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Socialism is Evil

C. Reider — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:52:58 +0000

Please listen to my new piece of music. I recorded it today!
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It’s completely, intentionally derivative (of Steve Reich) but I’m still really happy with how it turned out, and with the emotional / political impact of it!
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You know you want to listen to this, come on, the title alone should compel you!
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Socialism is Evil by vuzhmusic

Collaboration

C. Reider — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:17:53 +0000

I’ve begun work on a second collaboration with Tarkatak this weekend. Some of the work I’ve come up with so far sounds pretty good. I just hope this one doesn’t take three years to be completed, like the last time we collaborated!

Zero Decade

C. Reider — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:51:24 +0000

From January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009… the Zeroes…
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This was the second decade of Vuzh Music (officially twenty years in 2011). Here are the best bits of what I did in the last decade, almost all of these are available for free download, so check them out!
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Crook’d Finger – Aft 2000
Crook’d Finger – vs. Harlan / vs. D.Rhythm:O 2000
c. reider & Tarkatak – the Druser Pricid 2000
c. reider – some things i did when i lost my mind 2001
Various Artists – El Tafkeera: Remixs in Remembrance of Muslimgauze 2002
c. reider – Aughtet 2003
c. reider – the Long Defeat 2003
c. reider – i’d've (not yet released) 2003
Drone Forest – our ghost in her wood 2003
Drone Forest – point 2006
Drone Forest – Amy’s Arms / metacollage 12″ 2007
Drone Forest – Wormwood 2007
C. Reider – fine failures 2008
C. Reider & Friends – Long Defeat Variations 2008
C. Reider – Inconstant (Treetrunk Records) 2008
C. Reider – Linguism (Treetrunk Records) 2008
C. Reider – unnamed minimal techno record (not yet released) 2008
C. Reider & Desohll – Falling Into Disrepair (Drô6n Records) 2009 Ltd. to 66
C. Reider – the Electret Quintet, parts 1-5 2009
PBK & C. Reider – Discorporate (Impulsy Stetoskopu) 2009 Ltd. to 120
C. Reider – Steam Inspector (Just Not Normal) 2009
C. Reider – Buddha Reduction (not yet released) 2009
C. Reider – Fragment Three Reworks (not yet released) 2009

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Happy New Year!
Happy New Decade!

sneak preview

C. Reider — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:20:25 +0000

A sneak preview of the centerpiece of Electret Quintet 5, which is rumored to be the last release of the ZEROES.
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December24x TB-303 by vuzhmusic
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White Cube Drone

C. Reider — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:30:07 +0000

Embedded in this post is new track hosted by SoundCloud called “White Cube Drone” It was recorded for the White Cube project, and for it I used sound sources from my friend and peer Gurdonark, who is one half of the team curating the sound portion of an art installation at the RAM Gallery in Wisconsin. Enjoy!
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White cube drone by vuzhmusic

Work

C. Reider — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:24:25 +0000

More work on the Buddha Reduction today. Spiralling closer and closer to a final mix / master. Today involved a lot of combing over files with a “fine toothed comb” so to speak… listening to each file with headphones on (something I really almost never do!) listening for clicks and unwanted anomalies.
I was confronted with new kinds of distortion, and came up with new ways of thwarting them.
I discovered unwelcome frequency peaks that were previously hidden. I squashed them.
I redrew the line between acceptable noise and unacceptable noise, and excavated the terrain to match the map.
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Some days, my music work involves a lot of waiting for files to process, and then performing some small task and waiting again some more for files to process.
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Tedium is an acceptable side-effect to progress.

Dub trust

C. Reider — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:08:39 +0000

It’s always helpful to do a dub version.
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Sometimes it ends up being THE version.

Electret Quintet 3 preview

C. Reider — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:48:06 +0000

Looks like I didn’t make that personal deadline of getting “Electret Quintet 3″ out in April! Ooops. It IS ready though, and it will come out very soon. I’m excited about it because it’s my favorite of the 5 part series… although I like the others also.
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However, I did just upload the final track from “Electret Quintet 3″ to my MySpace page: myspace.com/vuzhmusic… you ought to find it right at the top of the player.
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… and if you would like to check out the first two installments of the series, navigate over to the Electret Quintet page at Vuzh Music dot com, the same page where you’ll later find the third release available for free download.

Beard Power

C. Reider — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:43:51 +0000

Somone just commented on C. Reider’s Last.FM page saying:
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Молодой Лев Толстой))

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… which translates as “Young Leo Tolstoy))”…
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… which is pretty much the best comment ever! E
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In other news, I just listened to the new collaboration between myself and Desohll, and it’s pretty wonderful. Vaporous and spooky dark-ambient! It appears that its release is imminent on Drô6n Records.
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This is a preview of something else way cooler involving Desohll and C. Reider yet to come!

EQ3

C. Reider — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:05:35 +0000

Cover art and release date revealed for the Electret Quintet III.