the norman conquest » xenakis http://www.thenormanconquest.net Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 myriad http://www.thenormanconquest.net/myriad/myriad http://www.thenormanconquest.net/myriad/myriad#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:03:32 +0000 the norman conquest http://www.thenormanconquest.net/?p=215 “myriad” is a piece of music for 10,000 tracks of audio.  i began the piece as an improvisation on harmonium on november 4th, 2007.  i hope to be finished around november 4th, 2011.  check out this rough mix from january 2010 (approximately 5,500 tracks):

myriad (january 2010 demo)

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the full list of 154 performers:

The Norman Conquest, Brian Gleeson, Shayna Dunkelman, Theresa Wong, Zachary James Watkins, Agnes Szelag, Marielle Jakobsons, Ava Mendoza, Noah Phillips, Sarah Palmer, Andy Strain, Jason Hoopes, Jordan Glenn, Jon Porras, Evan Caminiti, Emily Packard, Damon Waitkus, Preshish Moments, Alee Karim, Joyce Teale, Bruce Teale, Gregg Kowalsky, Johanna Borchert, Ellen Fullman, Dave Holton, Patrice Scanlon, Sean Clute, Aram Shelton, Eli Wise, Kristine Barrett, Kevin Adams, Varun Kejriwal, Caroline Penwarden, Luis Maurette, Cory Wright, Angela Hsu, Ri Crawford, Matthew Pusti, Kate Mcloughlin, Marty McGinn, Mike Guarino, Phoebe Lehr, Chuck Johnson, Michael Gardner Cox, Phillip Greenlief, Hilary Overberg, Luke Selden, Karl Evangelista, Ben Bracken, Sam Ospovat, David Ryther, Deborah Katz, Victor Lowrie, Amelia Lukas, Kathryn Thompson, Heather Vorwerck, Hande Erdem, Lauren Elledge, Polly Moller, Ashley Morro, Maryclare Brzytwa, Jennifer Harper, Kate McLoughlin, Lisa McGee, Marcie Mara-Ann, Michael Elrod, Suki O’Kane, Tom Duff, Vanessa Beggs, Bob Marsh, Kurt Kottheimer, Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Zeena Parkins, Shahzad Ismaily, Jewlia Eisenberg, Kristin Slipp, Chris Cutler, Kanoko Nishi, Jen Baker, Dennis Somera, Melody Ferris, Guðmundur Steini Gunnarsson, Paul Scriver, Ivor Holloway, Derek Monypeny, Amy Friebertshauser, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Maxwell Croy, Tony Cross, Steve Dye, Adria Cardwell, Jozef Van Wissem, Matthias Jentsch, Daniel Feese, Heath Thacker, Patrick Allen, Luciano Chessa, Blixa Bargeld, Beth Custer, Oscar Kaiser, Alejandra Ortiz, Saed Muhssin, Kala Ramnath, Moe! Staiano, Leah Rae Mittelmeier, David Gamper, Stuart Dempster, Manuel Salas, April Coker, Eddie Rich, Evan Fraser, Heike Liss, Burt Winn, Rachel Kast, Lisa Mezzacappa, Marco Eniedi, Darren Johnston, Sheldon Brown, Anantha Krishnan, Sam Wambach, Nadja, Nathan Fritz, Amir Shirani, Erik Larson, Matt Marks, Liz Albee, San Francisco Symphony, Jesse Quattro, Charity Chan, Quentin Sirjacq, Antoine Berthiaume, P.L. Grove, Leif Shackelford, John Kessler, Angel Gold, Michael Gold, Robert Lautenslager, Ivan Piesh, Nathan Snider, Jerry Smith, Sarah Howe, Sammy Kruger, John Abbott, Erika Pipkin, Torben Snekkestad, Stefan Smith, Benjamin Tinker, Wobbly, Jacob Felix Heule, William Winant, George Chen, Søren Kjærgaard

