Sonic Encounters: An Original Music Podcast by Synthesist Mark Mosher
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Synthesist, Electronic & Experimental Musician, Multimedia Performance Artist | Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet Founder.
More info at https://MarkMosherMusic.com
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Oct 30, 2023
S05-E03: “Interdimensional Breach” by The Carbon Dioxide Ensemble
In celebration of Halloween, I have a special release for you. It’s a live recording of a song called “Interdimensional Breach” from a set we did as the Carbon Dioxide Ensemble at the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet’s 2023 Halloween Synth Concert in Boulder. It was improvised and recorded in one take in front of a live audience and captured as a multi-channel recording.
Members of the Carbon Dioxide Ensemble include Thomas Lundy on Copper Heart articulated with dry ice, Victoria Lundy on Theremin and Live Electronics, and I (Mark Mosher) on Synths, Live Sampling, and Heart FX. More info at linktr.ee/co2e and carbondioxideensemble.com.
We will be premiering a multi-cam and multimedia video of this same performance (including video shot on a 360 camera) of the entire set on October 30th night at 9 PM Mountain time over on youtu.be/6mdcgX6Gfbk?si=JyX4BQWJJUEKDl9P.
Here is the storyline for the video.
00:00 Part 1 - Initiating Transmission. The set opens with us slowly building halloween vibes from Boulder Station.
00:47 Part 2 - Warp Bubble. The venue begins to warp as our signals attract energy from another dimension.
03:02 Part 3 - Interdimensional Breach. A breach to another dimension opens just outside the venue. Energy from this dimension reacts to our performance.
10:29 Part 4 - Extreme Heart. Noise from the heart begins to close the breach.
11:02 Part 5 - Return To Your Normally Scheduled Life. The breach starts to close and we return back to normal reality in Boulder.
No humans were harmed in this performance.
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Players:
Theremin, Live Electronics - Victoria Lundy
Copper Heart, Dry Ice - Thomas Lundy
iPad Synths, Live Sampling, Heart FX - Mark Mosher
Post-Production:
Ableton Live Mixing and Mastering - Mark Mosher
Cover Art - Victoria Lundy
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Sep 23, 2023
S05-E02: Last Known Transmission
This song debuted as part of the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet Drone Day 2022 Celebration. It's the soundtrack to sci-fi short film of the same name which you can see here https://youtu.be/8WNZEwu1mEI?si=iNQ5rbtLxhpTvIGV.
Music by Mark Mosher:
Real-time musique concrète performed with original field recordings of household objects, and on location in Iceland and Melbourne Australia.
Video by Mark Mosher:
Shot on location in Iceland at Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, Reykjavík, and Kvernufoss Waterfall
Iceland Expedition Team:
Jeanne Mosher: Team Leader, Planning, Logistics
Mark Mosher: Audio and Video Field Recording, Safety Officer
Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher. Cover by Mark Mosher. (C)(P) 2022Mark J. Mosher
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Nov 5, 2022
S05-E01: Singularity
An ambient drone soundtrack to the act of approaching singularity.
Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher. Cover by Mark Mosher. (C)(P) 2022Mark J. Mosher
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Jul 21, 2021
S04-E08: Droid 164 Searches for Survivors in the Forbidden Zone
This Sonic Encounters soundscape was improvised live in one-take using my 4U 62HP Eurorack musique concrète Instrument. It's the follow-on track to the "Droid 164 Gets Distracted by a Wildflower" https://soundcloud.com/markmosher/so4-e02-droid-164-gets-distracted-by-a-wildflower.Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher. Cover by Mark Mosher. (C)(P) 2021 Mark J. MosherSubscribe to Podcast:Any Podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:17182/sounds.rssApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-from-the-sounds-around-us/id1005123672Follow and listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/markmosher/sets/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-podcast.
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Jun 25, 2021
S04-E07: The Signal Within the Signal
Season 4 Epiisode 7 of the Sonic Encoiunters Podcast is up. It's a soundscape called "The Signal Within the Signal". Enjoy!
Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher (C)(P) 2021 Mark J. Mosher.
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Jun 25, 2021
SO4-E05: Being Reprogrammed Through the Convenience of Your Screens
Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher (C)(P) 2021 Mark J. Mosher.
