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Finished a track I’d been working on recently, and decided to put together a wee bandcamp release of things I’ve finished this year. All written and performed with Soundb0ard.

I’ve been a big fan of Evel records out of spain for a few years - tons of great releases from artists I love such as William Fields, Deli Kuvveti, NOXIN, Guy Birkin, and many more. So I was super stoked when they approached me last year about putting out a release!

It dropped on a friday, a split release with an amazing Spanish artist named AmorObsoleto!

My tracks are done via my custom live coding software, Soundb0ard

Found this vid via a recent JWZ blogpost - super good wee 30 min documentary about the sound design behind Wipeout 2097, a game that came out with the european release of the PlayStation in 1996, done by UK game design studio Psygnosis. And graphic design by Designers Republic! I didn’t know they had worked on games (they’re very well known in music circles for many Warp records covers) - Awesome!

Hi!

Here’s a few things I’ve had on rotation!

Torrey - Bounce

MJ Lenderman - You Have Bought Yourself A Boat

Nick Harley - Circus

Dancer - Chill Out

Hihi! new edition of my regular monthly radio ..

Super stoked for STOKEFEST!

We've been working with Surfrider Foundation and Great Highway Park to put together an upcoming event called Stokefest. Happening on the Great Highway, at Judah, on November 11th!

We'll have a table and and a new issue of B0ardside, issue 7!

Amazing new album and vid from Usof!

Next backyard show coming up on September 23rd!

Last backyard show of the summer coming up, and it's a doozy!

We'll have an awesome analog video synthesis installation by Sean Russell Hallowell. Sean will also give a talk on his setup, and play a live performance.

But theres more!

Entropic will give a talk on his process and MIDI generating techniques, then play a live set.

Finishing the day off, we're super excited to host FUCKWOLF!

Been a while since I posted a podcast on the blog here - i’m been remiss!

Picked up this new release on the wonderful Fractal Meats label yesterday:

Became quite fascinated with the whole Manifesto!

While searching for details on how I could implement some of these glitches, I found this perfect video by someone from the collective - super cool!

Love Blues Lawyer! One of the best local bands around. New album doesn’t disappoint, first track is killer!

Me and Michael will be DJing at Laughing Monk brewing for a wee end of Beer Week celebration. Afternoon jams!

Another incredibly awesome Algorithmic Art Assembly!

Videos are now uploading on the YouTube channel

Here’s me and Kenny Crunk getting the party started!

Hey lovelies!

We’re hosting another awesome weekend of live music and art in our Backyard space next weekend, June 19th/20th.

We have an amazing body of work by Entropy, a good friend of ours, and local Sunset artist.

On saturday, we’ll have a live opera performance and talk by Céline Ricci. She is the Founder /Executive Artistic Director from Ars Minerva, and live music from Murder Murder

Sunday we’ll have live music by Lunchbox!

The Boars is one of Brent Willson’s bands, a founding member of The B0ardside collective.

Video here is produced by Sean Silk, another awesome Sunset artist!

Recordings from Kei Terauchi to accompany her piece ‘What Makes The World Go Around - Outer Sunset Mix 2021’ in The B0ardside zine issue #2.

This is an absolutely fascinating history of a Stravinsky sample which was included with the first Fairlight Synthesizers - so many songs where this appears!

(I found the video via this Landr blog post)

This was my live set from Further_in a few weeks back - Had a list minute thought to stick on my Thor costume!

Just got back from the very awesome Livecode Festival #2 in Sheffield UK, a gathering of like minded music programmers and algorithmic artists - super inspiring!

Here’s a screencast i captured of my set for the Algorave:

Check this awesome new skate video out of Scotland - great stuff! Even a wee shot of Toby Patterson in there!

Alex McLean’s TidalCycles has been a big influence on my own Soundb0ard, and lately, now that my instruments are mostly built, I’ve been looking for ways to algorithmically modify them more.

This series of howto’s by Mike Hodnick/Kindohm have been an amazing source of inspiration - super clear and very entertaining - here’s the first episode:

Nice piece from the Guardian showcasing the Algorave scene in Sheffield.
Big up Alex McLean!

This is a good chat with Doug Eck, of the Google Magenta project It’s a project I’ve been keeping an eye on, as it has a ton of potential. I’ve generated some melodies based on their Melody RNN - although i need to spend more time with it, as I’ve been more focussed on own generative algorithms.

Hmm, my granular synth hasn’t quite come together yet, but I’m learning a load.

