Friday, March 16, 2012

ASTRO / MARAX split

"ASTRO / MARAX" split - 03.16.2012 - Trashfuck Records - TFR 142 - CDr

Tracks:
ASTRO
01. Sounds For Unconsciousness Behavior 24:50

MARAX
02. Absolutions Frustration 2:00
03. Silence Intruder (For Travis Johnson) 7:07
04. Coccyx 2:26
05. Metampirical 3:38
06. Aesthetics Arsonist 6:06
07. A Failing Coma Returns 4:39

Total Length: 50:40

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Kikuchi Yukinori + Marax "Meditaion Of Bad Brain"

"Meditation Of Bad Brain" Kikuchi Yukinori + Marax Collaboration
03.10.2012 - Test Tone Music - 12x File Bandcamp

Tracks:
01. Collapse Of The Machine [Kikuchi Yukinori / Marax] 4:57
02. Biting Through Wires [Marax / Kikuchi Yukinori] 2:07
03. Plane Angle Of Collide [Kikuchi Yukinori / Marax] 3:55
04. Decahedron Nerve Failure [Marax / Kikuchi Yukinori] 3:30
05. Alienation Of The meaning [Kikuchi Yukinori / Marax] 4:51
06. Trifecta [Marax / Kikuchi Yukinori] 3:47
07. Chromatic Pattern [Kikuchi Yukinori / Marax] 7:30
08. Electro Static Harness [Marax / Kikuchi Yukinori] 4:09
09. The Range Of Sine Wave [Kikuchi Yukinori / Marax] 7:42
10. Skin Trading [Marax / Kikuchi Yukinori] 4:00
11. Neurologic Consumption [Kikuchi Yukinori / Marax]4:01
12. Tramontane [Marax / Kikuchi Yukinori] 9:30

Total Length: 59:53 - 122.8 MB

Thursday, March 8, 2012

When Cracks Turn To Canyons

"When Cracks Turn To Canyons" 03.08.2012 - Muchausen Sound - MS 47 - 2x File

Tracks:
1. A Lifetime Of Drifting 22:54
2. When Cracks Turn To Canyons 26:57

Total Length: 49:50

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Elizabeth Veldon / Marax "Character Of The Beast"

Elizabeth Veldon / Marax "Character Of The Beast"
03.02.2012 - Muchausen Sound - MS 44
Free Download @ Bandcamp

Tracks:
Elizabeth Veldon
01. Hidden Under A Stone Absolutely Final (For Newt Gingrich) 5:07
02. Rick Santorum's Gay Sweater Vest 14:48

Marax
03. The Mormon Warrior (Mitt, Get A Real Name) 4:48
04. Even The Lesser Of Evils Isn't A Choice (Ode To Ron Paul) 9:36

Total Length: 34:15 / 346.2 MB

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

V.A. "To Gain Is To FX Send"

"To Gain Is To FX Send" 03.01.2012 - Muchausen Sound 32

Artists / Tracks:
01. d0x10 - Noin1 - 2:17
02. Der Domestizierte Mensch - Input Is For Loser - 3:17
03. Distant Trains - Thus Spake Helicopter - 5:41
04. Goghal - noinputrelease-1 - 7:54
05. Reverendo Man Manly - Where Does The Thing Go Into The Thingamagig? - 6:35
06. Travis Johnson - A Cubes - 4:58
07. Flavien Gillié - Entrez Sans Frapper - 3:47
08. Hiyohiyoipseniyo - El Imputado Amputado - 6:48
09. Marax - Profligacy - 6:19
10. Carl Kruger - Google Street View In The Old Testament - 2:52
11. Subversive Intentions - Vityius Miscarriages - 5:37
12. Hal McGee - No-Input Mixer for Eric Crowe - 6:37
13. Dylan Tietze - Yellow Swan Tears from Black Wolves Frogs Eyes - 9:42
14. CHEFKIRK - mini CHONG hulk - 6:30
15. Insects With Tits - Behind Concrete Windows - 4:32
16. Shaun Robert - Cerebral Shorts - 5:22
17. Slicnaton - Black List - 2:13
18. Wormhead - Curcuma - 7:24
19. Infant Mortality Rate - Bone Breaks and Rusty Splinters - 5:29
20. Hari Hardman - JAKKI PALLO - 5:07
21. Tree and Whitey Alabastard - Difra - 9:28
22. Whitey Alabastard and Tree - Bistu - 9:24
23. Iky Iky - Synanthrope - 4:56
24. Wehwalt - La Chute Des Corps - 8:44
25. Wayne Mason - Is Anyone Listening? - 2:44
26. Cincinnatus C - Live Close To The Ground - 3:27
27. Ronny Wærnes - Nothing Inside The World Output - 4:56
28. Abusive Consumer - Feedback Fuckery - 4:31
29. Hobo Liked Gnomix - Matt Chilton's No-Input.pd With 2 Loopers and Gamepad Manipulation - 2:04
30. Ben Presto - Estrella Dorada - 8:12
31. RedSK - No Input Feb 18th 2012 - 2:49
32. Compactor - Exponential - 3:36
33. The M.S.P. - U-Hrysh-U-Krysh - 3:07
34. Brownian Motion - Open Source, Unplugged 10:00
35. Belltonesuicide - Inappropriate - 5:33
36. Elizabeth Veldon - Falling Down (3) - 3:57
37. Philip Mantione & Martin Back - Larghetto (excerpt) - 4:25
38. PROJEKT666:SATANOISE - Sarcastic Existence - 1:00

