944969762003-05-17T09:29:00.000-04:002003-05-17T09:30:48.000-04:00
Another new comp out with Brutum Fulmen input is Soun - 100 4-second tracks on one side of a 7".noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-943067312003-05-13T23:39:00.000-04:002003-05-13T23:40:29.000-04:00
New CD compilation My Malady has just been released. All tracks inspired by a real or imagined
disease. Brutum Fulmen track is "Rickets", which is caused by vitamin D deficiency during growing years and leads to
soft, deformed bones. It was the topic of a fourth grade research report for me.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-913452972003-03-25T09:11:00.000-05:002003-03-26T21:12:43.000-05:00I thought my work hours were bad last year, but that was nothing compared to what I'm doing in 2003. So I have not been able to do much new recording, or even update this site. Even so, a Brutum Fulmen track was included on a recent 7" compilation of 4-second tracks. Also coming out soon should be a compilation of remixes of Tore H Boe's "Serum" LP, including the Brutum Fulmen remix (different noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-822573072002-09-28T23:32:00.000-04:002002-09-28T23:32:36.530-04:00Dan Warburton, who wrote the review for the Wire, also managed to get a review of Flesh of the Moon into the
All Music Guide.
AMG EXPERT REVIEW: This first full-length offering from Brutum Fulmen (aka sound artist Jeff Wrench, who also contributed a fine track, "Dusk," to the Intransitive compilation album Various) is billed unashamedly on the CD tray as musique concrète, but in case that noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-817202522002-09-17T09:08:00.000-04:002002-09-17T09:34:40.000-04:00Here's the full review for Flesh of the Moon that was submitted to The Wire (published in October issue #223), though the author tells me they may have edited it a little before printing it. Halfway through September and the local stores around here are still stocking the August issue!
After a handful of limited edition cassette and CDR releases, a modest contribution to the Intransitive noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-812763212002-09-07T09:16:00.000-04:002002-09-07T09:16:31.860-04:00
The October issue (#223) of The Wire from the UK contains a review of
Flesh of the Moon. Very exciting to get coverage in this professional international mag. Local stores here still have the
previous issue, but when I get my hands on the new one, the review will be up here.
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-803730472002-08-17T20:28:00.000-04:002002-08-17T20:32:29.000-04:00
The new split live CD Massachusetts is now available! The lineup is Brutum Fulmen, Dan Bodah, and Noumena
with about 20 minutes each. Nice full color packaging put together by the team at Gameboy (Noumena is the house band there).
Special promotion: buy all three of the latest Brutum Fulmen releases for only $20 plus postage. That includes Flesh
of the Moon (our first album on CD), Tender noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-796384952002-07-31T08:48:00.000-04:002002-07-31T08:48:18.680-04:00I've just been alerted that the three-way-split live album Mass has just come back from the manufacturer. This features performances from Brutum Fulmen, Dan Boudah, and Noumena. All were recorded in Massachusetts, the first two were at the RRRecords shop in Lowell.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-777337002002-06-14T05:32:00.000-04:002002-08-05T07:25:24.000-04:00It has arrived: Flesh of the Moon is a reality! More info coming to this site soon. The CD is $8 + postage. If you are interested in distributing the album, contact the label: Crippled Intellect Productions.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-766076772002-05-16T01:11:00.000-04:002002-06-14T05:33:11.000-04:00I've been informed that our first CD - Flesh of the Moon - should be printed and pressed by June. One of the tracks, "Spore", is a remix of a record (Serum) by Tore H Bøe. An shorter, alternate Brutum Fulmen remix of this material will also appear on Tore's Serum Remixed CD which should be out by July.
I've been working like crazy, so I don't know at this point when or what the next major Brutumnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-757867042002-04-24T19:42:00.000-04:002002-04-24T20:17:28.000-04:00I just finished a track entitled "C.H.U.D." for a compilation to be released by Kraakpen magazine of Holland. It features only unretouched sounds recorded during one of our source recording forays for Collapsing Orchestra. This one found us in the large subterrainean concrete vault of a sewer pumping station under construction in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. The sounds are of metal pipes, pvc noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-113476212002-04-01T12:22:00.000-05:002002-08-04T17:58:37.000-04:00
Well, the album is done and the artwork is even done except for some technical issues about getting it into the correct Quark templates, etc, that are required by the printer. All that should be taken care of in a couple days and Flesh of the Moon should be ready for pressing & printing.