This is a pretty informative (promo) video from Robert Henke/Monolake showcasing his ‘Granulator’ plugin for Ableton Live.

If i can get mine to sound anything like that i’ll be stoked!

Have you been watching season 3 of Twin Peaks? so fscking good!

This is kinda up there –

Memories Of Cindy Pt. 1

Memories Of Cindy Pt. 2

Looking forward to receiving the second volume in the mail.

Grab a copy

This is a crazy awesome animation by Anthony Lombardo and John Chrostek –

“It is one-o-clock in the morning. You’ve had a long and tiresome day, and despite your best intentions, dozed off far before you meant to.

The sharp hiss of static pulls you back. In your peripheral vision, what light remains dims and flickers as if bathing in the glow of the transmission. From some familiar depths, a song begins to play…”

I came across it via my friend Mat, who recorded a segment of the opening music.

Awesome video for awesome track!

Found via Ben’s blog

Here’s this week’s B0ardcast, broadcast on BFF.fm every friday.

The B0ardcast Episode 28 by Sideb0ard on Mixcloud

Tracklist:::

Dhobi Fats - She Wants A Daisy
Betty And The Werewolves - Should I go to Glasgow?
Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul (Part 1)
halfsour - target practice (henry’s dress cover)
Japanther - All We Got Is Each Other (Peanucle)
Kitten Crisis - Yer Hair
Braves - True Feelings
peach kelli pop - Bat Wing
Plantains - Wendy
SadGirl - Lie Awake
Dream Whip - Beach Dreams
Santa Fe - Summer
Dante Elephante - Heartbeat
Literature - Dance Shoes
The Ocean Party - Went Out
The Zebras - I Have Decided
Failed Flowers - When You Said I Love You
ice cream social - bagel
Knight School - Pizza My Coat
QUARTERBACKS - LAST BOY
Wakes - GONZO
New Swears - Jon’s coke
Jabber - Maybe Next Year
Ladywolf - Die Tonight
No Age - Everybody’s Down
Attendant - Call Me Back
Pope - Gearbear
Super Soaked - I JUST WANNA DIE (fidlar cover)
Cool Mutants - Be Dumb
CHEAP WIG - Sleep Deprived
SPORTS - I Liked You Best
Gurr - Hey, my friend
Dog Legs - Things I’ll Never Be
Counter Culture - Feelin’ Fine
American Culture - Just Driving Around
Posse - 14 Days
Upset - Linus
Let’s Say We Did - Someday Somedays
Twig Palace - Where Land Meets Sky
Boomgates - Cartons and Cans
flout - Seagrams
Aunt Sis - Dr. Dahl
The BFGs - Fuss
Tullycraft - Leaders Of The New School
Milky Wimpshake - True Love/Youth
Mark Wynn - I’m Bob Ferris x3 (And You’re John Cale)
Aidan Moffat - The World Around Us

Here’s a link to the Mixcloud page with the past couple of B0ardcast shows and tracklistings..

The B0ardside Episode #4 - 03/04/2014 by Sideb0ard on Mixcloud

Love this new video for Tense Men -

It’s all shot around Stoke Newington in London, super close to Pat’s old house.

Woop! I just got confirmation on friday that I’ll have a regular weekly 2 hour radio starting this tuesday on bff.fm - a recent new station out of here in San Francisco. Tune in - 2pm-4pm PST (10pm-Midnite UK) –

Oh yeah, that Codetraxx project I mentioned, which me and Tack have been working on - here’s a recording made using it. All samples included in the repo too..

Oh man, just found this Hunx album from 2013 - i had seen this following video for Bad Skin but forgot about the album when it came out - this video is so disgusting and totally my anthem!

Was hard to cut two out from this selection, so here’s my top 12 for the past year, as usual a bit of a mix between the rock n roll and the electronic noise..

The Pastels – Slow Summit

The Spook School – Dress Up

Radiator Hospital – Something Wild

Zomby – With Love

Wyatt Blair – Banana Cream Dream

Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind

Basic House – Oats

Patricia – Body Issues

Colour Me Wednesday – I Thought It Was Morning

Fear Of Men – Early Fragments

Anna Hillburg – s/t

Dalglish – Niaiw Ot Vile

oh! scratch that, make it 13 then! How could i forget ma wedding singer?! The Hive Dwellers – Hewn From The Wilderness

First draft of my Record Store Bot is live over on Github - basically tying a Chatbot::Eliza style interface to Last.fm web services for an interactive (hopefully amusing) music recommendation bot.

Works surprisingly well - although only has one method at the moment..