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May 28, 2021
S04-E06: Robot Dreams
Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher (C)(P) 2021 Mark J. MosherSubscribe to Podcast:Any Podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:17182/sounds.rssApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-from-the-sounds-around-us/id1005123672Follow and listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/markmosher/sets/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-podcast.
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Mar 18, 2021
SO4-E04: Beware the Siren Call of the Like Machine
Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher (C)(P) 2021 Mark J. MosherSubscribe to Podcast:Any Podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:17182/sounds.rssApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-from-the-sounds-around-us/id1005123672Follow and listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/markmosher/sets/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-podcastComposer's Notes:Beware the rocky shores of the Like Machine. There be danger there.Producer's Notes:The song was performed live on a Synthstrom Deluge. Deluge was fed with various sampled "musical objects" as follows:- Melody line was played live using a Sensel Morph in Live 11 using some very expressive MPE sounds created by the amazing sound designers Huston Singletary and Robert Bruce.- Drones and rhythmic elements were made on an iPad with the granular synth SpaceCraft. The song was lightly edited in Ableton Live 11. Most FX are from deluge with a few reverbs and delay in Live 11 to sweeten the mix a bit.
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Feb 2, 2021
SO4-E03: Approaching the Artifact
An ambient improv performed solely on the Deluge.Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher (C)(P) 2021 Mark J. MosherCover: Mark MosherSubscribe to Podcast:Any Podcatcher: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…182/sounds.rssApple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soni…us/id1005123672Follow and listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/markmosher/sets/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-podcast
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Jan 17, 2021
SO4-E02: Droid 164 Gets Distracted by a Wildflower
Credits: Composed, Performed, and Produced by Mark Mosher (C)(P) 2021 Mark J. MosherSubscribe to Podcast:Any Podcatcher: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…182/sounds.rssApple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soni…us/id1005123672Follow and listen on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/markmosher/sets/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-podcast
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Sep 17, 2020
S04-E01: A Brave Attempt to Plod Along Unnoticed
An experimental piece re-purposing improvised phrases and motifs with more classical instrumentation as "musical objects" which I further manipulate in a 2nd improvisational pass.
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Sep 4, 2020
Announcements: Sonic Encounters Volume 03 Album Now Available and Season 04 is On the Way
Sonic Encounters Season 03 has come to an end which means the album containing the songs from this season is now available on Bandcamp here https://markmosher.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-encounters-volume-03. Bandcamp is waiving artist fees on Friday September 4th so it's a great time to buy songs and albums on Bandcamp to support your favorite artists. Note background song in this announcement is track 6 on the new album "Shimmering Light from the Time Mirror ". Thanks again for listening and tell your friends.
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Aug 19, 2020
S03-E07: The Mysterious Shortwaves That Haunt Our Airwaves
Composer's Notes:Music Concrete improvisation performed on Push 2 using mysterious shortwave radio signals from the cold war era. Producer's Notes:Samples are manipulated and performed as musical objects using Ableton Simpler, and Granulator II.Credits:Music Copyright 2020 Mark Subscribe to Podcast:Any Podcatcher: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:17182/sounds.rssApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-from-the-sounds-around-us/id1005123672Follow and listen on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/markmosher/sets/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-podcastMore Info:https://SonicEncounters.com/podcast
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Aug 5, 2020
SO3-E06: Shimmering Light from the Time Mirror
Story: A dreamy cinematic ambient song to accompany your time mirror viewing sessions.Composer's Notes:This song was inspired by sci-fi movies, tv series, and books that explore peering into the multiverse and time-travel. The title was inspired by the Outer Limits episode "Demon with the Glass Hand".Producer's Notes:This song was produced in three sessions:Session 1: I composed 4 layers off-grid varying between even and odd bar lengths ranging from 4-9 bars performing on Ableton Push 2. The interplay of these even and odd lengths results in melodies and motifs that round-robin in interesting ways and often result in call and response. I improvised a lead melody line with all these layers in motion performing on keys. You hear this melody in the final piece starting around 1m9s. The notes in the bell sound throughout are triggered using varying levels of probabilities to add variety throughout the piece. Session 2: I did a real-time mix down and arrangement session using Ableton Pus…
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Jul 30, 2020
S03-E05: Ghosts of Time and Space