After that, I may take some time off from recording to revamp the entire web site. Actually, the site was noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-98721332002-02-18T23:15:00.000-05:002002-04-01T21:43:15.000-05:00
From time to time, I type various Brutum Fulmen related words into search engines to see if anyone out there cares. Generally I don't find a heck of a lot, but today I came across one amusing coincidence:
A site which contains the full text of the classic book Captain Blood. Not only does it contain the phrase brutum fulmen, but it contains each of the words: tender, wreckage, harsh, noise, noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-93351712002-02-03T14:31:00.000-05:002002-02-03T14:38:37.000-05:00I officially finished the recording of Flesh of the Moon yesterday on 02/02/02. Now to finish the art.
Ken has a friend in NYC who's setting up a show for some gothish World Serpent artists, and it's possible Brutum Fulmen may get a chance to open. It's a more "musical" line-up than we're usually part of, so we'll have to wait and see if it happens.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-92582062002-01-31T23:30:00.000-05:002002-04-24T19:45:05.000-04:00I'm almost finished with the album. Really. Sure I am. Actually I could stop right now because I've got about 60 minutes of material that I think I like. I'm a little worried that some of the stuff is not EQ'd nicely - it's hard to tell because though I have about 6 different places I can play the disc, I don't really have much confidence in any of the speakers or stereos involved. On some I likenoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-90016072002-01-24T08:52:00.000-05:002002-01-24T08:52:09.306-05:00IBOLrecords magazine #3 (and CDR compilation) is just out and it contains a Brutum Fulmen interview and the track "Scraping Barnacles off the Warp Drive Manifold." This track is an outtake from Flesh of the Moon that I half regret excluding - I think it's pretty good. I'll have a page for this zine/compilation up in the main Brutum Fulmen site shortly.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-85408572002-01-09T10:54:00.000-05:002002-01-09T11:01:18.000-05:00I now have about 55 minutes worth of material finished for Flesh of the Moon, and I think I'm nearly done. One short new piece needs a little work. And I want to tweek one of the first pieces I did for the album - the stuff I've done since it is just better. Then I have to look at the album as a whole to figure out the best track order and set relative volume levels. I've been listening to all noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-78880002001-12-13T00:18:00.000-05:002001-12-13T00:18:56.113-05:00It seems like I'm spending more and more time at work and less and less time on my music. I'm still attempting to wrap up Flesh of the Moon. I've got about 45 minutes of finished material, and another 20-25 minutes of "sketch" quality pieces. I may be able to rework some of these into forms I want to put on the CD, or I may just come up with something from scratch that's better. In the end the noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-65679322001-10-23T21:24:00.000-04:002001-11-06T14:32:16.000-05:00Just got the review of Tender Wreckage from Vital Weekly #295. Since I don't have my links from the diary to the main section of the site working right, I'll just post the whole thing here. But we also have a review from noister James A Hanna which you can read if you manage to navigate your way there.
Tender Wreckage - Lasse Marhaug and the Brutum Fulmen
First about the cover: a great full noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-60104792001-09-30T09:49:00.000-04:002001-09-30T09:49:10.150-04:00I just uploaded the first review I've received for Tender Wreckage.
Still working on Flesh of the Moon. About half of it is finished. For the other half I have "sketch" versions
of the tracks or at least a bunch of source material recorded. Hopefully work will be completed in October.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-54175302001-08-31T23:39:00.000-04:002001-08-31T23:39:45.376-04:00It's been a pretty crummy month. Between ongoing computer problems at home and way
to many hours being put in at work, I've gotten next to no Brutum Fulmen work done in August.
Hopefully both of these issues will be resolved to some degree very soon. I've got a good amount
of new material outlined for our next CD, but still a lot of work to be done.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-48832112001-08-03T01:43:00.000-04:002001-08-03T01:43:13.570-04:00
A Tender Wreckage page is finally up. Go to the Brutum Fulmen
home page to check out this new split LP with Lasse Marhaug of Norway. It's only $8 or $9 if you also want me
to throw in a CDR.
I also updated the bottom of the discography page to mention some of the current
projects that are underway or coming up:
Flesh of the Moon - the working title of our first true CD album, noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-48252952001-07-31T00:02:00.000-04:002001-07-31T00:02:44.446-04:00Yeah, this place is gathering cobwebs. I don't have a lot of big news, and I still have
to begin promoting Tender Wreckage, and tie up the June 1 show loose
ends. But I haven't been completely lazy.
Most of my spare time has been spent recording material for the next Brutum Fulmen album, which is
going to be our first real CD release (for C.I.P.)! A big milestone for us.