Total Length: 3:21:51 - 1.74 GB

The No-Input Mixer, or No-input Mixing Board, or Feedback Mixer

So, what is this No-input Mixing Board thing? What is Feedback?

- Feedback describes the situation when output from (or information about the result of) an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or occurrences of the same (i.e. same defined) event / phenomenon (or the continuation / development of the original phenomenon) in the present or future. When an event is part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop, then the event is said to "feed back" into itself.

- Feedback is a mechanism, process or signal that is looped back to control a system within itself. Such a loop is called a feedback loop. In systems containing an input and output, feeding back part of the output so as to increase the input is positive feedback (regeneration); feeding back part of the output in such a way as to partially oppose the input is negative feedback (degeneration).

Thanks go to Wikipedia for the above explanation for feedback, which is the principle answer to the equation of the no-input mixing board. We should all know what the no-input mixing board, or feedback mixer is by now (feedback mixer? – yes, I will get to that in a moment.). Right? Well, if not, you simply take the output of a mixing board and route it to the input of said mixing board. Feedback is produced, molded, and processed through the mixer by the user. So, feedback mixer, huh? I think, personally, I am going with this for all future equipment lists, explanations, etc. Why? It’s simple, really. I am a bit tired of explaining what and why, how I could possibly call a set-up which includes a no-input mixing board with the addition of a sampler, or microcassette, or even oscillator “no-input”. Sure, if you purely used only a mixer and the cables to route your output to input, a no-input mixer, but even the “god-father” of the no-input mixer Toshimaru Nakamura uses..... Oh, fuck it. So, back to the molding and shaping of the feedback to make shrill hi-pitched tones all the way to the opposite end of the spectrum creating low bass drones. One can achieve a full-range spectrum of sounds from full-volume harsh to tiny micro tonal works.

I have been working with the feedback (no-input) mixer since 2007, and have been using it as my main instrument since. I use it for all of my projects, the no-input mixing duo INSECTS WITH TITS, the improvised power drone duo MANDOM, solo, improv., and even when working within the confines of the digital world, taking raw feedback mixer recordings and then working/re-working within software on the home computer.

I owe great thanks to Kenneth Yates, the man behind Caustic Castle and the other half of INSECTS WITH TITS, for introducing me to the concept of the no-input mixing desk. I had been, at that time, working with a dedicated feedback loop channel on my mixer, but only after talking and improvising with Kenneth, did I stow away the excess gear and plug up all my inputs/outputs with ¼ inch cables and start shaping the internal feedback produced from my no-input feedback mixing board desk!!!

Feb. 18, 2012 / Eugene, OR, USA / CHEFKIRK

Friday, February 24, 2012

Marax | RedSK "Draize"

"Marax / RedSK - "Draize"" 02.24.2012 - Muchausen Sound MS 39 - 3" CDr Limited 12 copies

Tracks:
Marax:
Conscience Believing Against Standard Rational

RedSK:
Harsh PV Track (Doom)
Harsh PV Track (You Do These Things)
Harsh PV Track (You Were Grinding...V2)
Harsh PV Tracks (Three)
Harsh PV Wall

Total Length: 21:13

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Marax / Crustacean Enlargement

"Marax / Crustacean Enlargement" 02.17.2012 - Muchausen Sound 41 - 3" CDr Limited 12

Tracks:
01. Digging Your Grave 8:44 - Marax
02. Glacial Crawl 10:02 - Crustacean Enlargement

Total Length: 18:45