Composer's Notes:Things have changed and now we're all ghosts of the time and space that we once knew. Here is a song about it it as a new Sonic Encounters episode featuring the track "Ghosts of Time and Space"Producer's Notes:This was improvised on Ableton Live 10 with Push 2. While I mostly do my own sound design I've been enjoying using libraries from others to introduce pleasant surprises ("chance operations") into some of my improvisational pieces. All the source samples are from the Ghosts sound pack which I bought from my friend and independent New Zealand based sound designer Greg Cole (aka Empty Vessel https://store.emptyvessel.co.nz/ ). This was originally released as a samples and presets for the TAL sampler, but I brought these into Ableton (notes on this below). Greg takes such great care in producing and mastering his source samples I'm happy to report he also just provided these samples as a stand-alone WAV editon here https://store.emptyvessel.co.nz/p/cl3h5w/.The cover…
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Jul 26, 2020
S03-E04: Communing With Ancients Through My Gossamer Threads
Composer's Notes:Inspired by a photo of a gossamer web taken with a macro lens in my front yard, I wrote a song about a spider. Be the spider.Producer's Notes;I used FM, analog modeled, and granular synthesis. I incorporated a field recording from of a drunk crowd singing in an underground tunnel on the way to the next train out in the London Tube at 1 AM on New Years 2018.Credits:Music and Cover Copyright 2020 Mark Subscribe to Podcast:Any Podcatcher: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:17182/sounds.rssApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-from-the-sounds-around-us/id1005123672Follow and listen on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/markmosher/sets/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-podcastMore Info:https://SonicEncounters.com/podcast
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Jul 15, 2020
S03-E03: Ancient Savanna (A Post Modern Ambient Bossa Nova Ice Cream Sandwich)
A chill psychedelic meandering trip to an ancient savanna sandwiched with a bossa nova. Some lush synths throughout.Subscribe:To get notified of upcoming tracks follow me on Soundcloud, subscribe in itunes here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonic-encounters-soundscapes-from-the-sounds-around-us/id1005123672, or use this RSS feed in your fav podcatcher https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:17182/sounds.rssCredits:Music by Mark MosherCopyright Mark Mosher 2019My artist site is here MarkMosherMusic.com
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Sep 20, 2019
S03-E02: Turning Back the Rainforest Clocks
Story:Quite some time ago an alien child instantiated our reality using some silly game they found on their parent's hand-me-down computer. As time went on they noticed the rainforests were being destroyed for a variety of reasons which would soon end the simulation. The child was quite attached to some of the people in the simulation and of course didn't want to have restart the simulation all over again from beginning. So, without their parent's permission, the child opted to buy the in-app purchase to heal the rainforests by turning back the rainforest clocks. Play now continues.Subscribe:Links to subscribe in Apple Podcasts or your fav podcatcher here SonicEncounters.comComposer Notes:Improvised using original field recordings as sources from Australia including the city of Melbourne, and The Healesville Sanctuary (https://www.zoo.org.au/healesville/).Cover Art Notes:I manipulated a photo I took while walking to through the rainforest of Great Otway National Park on the way to Hen…
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Aug 8, 2019
S03-E01: Please Press 3
Story:It appears the menu has changed. Please Press 3. Subscribe:Links to subscribe in Apple Podcasts or your fav podcatcher here http://SonicEncounters.comComposer Notes:I thought I'd kick off this season with something more experimental with lots of extreme tempo changes ranging from 80 BPM - 764 BPM. Enjoy.Music, voice, lyrics, cover art by Mark MosherCopyright Mark Mosher 2019My artist site is here http://MarkMosherMusic.com
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Feb 15, 2019
S02-E08: Of Snow and Light
"Of Snow and Light" is episode 8 of the Sonic Encounters podcast season 2. It's an original soundscape featuring some warm classic synth sounds and pads.Photo is from a very unique skiing experience I had at Copper Mountain Colorado where I got to ski at night in a snow storm with only a headlamp and ambient light.Music and cover art by Mark MosherCopyright Mark Mosher 2019http://SonicEncounters.comhttp://MarkMosherMusic.com
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Jan 24, 2019
S02-E07: Dancing at the Edge of Entropy
Music and cover art by Mark MosherCopyright 2019
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Dec 3, 2018
S02-E06: Tonalities from Orbit 03
Story:This is the Krell again. We are beaming a 3rd tonality to your station. Are you receiving? Video of performance: https://youtu.be/9XzcPMncBWo.Instruments & Instrumentalities:The piece is a live improvisation on the Nord Lead 4 using only expressive real-time synthesis around a single original program. It was recorded in one real-time pass without edits. CreditsMusic, Sounds, Story, Video by Mark Mosher© 2018 Mark J. Mosher
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Nov 25, 2018
S02-E05: Operation Polynya
Story:A secret mission in the Arctic to recover the ancient artifact begins.Composer Notes:A real-time performance with single synthesizer. Improvised and recorded in a single take with no edits.Credits:Music, Story and Cover Art Painting by Mark Mosher© 2018 Mark J. MosherSonicEncounters.comNewEcho.com
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Nov 25, 2018
S02-E04: Last Known Transmission of the Expedition to Explore The Undersea Cave of the Giant
Story:This is last known transmission the expedition to explore the undersea cave of the giant.Composer Notes:I sketched the cover image and used it as a graphical score.Credits:Music, Story and Cover Art by Mark Mosher© 2018 Mark J. MosherSonicEncounters.comNewEcho.com
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Oct 25, 2018
S02-E03: Primeval (Track 1 from the album No Ghosts. Just Fear.)