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and the full list of 190 instruments:

harmonium, voice, supercollider, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone electric guitar, toy guitar, lap steel guitar, xylophone, citara mini harpa, long string instrument, gamelan, singing bowls, bul bul tarang, gu zheng, lou harrison koto, autoharpguitar, mandolute, marimba, vibraphone, lou harrison xylophone, drum kit, electronic drum kit, drum machine, electronics, congas, bongos, maracon, guasa, tamborines, shakers, timbales, djembe, cell phone, wine bottles, beer bottles, omnichord, mandora, handbells, iphone, slide whistle, violin, cello, sitar, harp, dulcimer, sruti box, charango, chromatic harmonica, toy piano, sanxian, melodica, pitch pipe, portative organ, pipe organ, chord organ, accordion, electric organ, banjo, double bass, piano, piano zither, harpsichord, fortepiano, celeste, glockenspiel, ukulele, baritone ukulele, tuned feedback, psaltery, santur, viol de gamba, yangquin, rebec, steel tongue drum, kokle, tuning fork, tuner, tabla, dan bau, ocarina, oud, coffee cup saucer, toy xylophone, tin can mandolin, bass banjo, yamaha tx81z, waldorf micro Q, doepfer modular, moog low pass filter/freqbox, paia stringz n’ thingz, nord lead, yamaha an1x, yamaha sk20, MOTU bassline, novation bassstation, MOTU model 12, MOTU modulo, MOTU nanosampler, MOTU polysynth, MOTU proton, roland em10, roland super jv1080, yamaha psr140, automat, cheeze machine, freealpha, casio celviano, ticky clav, yamaha dx21, yamaha dx7, korg microkorg, nord electro, ARP 2600, ARP axxe, ARP avatar, buchla modular prototype, alesis qs8, stylophone, korg electribe, sequential circuits pro one, the amen break, tympani, tubular bells, crotales, electric cello, novation bass station synthesizer, rhodes electric piano, electric violin, alto trombone, large bore trombone, small bore trombone, slide trumpet, vibraphonette, glockenspiel, autoharp, 5 string acoustic violin, musical saw, banjo, wine glasses, ukelin, flute, max/msp beats, max/msp synth, clarinet, dobro acoustic guitar, electric tanpura, tonkori, blossom, no-input mixer, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, recorder, casio sk1, roland tr707, coke bottle, pump organ, m’bira, bombo, cajon, chango, seed shakers, marimba de chonta, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto flute, gongs, tympani, feedback, bassoon, veena, chromatic lap zither, viola, prepared guitar, koto, baroque lute, nyckelharpa, bass harmonica, oud, berimbau, cellphone sruti box, tabla, french horn, philicorda, mandolin

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pictures of some of the recording sessions:

the norman conquest on harpsichord joyce teale (mom) on piano the norman conquest on guitar jason hoopes on harpsichord kate mcloughlin on the recorder the norman conquest on the long string instrument the norman conquest on lou harrison's 12 tone gamelan digital performer error too many tracks cory wright on saxophones and clarinets luis maurette on percussion dave holton on electric guitar jordan glenn on the drumset agnes szelag on voice the norman conquest on ARP 2600 angela hsu on acoustic violin aram shelton on saxophone sean clute on acoustic guitar chuck johnson on homemade modular synthesizer the norman conquest on lou harrison kotos patrice scanlon on clarinet dave holton on acoustic guitar shayna dunkelman on drumset shayna dunkelman on marimba marty mcginn on pipe organ the norman conquest on drums shayna dunkelman on crotales emily packard on the musical saw gregg kowalsky on the electric tanpura ben bracken on electric guitar alee karim on electric guitar jon porras (of barn owl) on electric guitar eli wise on electric guitar evan caminiti (of barn owl) on electric guitar ri crawford on electric guitar kevin adams on circuit bent sk1 synthesizer the atomic bomb audition in rehearsal and recording bruce teale (dad) on shakers jordan glenn, sam ospovat, the norman conquest- TRIPLE DRUM SESSION!!! the norman conquest on acoustic guitar agnes szelag on harpsichord theresa wong on tonkori caroline penwarden on percussion michael gardner cox on supercollider damon waitkus on wine glasses agnes szelag on synthesizer the norman conquest on piano barn owl on electric guitars preshish moments on the box andy strain on trombones luke selden on autoharp zither thingy jon porras (of barn owl) on harmonium chuck johnson on veena kristine barrett on percussion hillary overberg on acoustic violin the norman conquest on autoharp guitar thingy varun kejriwal on bass guitar ]]> http://www.thenormanconquest.net/myriad/myriad/feed 0