I just spent noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-39727142001-06-07T21:02:00.000-04:002001-06-07T21:02:10.410-04:00
Hey, the big show is over and we survived! Though going to bed at 5am is not my idea of a relaxing
weekend. When I get a chance, there'll be a page devoted to the outcome of June 1's
Night of International Noise, possibly with some sound or pics if I can manage to hook the camcorder
up to my PC. Not surprisingly, I forgot to press record on my DAT deck before we went on. The next night,
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-37861662001-05-25T00:12:00.000-04:002001-05-25T00:12:29.130-04:00Since not everyone will be able to grab files from the newsgroups easily, I've uploaded all the files to a
new audio page for the June 1
Night of International Noise. These seven full-lenth
mp3 files (up to 15 minutes long) will be available only until the weekend of the show.
Brutum Fulmen has been invited to take part in a Toyo Records compilation of 20-second pieces,
to be released onnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-37710312001-05-23T23:45:00.000-04:002001-05-23T23:45:40.740-04:00
I just finished posting a bunch of promotional mp3s from most of the bands who be appearing June 1 at
the Night of International Noise. The mp3s were posted
to the following binary newsgroups:
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.gothic-industrial
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.2000s
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3
alt.binaries.phonecards
If you miss your chance to download these, or don't get the binary noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-35430772001-05-07T23:08:00.000-04:002001-05-07T23:36:16.690-04:00
The Brutum Fulmen will have a larger version of this ad in the first issue of the new zine from the people in Minneapolis responsible for
the likes of freedom from... and Cock ESP. Staff writers include
Thurston Moore, Adris Hoyos, M St-Germain, Kyle Lapidus, etc. Interviews cover Jason Lescalleet, Tom Smith,
Pimmon, etc. It'll be an odd 8 1/2 x 14 format.
Clicking around the freedom from... noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-34420042001-04-30T22:41:00.000-04:002001-05-03T23:23:58.546-04:00
Hey, not only are we promoting & playing the June 1 Night of International Noise mentioned below,
but we are playing June 2 on a rooftop in Manhattan! That's about all I know at the moment.
And... Tender Wreckage has been pressed & printed! I'm just waiting for my copies to get through
the mail!noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-33221322001-04-22T20:00:00.000-04:002001-04-30T22:55:01.243-04:00
If you didn't notice it on your way in, check out the flyer I designed for the June 1 show, which I've take to calling
a Night of International Noise. How original.
If you are in or near New York City, and can help out by putting flyers up on message boards, record stores, cafes, etc.,
email me with your address and I'll send you some. Or if you just think they're so nifty that you want
tonoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-31810762001-04-12T22:06:00.000-04:002001-04-12T23:15:12.773-04:00Crap, I'm long overdue on updating this place. Since last month, we played the Brooklyn show (our set a minor fiasco briefly described
below) with Tore H Boe and then the Apr 23 Zeitgeist show which was a little better for us. Still a couple technical problems and
out-of-practice problems, but not too bad. I will post something from it here soon. Greg Kelly & Jason Lescalleet were very noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-28634152001-03-20T18:05:00.000-05:002001-03-20T18:23:26.626-05:00Well, we had a little trouble with our new piece at Radio Free Williamsburg. Their stage was a hollow wooden
raised structure that too easily conducted the vibrations from the loud sound system into our mic'd wire tomato
racks resulting in feedback and excessive muddiness. We had been practicing on a cement basement floor.
Oh well, now we know we must be prepared to take counter-measures. We noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-27513112001-03-12T21:06:00.000-05:002001-04-22T20:09:35.606-04:00This Friday the Brutum Fulmen will be performing our first real show in New York City, well Brooklyn anyway.
Radio Free Williamsburg will be hosting an evening of experimental/noise music beginning at 8pm, featuring:
Tore H Boe
Brutum Fulmen
Leaky
Irene Moon
Ortho
Super Dimension Fortress
Radio Free Williamsburg
97 South 6th Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-25366352001-02-26T08:40:00.000-05:002001-02-26T08:50:10.246-05:00For some reason, the Brutum Fulmen track "Dusk"
is up at brainwashed. I'm not sure why they decided to post it, or what the context is (I haven't
found the actual link to it on their site yet), but there it is. This track is from the variious compilation of minimal and experimental
music out on Intransitive. It was an exclusive track for the comp, so I wasn't planning to post it, but the cat isnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-24592472001-02-20T19:51:00.000-05:002001-02-20T19:55:41.473-05:00Not much new to report. Trying to get some new material together for the March shows. And put together stuff for a
few compilations.