In celebration of Halloween, this episode of Sonic Encounters features the song “Primeval” from my horror soundscapes album NO GHOSTS. JUST FEAR. It’s a very short and creepy piece where I use hand crafted synthetic sounds (subtractive and additive synthesis) to create strange tones, textures. and rhythms to build tension. Fast note-runs, and radical tempo changes will creep you out. This piece was performed using Percussa AudioCubes infrared controllers.You can buy the song and album on Bandcamp (Name Your Price), CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Play, Spotify, and most other digital delivery services.Credits:Music, Story and Cover Art by Mark Mosher© 2012, 2018 Mark J. MosherSonicEncounters.comNewEcho.com
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Oct 13, 2018
S02-E02: Slipping Into Stasis Entering Jump Gate 42
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Oct 2, 2018
S02-E01: The Department of Entropy
https://SonicEncounters.com Podcast S01:EP01. In a deep dark corner of universe, ancient bureaucrats monitor and nudge the machinery that controls the decay of the all things. Sometimes they dance. Welcome to the Department of Entropy.Credits:Music, Story and Cover Art by Mark Mosher © 2018 Mark J. MosherSonicEncounters.comNewEcho.com
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May 29, 2016
S01-E13: Replicant's Lament
Story: Composed and performed in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.Artist Notes:Inspired by the movies "Blade Runner" and "Soldier". In one session, I improvised and composed a set of musical motifs. I then mixed and arranged these motifs into the finished piece.Instrumentation & Instrumentalities:I used the gorgeous sounding U-HE virtual synthesizers for this piece.Hive (3 instances)Zebra 2.5 (1 instance)DIVA (1 instance)Bazille (2 instances)All the tracks use custom presets from INIT except one.InstrumentalitiesImprovised and composed with keys, grid, and mouse.Novation Remote SL 25 MK2 KeyboardAbleton Live 9.6.1Windows 10Credits:Music, Sounds, Story and Cover art by Mark Mosher © 2016 Mark J. Mosherhttp://SonicEncounters.comhttp://ModulateThis.com
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May 6, 2016
S01-E12: Tonalities from Orbit #2
Story:This is the Krell again. We are beaming a 2nd tonality to your station. Are you receiving?Artist Notes:This is another piece inspired by the ground-breaking work of Louis and Bebe Barron on the film Forbidden Planet. I use oscillators as the primary source for the piece.Instruments & Instrumentalities:Blofeld + Launchpad Pro + OctatrackThe soundtrack is live improvisation using the Waldorf Blofled synthesizer with custom programs from INIT. The Novation Launchpad Pro grid performance instrument was used to perform notes with pressure on the Blofeld. In addition to live manipulation of the Blofeld through it’s hardware interface, I live sampled and live looped the audio coming out of the Blofeld into an Electron Octatrack. From there I used the Octatrack’s chromatic mode, morphing with crossfader, and did live sequencing with trig automation. The Octatrack also provided additional effects.I recorded a video of me performing this piece in the studio http://youtu.be/atDFO0Ynnr…
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Mar 29, 2016
SO1-E11: Tonalities from Orbit #1
Story:This is the Krell. We are beaming a tonality from orbit to your station. Are you receiving?Artist Notes:This is another piece inspired by the ground-breaking work of Louis and Bebe Barron on the film Forbidden Planet. I use oscillators as the primary source for the piece.Instruments & Instrumentalities:The piece is a live improvisation on the Nord Lead 4 using only expressive real-time synthesis around a single original program from INIT. I recorded a video of me performing this piece in real-time www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvPO_N__LB8.Music, Sounds, Story and Cover art by Mark Mosher © 2016 Mark J. Mosherhttp://SonicEncounters.comhttp://ModulateThis.com
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Feb 19, 2016
SO1-E10: Swarm of the Nanobots
