Project K (1991)
© 1991, Philip L. Thompson. All rights reserved.
Some experimental voice sampling stuff, recorded between March and May of 1991. To me some of it sounds a bit like trip hop (consider the pseudo-static during the "empty" spaces in the first song, for example), but my music-savvy friends disagree. :(
Having just arrived in Albuquerque, I picked up a Casio SK-5 in March of 1991. Still hadn't made the large purchase of gear that would become the main tools of my ever-roaming 'studio,' and not yet in location where I could play my drums without getting in trouble (was in the dorms on base until September 1991).
And so with my new SK-5 and trusty old VSS-30 I recorded some voice sampling compositions into my boom box. What you can hear here are the "best" compositions from this project.
Not long after starting Project K (for the name of the Air Force Base on which I lived and worked: Kirtland), I picked up a 2-second DoD Digital Delay pedal (stomp box) and a used Les Paul copy (Cortez). For the last few tunes I added these elements into to the mix, so the occasional selection here will feature some cheapo strings.
Having just arrived in Albuquerque, I picked up a Casio SK-5 in March of 1991. Still hadn't made the large purchase of gear that would become the main tools of my ever-roaming 'studio,' and not yet in location where I could play my drums without getting in trouble (was in the dorms on base until September 1991).
And so with my new SK-5 and trusty old VSS-30 I recorded some voice sampling compositions into my boom box. What you can hear here are the "best" compositions from this project.
Not long after starting Project K (for the name of the Air Force Base on which I lived and worked: Kirtland), I picked up a 2-second DoD Digital Delay pedal (stomp box) and a used Les Paul copy (Cortez). For the last few tunes I added these elements into to the mix, so the occasional selection here will feature some cheapo strings.
With what was easily the most lax of my aircraft maintenance assignments, and still months away from getting Mirna to New Mexico, I'd lots of time on my hands. No multitracker at my disposal, but some ingenuity, toe-triggering, and the programmability of the SK-5, I managed to do all of this live, into a JVC boom box (Reggie Watts - eat your heart out!). Ultimately I filled six cassette tapes with these ideas, and have actually developed further a couple of them into more substantial pieces.
Despite its dolbyless, horrifically fuzzy, static-laden sound quality, I think Project K underscores my creativity better than anything else I've produced.