We've got a track on the upcoming CD comp: Noise Conglomerate, Vol. 5. It's 99 tracks of about 42 seconds each. Release
won't be till late this year. Lots of interesting artists involved. In conjunction with this, there will be a remix/outtake companion compilationnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-23343102001-02-11T17:28:00.000-05:002001-02-20T19:38:45.290-05:00The Brutum Fulmen will be playing two shows in March:
Friday March 16 - possibly in Brooklyn NY at Radio Free Williamsburgh, possibly somewhere else... with Norway's Tore H Boe, ORTHO, Irene Moon, Curse of the 7 Jackels Movie, Leaky, probably others. Also featured will be some DJs and a bookart installation.
Friday March 23 - Cambridge MA at the Zeitgeist Gallery just outside Boston with Greg noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-20042232001-01-17T01:08:00.000-05:002001-01-17T01:09:09.866-05:00Great news, I just heard from Gameboy Records and
Tender Wreckage, our split LP with Lasse Marhaug has been sent for mastering. Next of course will be the
actual pressing and printing of the jackets, but everything seems to be on track!
I'm also going to try to get a 1-minute track together for a comp LP on freedom from... which will be made
of sounds from broken things. Right now I'm noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-18542322001-01-04T09:10:00.000-05:002001-01-04T19:25:20.890-05:00
Just released is a new CD compilation benefiting a breast cancer study by a lesbian health center. It's
entitled Bhreus Kormo and is great collection of experimental music, with a lead-off track by none
other than the Brutum Fulmen. Also included is an essay about the study and a plastic self-exam guide for
women that's suitable for hanging in the shower. What's cute is that this guide is noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-18188672000-12-31T10:14:00.000-05:002000-12-31T10:15:05.496-05:00I've been checking out the experimental music depository known as tiln.org.
At the moment, I'm listening to some excellent minimal drone stuff by Joseph Siemion. There should be some exclusive
Brutum Fulmen material up there in the near future.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-17866822000-12-27T22:14:00.000-05:002000-12-27T23:42:21.980-05:00I finally finished our version of "Der Tod Ist ein Dandy" for the Einsturzende Neubauten tribute CD.
Ken's proununciation betrays a severe American accent, but why try to hide what we are, I guess. I'd originally thought about
doing an English translation version of the song, but since the lyrics are so hokey, I figured leaving it in German would at least
spare most of the people I know. For noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-17053072000-12-18T22:02:00.000-05:002000-12-27T21:59:50.920-05:00Just heard from the guy doing the Chicago lesbian breast-cancer-support-group benefit experimental music compilation CD
(talk about niche markets!). The CDs have actually been pressed, so once I get my copy or any additional info I'll put it up here.
Help use noise for the cause of good!noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-15100652000-11-29T23:39:00.000-05:002000-11-30T21:30:56.056-05:00We've been booked for another date at the Zeitgeist, in March. There's a new review of our 10/6 show up
on our home page...
This weekend Ken and I will attempt to record source material (or at least his vocals) for our version
of "Der Tod is ein Dandy" for the Einstürzende Neubauten tribute CD...
And I need to edit down a plunderphonic track of Ken's from an old project of his called Hamartianoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-14525632000-11-24T10:30:00.000-05:002000-11-24T10:39:39.763-05:00
Yet another November release announcement from the Brutum Fulmen is the split cassette with Ecuador's Armenia,
entitled X-Mas at ShopRite. This is a collection rumbling lo-fi noise, field recordings, collages, loops, etc,
much of the source material recorded in and around a New Jersey ShopRite supermarket at Christmas time in 1999. It's not
that we've been busy lately, but all the stuff that noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-13200712000-11-09T19:27:00.000-05:002000-11-09T19:27:59.523-05:00
Here's the cover art for another recent Brutum Fulmen compilation appearance, this time for Hellbox Recordings.
Our track has two primary sound sources: a live feedback & metal recording that was damaged in a computer crash,
and a field recording made during a thunderstorm and involving a bicycle, a screen door, keys, etc.
While I try to figure out what major project to tackle next, I'll be noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-12893802000-11-06T22:20:00.000-05:002000-11-06T22:20:13.696-05:00
Gameboy Records has just released a Cock ESP /
Brutum Fulmen split 3" CDR in a limited edition of 25. This little chilly-themed release would make
a great stocking stuffer for granny or little Timmy. Visit the Brutum Fulmen
home page for a little additional info.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-12340792000-10-31T22:25:00.000-05:002000-10-31T22:25:18.743-05:00
live mp3s recordings:
10/06 live @ Zeitgeist [12MB]
09/28 practice drone [10MB]
09/24 practice [10MB]
09/20 short loop [.5MB]
09/19 practice [8MB]
See diary entries for appropriate daysfor comments on these tracks.