Story:The swarm of the Nanobots is approaching.Artist Notes:This microtonal mayhem is an exploration of swarming notes and joyous distortion that was inspired by the Dewanatron Swarmatron instrument.Instrumentation & Instrumentalities:I performed and recorded this in one real-time pass with no edits on an Elektron Octatrack.From a sound design perspective - I was working to emulate an instrument called the Swarmatron http://www.dewanatron.com/instruments.php?page=swarmatron."The Swarmatron was created to produce eight tones tuned approximately to one note, each tone slightly different in pitch to produce a complex and natural choral effect. These eight oscillators can be played with a single ribbon controller (variable resistor) to move the pitch center up or down. The span control expands the sound of a swarm of eight notes spread just a few cents apart into a wide chord of equidistant pitches spread over the entire spectrum. The player can "taffy pull" the resulting chord by using th…
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Jan 21, 2016
SO1-E09: I'm Completely Operational, and All My Circuits Are Functioning Perfectly
Story: The sound of what is going on inside the HAL 9000’s mind as he’s speaking “I’m Completely Operational, and All My Circuits Are Functioning Perfectly” to the crew.Artist Notes:This piece was improvised and performed on the Nord Lead 4 and the Elektron Octatrack. It was recorded in one real-time pass with no edits.Instruments and Instrumentalities:All the synthesized source sounds are from my original Lead 4 presets. I live sampled and looped the Nord Lead 4 into the Octatrack and performed most sonic movement in real-time on the Octatrack.Music, Sounds, Stories, Notes and Cover art by Mark Mosher © 2016 Mark J. Mosherhttp://SonicEncounters.comhttp://ModulateThis.com
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Dec 27, 2015
S01-E08 Take A Trip On The Train From Devil's Gate Depot
Story:Ready to take a “trip” on The Georgetown Loop Railroad? Your journey starts at Devil’s Gate Depot as you stand between the cars and hear the sounds of this historic narrow gauge train as it rounds a tight bend. Things morph from there… enjoy the psychedelic ride.Artist Notes:The piece begins with the raw field recording of the train as it goes around a tight turn. It’s just such an amazing set of sounds I wanted to offer the listener context and a taste of the harmonic content of the original source material before I took things to another place. I then manually play and improvise from there performing the notes in chromatic mode and heavily manipulating the field recordings as the piece progresses. Near the end of the piece I’m using effects like comb filters to create what sound almost like long tremolo strings. Another fun thing for me was manipulating rail noise through a comb filter and delay and then changing the delay time (which changes pitch) to create what a…
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Sep 26, 2015
SO1-E07: Descent Into Ancient Ice Cave
Story:This is the soundtrack of an expedition to an ancient ice cave. As you descend deep into the cavern hear surreal sound of the wind blended with your own scanning equipment reverberating through massive cave system. At around the 7:00 minute mark, your systems start picking up some movement in the cave. You've got a bad feeling about this - so you initiate emergency ascent at 8:20.Artist Notes:This is not a sample. This is all synthesis.Instrumentation and Instrumentalities:The entire piece is made from a single original patch I made on the digital modular synthesizer U-HE Bazille. The piece was recorded in a single pass with no edits. I performed this on a Novation Remote SL 25 MK2 keyboard by playing notes and manipulating the mod wheel, key pressures and the knobs of the synth in real-time during recording.Credits:Music, Sounds, and Cover art by Mark Mosher © 2015 Mark J. Mosherhttp://SonicEncounters.comhttp://ModulateThis.com
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Aug 27, 2015
S01-E06: When the Whales Take Back the Ocean
Story:As humans and their technology have evolved, they have encroached more and more on the domain of the whale and other sea life. Of course the whales have been evolving as well - and - unbeknownst to us, they have been patiently plotting and waiting for the right time put things back in balance. Listen as a group of humpback whales execute phase 1 of their plan to take back the ocean.Science: From "Seismic Surveys Negatively Affect Humpback Whale Singing Activity off Northern Angola" (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0086464) "Discussion...The presence of oil and gas exploration activities in this region and globally, and the potential acoustic impact that anthropogenic noise sources may have on sensitive species are increasing areas of study and concern for industry, governments, biologists and conservationists [23], [25]. The intense pulses produced by seismic surveys clearly have the potential to cause direct or behaviourally mediated physiologic…
