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ghost without an assigned numerical value is a reconstructed deconstruction of the last piano work of Robert Schumann, composed in 1854: Die Geistervariationen (Ghost Variations) โ Thema mit Variationen in Es‑Dur für Klavier (Theme and Variations in E‑flat Major for Piano) โ Werke ohne Opuszahl (Works without Opus Number) 24.
Wolf‑Dieter Seiffert: “…that at this time of his life, Schumann believed that he was surrounded by spirits who played him music, both ‘wonderful’ and ‘hideous’.”
Nicholas Marston: “Clara recorded in her diary that not long after they had gone to bed on 17 February 1854, ‘Robert got up again and wrote out a theme which he said angels had sung to him.’ The angels’ voices would subsequently turn to those of demons, and in the coming days this alternation of good and bad spirits would not leave him. He told a later visitor, Ruppert Becker, that Schubert had appeared to him and dictated the theme. Even so, in the ten days or so following the first vision he was able to work with enormous concentration on a series of five variations on this beguiling theme…”
released : 2022.05.14
in memoriam : Alaska Quilici โ Stephanie Ann Whelan
We started an audio project back in 2006. We worked on it at irregular intervals until it finally ended up forgotten in a box. Sometime during the pandemic, the box was found and opened. The project is now finished. It is our corrupted, distorted, and malfunctioning take on a “number opera” (Italian: opera a numeri; German: nummeroper).
released : 2022.02.05
special thanks : Erika Suderburg โ Garret Verstegen โ Madoka Swoverland โ Akira Swoverland
ไท HEXAGRAM FOR THE CREATIVE HEAVEN Unicode: U+4DC0, UTF‑8: E4 B7 80, GB: 82358839
Ryan Swoverland ร Kathy Sool โ Megan Smith โ John Bawden โ John Schroeder โ Iris Lee โ Alan Parker
released : 2002.03.13
special thanks : Jamie Stratford โ Garret Verstegen โ Erika Suderburg
© 2023 Ryan Swoverland／all rights reserved.
Oh, are you still reading this drivel? Looking for Easter eggs? Well, here are the boring parts, since you seem like the kind of human who probably likes to read user manuals.
- samples
- clutches of the machine is a reinterpretation of music by George Perlman as performed by Megan Smith:
- Perlman, G. (1938). Concertino for Violin and Piano. [Sheet music]. Theodore Presser Co.
- eponymous cover art incorporates a digitally manipulated found page fragment:
- Reynolds, S. (2001, August). Laptop Punk and Powerbook Pop. Spin, 17(8), 110.
- synchronous idle:
- Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yle Archives. (2015). Levyautomaatti, kolikko aukkoon, vanha [Sample]. Freesound.
- RF Media and the Texas Radio Theatre Company. (2007). 45rpm needle drop [Sample]. Freesound.
- Chia. (2014). #99S009 Vinyl Noise SFX [Sample Library]. 99Sounds.
- jukkako. (2022). Jukebox [Sample]. Freesound.
- b/w negative acknowledge:
- jukkako. (2022). Jukebox [Sample]. Freesound.
- RF Media and the Texas Radio Theatre Company. (2007). 45rpm needle drop [Sample]. Freesound.
- Chia. (2014). #99S009 Vinyl Noise SFX [Sample Library]. 99Sounds.
- RF Media and the Texas Radio Theatre Company. (2007). end of 45rpm record [Sample]. Freesound.
- towards polyonymous variation (for Erika Suderburg) uses generative digital audio sequences derived from a sample of synthesized sheet music:
- Suderburg, R. (1977). Solo Music I for Violin: 1. Towards Variation [Sheet music]. Theodore Presser Co. (Original work published 1971).
- clutches of the machine is a reinterpretation of music by George Perlman as performed by Megan Smith:
- antecedents โ dithyrambs โ influences [like a scavenger hunt (partial working list)]
- Snow, M. (1996). X‑Files Theme (Main Title). On Songs In The Key Of X [Album]. Warner Bros. Records.
- Greenawalt, R.; Kawalek, E. (2001). Swimming Hole. On They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney’s [Album]. TMBG Music.
- They Might Be Giants. (2001). Girls in Their Turning. On They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney’s [Album]. TMBG Music.
- Carlos, W. (1982). Tron Scherzo. On Tron (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Album]. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Glass, P. (2002). Tearing Herself Away. On The Hours (Music From The Motion Picture) [Album]. Nonesuch Records.
- Glass, P. (2002). Escape!. On The Hours (Music From The Motion Picture) [Album]. Nonesuch Records.
- Dempster, S.; Suderburg, R.; University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; Owen, C.; Suderburg, E.; Ciompi String Quartet. (1990). Night Set ∕ Ritual Series ∕ Chamber Music V: Stevenson [Album]. Delfon Recording Society.
- NASA. (2019, March 5). Sonification of a Hubble Deep Space Image [Video]. YouTube.
- JPLraw. (2021, December 16). Audio of Juno’s Ganymede Flyby [Video]. YouTube.
- thenakedbuilders. (2021, November 10). Mighty Thor [Video]. YouTube.
- Kheshti, R. (2019). The Original Synth. In 33⅓: Switched on Bach (pp. 13-32). Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Unicode. (2021). The Unicode Standard 14.0: Control Pictures.
- Complement (set theory). (2021, December 5). Wikipedia.
Please keep this world‑wide‑website in a safe, dry place. In the near future it will probably be sold as part of a hostile corporate takeover and then turned into a highly valuable NFT as part of the Blockchain. Soon, when we die, we will all become part of the Blockchain.
- techno dracula
- Thot, D. [@thatsgoodweb]. (2022, January 17). FJTrzDAX0AEB0gI.jpeg [Tweet]. Twitter.