OK, here, finally is an edit of the Zeitgeist show from Oct 6. You're getting about 13 min worth,
from the end, right after I kicked out the power and then noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-10352462000-10-09T13:54:00.000-04:002000-10-09T13:54:51.013-04:00I've finally recovered from the Friday night show at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge MA.
Well, mainly it was the late night that did me in. Hrvatski went on at 8pm with his laptop-based
ambient/experimental/noise/sound act. We probably went on around 9, ended probably close to 10, then
went out for ice cream afterward with Howard and Seth who'd arranged the show. Ken and I finally
got noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-9912902000-10-04T00:01:00.000-04:002000-10-04T00:01:48.030-04:00Ken & I practiced our show over the weekend. It should be close to an hour long.
Unfortunately it doesn't look like I'll get a chance to post any recordings of those sessions
before our live show on Friday. But check out my solo live recordings from the
past few days.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-9435862000-09-28T00:16:00.000-04:002000-09-28T00:16:20.810-04:00
Today I received a replacement for the flanger pedal that I'd used in last year's Brutum Fulmen shows and
then had to give back to its owner. Tonight's practice session mp3 starts off chunky but resolves into a mellow
drone featuring this pedal along with the other secret electronics in the patented Brutum Fulmen live feedback setup.
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-9156232000-09-24T17:05:00.000-04:002000-09-24T17:05:24.076-04:00I just recorded part of another practice session, a short recording this time so I uploaded the entire 10 minutes worth. Also a little
loop that came out of an uninspired practice session Thursday. This is still all me, solo, on feedback, metal, voice, and the plastic
reed from "Quartet for Plastic Toy Horns." Anyway, keep in mind that these are practice sessions, and we're testing things out.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-8878942000-09-20T19:32:00.000-04:002000-09-20T19:32:48.233-04:00Last night I recorded some live solo material in preparation for our 10/6 show.
We'll be a duo then, but Ken lives about 3 hours away so I have to do all the practicing for both of us.
Anyway, I recorded about 20 minutes of live feedback with a little metal and voice thrown in, and I've
uploaded the second half of it. Nothing spectacular, I'm just experimenting here, looking for inspiration.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-8722052000-09-18T21:43:00.000-04:002000-09-18T21:43:21.576-04:00The Brutum Fulmen are currently gearing up for a live show on Friday Oct 6 in Cambridge, MA.
This is just outside Boston. We haven't played live in about a year (our normal spacing of shows).
So, between being out of practice, needing to fill some holes in our equipment, and attempting
to work out some new live material we have our hands full.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-8215702000-09-11T23:23:00.000-04:002000-09-11T23:23:37.156-04:00
Tender Wreckage is finally done! I just completed all the artwork. The front and back cover images
below now reflect the final versions, and I also uploaded the art for the actual labels glued on the record. Not sure if those
will actually be used though.
Write or stay tuned for further news on our big release!noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-7863672000-09-07T00:13:00.000-04:002000-09-07T00:13:18.983-04:00
Here's what I've got so far for the back cover of the Tender Wreckage LP. It's just about done.
Those are little fake album covers along the bottom - advertisements for other Lasse Marhaug and
Brutum Fulmen LPs - like they used to put on record jackets in the old days. Only our other LPs don't
really exist.
The larger image at the upper left is the actual pan full of pork fat noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-7226212000-08-28T14:52:00.000-04:002000-08-28T14:52:36.030-04:00Ken and I spent some time this weekend unearthing our live equipment, trying to remember how to set it up,
and figuring out how to use it. I need buy a couple effects pedals that I'd previously been borrowing that
are key parts of our current live work. We also tried to figure out some new material but didn't get too far.
I'm going to have to start spending my evenings fiddling around with noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-6972312000-08-24T00:23:00.000-04:002000-08-24T00:23:06.200-04:00
I actually got a little work done on the Tender Wreckage album cover (the split with Lasse Marhaug). The art is a enhanced photograph I took of some pork fat drippings and water in a jelly-roll pan sitting in the sink. Linda gets credit for doing the actual cooking of the pork roast that made the photo possible.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-6884402000-08-22T16:58:00.000-04:002000-08-22T16:58:11.746-04:00It looks like the Brutum Fulmen will probably be playing in Cambridge (outside of Boston) on Friday, October 6.