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Jul 22, 2015
S01-E05: Irreversible Transcription Errors During Consciousness Transfer
Story: “Welcome to transfer station 11203. Your consciousness transfer is about to begin and soon you will enjoy immortality in your new custom body. The process is 100% foolproof thanks to your personal technician who will be actively monitoring the process for transcription errors. In the unlikely event of a transcription error, your technician will be manually executing corrective rewrites well before the 6 minute margin where these anomalies would become part of your permanent consciousness in the target vessel. This “human touch” is just another way Transfer-Con goes the extra mile for our clients.You should now be feeling a warm sensation as the intravenous sedation takes effect. This sedation will render you blind and paralyzed pending transfer – for your comfort and safety. To help you maintain a calm and meditative state during transfer, you will now hear the reassuring and ever steady rhythms of the audio feed from your transfer monitor. Thanks for choosing Transfer-C…
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Jun 13, 2015
SO1-E04 A Day In The Life Of A Krell Technician
Story: Over 2,000 centuries ago – the Krell technicians went about their day in the 8,000-cubic-miles of the fabric of the great machine on Altair IV. This is the day in the life of one technician.Artist Notes: Inspired by the ground-breaking work of Louis and Bebe Barron on the film Forbidden Planet I use oscillators rather than samples as sound sources for this piece. Instrumentation & Instrumentalities: The sources are from original sounds I created on the Waldorf Blofeld manipulated via MIDI from an Elektron Octatrack.Credits:Music, Sounds, Story, Notes and Cover art by Mark Mosher ©2015 Mark J. Mosherhttp://SonicEncounters.comhttp://ModulateThis.com
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Jul 26, 2013
SO1-E03: Children of the Gods Find the Weather Machine
Story: What happens when the children of the gods get a hold of the weather machine? Listen to find out.Artist Notes:I recorded the piece in one real-time pass with no edits. The song is primarily based on the field recording of a thunderstorm. Most of the low bass sounds is a manipulated thunder clap. Instrumentation & Instrumentalities:I recorded this in a park in Louisville, CO on my Octatrack running on battery. I performed the piece by playing the OT in chromatic mode and by manipulating parameters in real-time – so no sequencing.Credits: Music, Sounds, Story, Notes and Cover art by Mark Mosher ©2012 Mark J. Mosherhttp://SonicEncounters.comhttp://ModulateThis.com
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Aug 20, 2012
SO1-E02: Metamorphosis Under The Chatham Light
Story: This soundscape is the soundtrack to an imaginary experience where, using a special morphing environment suit, the wearer can instantly transition from a land to sea simply by walking into the surf.The piece begins with you observing a figure walking down the steps on to Chatham Lighthouse Beach late at night. The figure is silhouetted by the beam of the Chatham Light. As the figure walks past you and on to the beach you switch to the figure’s point of view. You then walk towards the ocean with the beam of the Chatham Light swinging out over your head and enter the surf. As you enter the surf, your environment suit extends and wraps you like a second skin. You hear the mechanics of the metamorphosis as the suit jacks in to your mind and adjusts your buoyancy allowing you to keep walking down on to the sea floor. Under the ocean the sensors isolate and amplify sounds from the environment. You close your eyes and listen – and return once again to the land.Artist Notes:Based o…
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Apr 19, 2012
S01-E01: And What Do the Trees Hear When the Wind Blows?
Story:This song is an ambient sonic journey starting with natural sounds which morph into the hidden inner world of trees and back again. Artist Notes:The piece starts off with a 120 degree stereo field recording of wind blowing through aspen trees and surrounding trees in Louisville, Colorado just outside of Boulder.Credits: Music, Sounds, Story, Notes and Cover art by Mark Mosher ©2012 Mark J. Mosherhttp://SonicEncounters.comhttp://ModulateThis.com
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