Posted on April 29, 2011
FIRE
Posted on April 29, 2011
THEY CALL THIS A WEDDING
THEY CALL THIS A WEDDING but I call it the clanking of gears everyone is looking up as though a smell of burning has just appeared in the cabin of an airplane shortly before takeoff, as the engines… Read More
Posted on April 28, 2011
The Unbearable Smell of the Witch
Rooting through my belongings in search of something to gnaw upon, I came across the only remaining copy of my 1997 single The Unbearable Smell of the Witch, which would have been released and probably would have conquered… Read More
Posted on April 27, 2011
The Grentvoc
He called it a “Grentvoc”. I was perplexed, excited and hungry when I looked at it, but it wasn’t for eating. At least, it didn’t seem to be. It shimmered and rotated and those are not qualities I… Read More
Posted on April 26, 2011
Duet for Tape Sines
This out-take from the recordings of my upcoming opus was performed simultaneously on two humming tape-decks, a ballet of sound that I attempted to take commercial at venues such as Sydney’s distinctive “Opera” house. I found the commissioning… Read More
Posted on April 22, 2011
DRUM
Posted on April 20, 2011
Crow
Posted on April 17, 2011
From the Vok Archives: Toby’s Snare Drum
During the 1980s, I wrote a weekly article for Sound Upon Sound magazine in which I detailed methods for construction of musical instruments that I had personally invented. My archives were destroyed in 1996 (due to flooding), as… Read More
Posted on April 15, 2011