Depending on what kind of time off I can work out and how Ken's schedule is, maybe we'll try to do some kind of
mini-tour here in the northeast US and start looking for one or two other dates. I'm hoping we may also have an
opportunity to play inside a large grain silo that's been noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-6334032000-08-13T22:28:00.000-04:002000-08-13T22:28:36.733-04:00I finally got some recording done this weekend, finishing off the piece "Anaerobe" for the D503 remix compilation. His source material is some great sounding feedback from some kind of tube amp.
I also just got an invite to set up a date to play somewhere in Boston. Now I really have to get my act together.
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-5929512000-08-07T08:09:00.000-04:002000-08-07T08:09:41.640-04:00A review of the Brutum Fulmen 7" Moon Boots has appeared in the email newsletter Vital Weekly #234:
BRUTUM FULMEN - MOON BOOTS (7" by Eggshell And Four Dead)
I reviewed the Brutum Fulmen before from their various CDR releases. This is their first vinyl, which is released in a small edition, of 100 copies. Brutum Fulmen are a noise band, but one that think before acting (a sometimes rare noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-5646092000-08-02T00:07:00.000-04:002000-08-02T00:07:45.450-04:00Here are a few video captures from the stop-motion animation Horizons by Dane from the UK. The soundtrack incorporates "Grubs" by the Brutum Fulmen, lots of telephone and answering machine recordings, and music by The Projectiles. All the images are of paper.
noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-5571972000-07-31T19:41:00.000-04:002000-07-31T19:41:49.950-04:00Wow, I haven't gotten a thing done in weeks. Heard back from the guy putting together the lesbian breast cancer support group experimental music benefit compilation cd (take a breath): he said he might want to release a Brutum Fulmen CD next year. Now I do have to get working!
There's a guy named Dane from across the pond who does digital animation videos who'se using our track "Grubs" in one ofnoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-4855382000-07-17T20:56:00.000-04:002000-07-17T20:56:08.436-04:00Not getting much done on the cover art, but I have started on a remix track for D503. His source material was some really nifty feedback from a vacuum tube amp. He's puttting together a comp of remixes of it. With such good source material, I don't think you can go too far wrong. If you want to check out his source, look for "vacuum tube [7157929 mix]" on the D503 page.
I just heard from the noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-4792842000-07-16T17:06:00.000-04:002000-07-16T17:06:59.483-04:00Today I created a slightly revised version of "Before the Invention of the Nosehair Tweezer" to go on a CD compilation benefiting a breast cancer support group for lesbians in Chicago. There's a charity I bet you never thought of.
Also sent out review copies of the Moon Boots 7" record to Vital Weekly, ND, and Halana.
Tonight I should be working on art for the back cover of Tender Wreckage noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-4595502000-07-12T08:30:00.000-04:002000-07-12T08:30:48.640-04:00Designed a new cover for Tender Wreckage last night. The main cover image is a photo I took of a jelly roll pan full of pork fat drippings and water, sitting in my sink. And of course somewhat manipulated in Photoshop. I think I've got something I like even with the CMYK limitations. I'll post an image here shortly.
If you read my comments below, yes, I am a format snob. I don't particularly noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-4540862000-07-11T08:20:00.000-04:002000-07-11T08:20:10.640-04:00Well, the Brutum Fulmen demo material I sent to Triumvirate Records was rejected. Oh well. It's not like I have a completed album (or even much unused material) waiting for release, but sometimes having someone waiting for it helps.
Anyone out there want to consider releasing Brutum Fulmen on vinyl or CD? Let me know. Sorry, at this point I'm not looking for labels to do CDR or cassette noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-4497002000-07-10T12:03:00.000-04:002000-07-10T12:03:50.780-04:00I finally finished the recording and mixing of the Brutum Fulmen half of the upcoming split LP with Lasse Marhaug. The record, Tender Wreckage will be released in the near future by GameBoy Records. I'm currently attempting to finish the artwork.
Since this is going to be on that good old 1 foot x 1 foot record jacket format, I want it to be something more special than what you can cram onto anoisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432396.post-4495572000-07-10T11:29:00.000-04:002000-07-10T11:29:57.543-04:00OK, I'm testing out the rather nifty Blogger feature. It seems like something that will be an interesting addition to the noisician.com site. We'll see if I can even be bothered to keep up with it.noisicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597548610652932388noreply@blogger.com0