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SemiAutomatic Music

by Aaron Bachelder

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Applicants must possess the following skills #7 04:45
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Clusterfantasy I 20:13
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Applicants must possess the following skills #6 15:43
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Talea II 42:40
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new music for electronic media, 2003-2004. Originally distributed to friends and colleagues January 1st, 2005; subsequently released on Canned Beef Records in 2006.

Discogs review (5/5):

My first taste of Aaron Bachelder and he brings us a double disc titled "Semi-Automatic Music". The theme of this experiment seems to be very classical orientated. There are lots of notes describing how each piece was created and what was used. The notes help a lot with what the artist is trying to bring to your mind and I wish more releases did this. An excerpt from track #2, Cluster Fantasy I, reads; "I find it exhilarating to lose my sense of what exactly is happening in a piece of music, or whether, in fact, anything is happening at all." and it works very well for this piece as it's a 20 minute slow ambient movement with slight variations and subtle textures in change and sound. There's a bit of bass involved at times half way through and the levels pick up as the track progresses. Tracks 1 and 3 are much the same and feature random sounds and bleeps which come across very quite at times. You have to pay attention as well or you'll miss something. The 2nd disc is one long 42-minute piece titled "Talea II" and features; "...sound sources other than the voices of my wife, myself, and a mystery guest(!) were used." So what you get it something that sounds messed up at times. Different vocals being pulled and ripped and looped and put through 40+ minutes worth of effects. A very odd listen indeed but something I enjoyed as I never heard much like it before. Overall a great double disc for someone new to Aaron Bachelder and something fans of ambient I think would enjoy more as this is "non-harsh and unautomated indeed!"

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released April 8, 2014

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