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Live recording from ONE AUX open mic July 12, 2023 in Tvlse's Heirloom Rustic Ales.

If you'd like to support ONE AUX organize more shows for experimental and alternative music in the 918 area please consider donating to their Venmo: @Carl-Antonowicz

This set was an experimentation with free time, aleatoricism and spectral music. The word alea in Latin refers to a game with dice and, more generally, a game of hazard or chance. Essentially, this set was a gamble or game of chance. Two riffs were prepared that would be repeated a number of times with the anticipation of having to improvise due to the pedals being programmed to generate that element of chance from the guitar.

Not only did the pedals inject said element into the performance, but also the guitar as well. A 90’s Epiphone SG with very poor intonation, when strummed or picked produced a slight shift in pitch by several cents. The interaction between the guitar and the board resulted in whatever I played being taken in another direction tonally and emotionally. Completely reinterpreting the riffs that had been prepared. To the pitch shifting chords and notes, the pedals and the artifacts generated from the ground noise, mixer clipping and harmonic distortion generated an illusion of extra accompaniment.

A sonic gamble with the inevitable nature of chance yielding both desirable and unintended results, but nevertheless are interesting, bracing and ephemeral in this snapshot of time.

Equipment used

Bigsby Epiphone SG
Hologram Electronics Microcosm
Hologram Electronics Infinite Jets
EQD Life Pedal V3
EQD Westwood
BOSS CP-1X
MXR Bluebox
Alexander Pedals Syntax Error v2
Chase Bliss Generation Loss MkII
BOSS RE-201
Line 6 DL4
Strymon Deco v2
Strymon Iridium
GFI Systems Specular Tempus

Recorded with Zoom field recorder and TASCAM Model 12

credits

released September 15, 2023
Dakota Harrington - Guitar and Pedals
Todd Woodlan - Sound Engineer

Recorded by Todd Woodlan (@athousandplatea.us)
Mastering Restoration by Derek Allen (@formantsmusic)
Mastered to tape by RS Masters (@_rsmasters_)

Photography by ONE AUX (@one.aux)

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The Blackstar Experience Tulsa, Oklahoma

Est. 2014, The Blackstar Experience is an experimental music collective that initially started as a Dark Ambient solo act. It has evolved into an alloy of doom electronics, noise rock, experimental jazz, drone metal and even contemporary classical. With a revolving door of collaborators, the sole focus has grown to expand their boundaries further via reflection and collaboration. ... more

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