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WEFT005 - Gusset - Databent UrbEx

2009-07-04T20:50:00.000Z

Video release. This is a quick 10 min version of the 45min Databent UrbEx live set I played at Bash Out at the Black Swan, Bristol on 20th June 2009.

All photographs and image & audio manipulation by Dan Gusset.
Cover image courtesy of Lisa Furness

Source audio: Field recording of metal roof in the sun by Nick Adamson, MC Prof C and MC Doc G from Radio 4, Floreo De Lamas by Guamary, The Collier's Rant by Bob Davenport, Rubik's Cube: 10.56 seconds, Grow Grow Grow by PJ Harvey @ 33RPM, The Training of O, Mothers Talk by Tears For Fears @ 17RPM, White Chalk by PJ Harvey @ 33RPM.

Uber MP3 Friday

2009-07-03T21:31:00.004Z

Skip to the End #23 - 25th June - with Juxtaposeur [57MB MP3]
Tracklist

Jansky Noise - Something good is going to happen (DVR040)
Release date: 22 June 2009
Pressing: unlimited MP3 album
All tracks recomposed by Jansky Noise/Andy MacGregor
Compiled in Madrid for June 20th-21st 2009

Download ZIP file (hosted by iivix) [45MB zip]

Parasite - Conscious Reggae Mix for Charlie
"Charlie Olsen passed away on 7th June 2009. He was my best friend, lover for a time, and like a brother to me. He was a true warrior and was always there for me when I needed him most. Charlie will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him, especially me.
To celebrate and remember him I have laid down a selection of some of his favorite conscious reggae and hip hop tunes. The mix ranges from Sizzla, Damien Marley, Richie Spice and Willie Williams to Dead Prez, RZA (from the Ghost Dog soundtrack) and a bit of Stivs thrown in for good measure, which he used to pump from his bedroom window on Sunday mornings (much to the dissaproval of the church goers across the street)!
Charlie, this one goes out to you bro. Love you always xxx"
RIP Charlie. Whenever I met him he was a really nice and very funny guy.

Acroplane does it again...!
Somatic Responses - Mercury

THE UNKNOWN STUNTMAN . sound+ project four [about & tracklist]

MP3 [1398MB]
ZIP with art [143MB]

Guest DJ Bjork

ScrubberFox - Wire up my Hurumpf LP [107MB zip] on The Centrifuge

Sign up to the Little Boots mailing list for a 6MB preview album mix. Not a great mix though. It doesn't test the address btw.

Service Announcement

2009-07-03T18:51:00.000Z

RIP Brian.

Due to a recent death in the family GussetBlog has not been looked after for the last few weeks. Normal service will return shortly.

The Water Menu

2009-06-22T11:18:00.000Z

BLDG Blog posts about the Water Menu.

"The concept of terroir has its origins in French winemaking, as a means to describe the effect of geographic origin on taste. As a shorthand marker for both provenance and flavor, and as a sign of its burgeoning conceptual popularity, it has spread to encompass Kobe beef, San Marzano tomatoes, and even single-plantation chocolate. But can water have terroir? What about the influence of the earth on water?"

The hydrogeologist I sit next to in work got quiet excited by this link and started telling me about all of the different bottles there and where they're from. Apparently in taste tests most people prefer the most heavily filtered waters with the least mineral content. Which begs the question of how the "worlds most expensive bottled water", Bling h2o, is actually filtered.

I have some theories but I don't think they are hygienic. On that note...

MP3 Friday

2009-06-19T06:05:00.002Z

CLICK [RAR]

miike Teknoist says:
"the second FREE booster pack in the series comes from Michael J Rocks.. 2 animals regurgitating a 12 track feast in a mixed live set form for you to devour like some audio vomit scoffing deviant… this is across the board breakcore rave, from the pretty to the damn right institutionalised..

They made [their] mark on me while live so i thought it fitting that i released a live set…

please email me and ‘los demonios que oscilan’ and let us know what you think.. theres a few words and contact details from them offering the full seperate tracks if you want them

miike"

m||m post three new downloads

MP3 Friday

2009-06-12T19:29:00.002Z

"Got some live Orbital on my music blog and new stuff scheduled every 3 days for the rest of June - doooix.blogspot.com
Thanks
Mr D"

Meatsweeper - Hellfish, Producer, Deathchant & Rebelscum Tribute [84MB MP3 on sendspace, although I've had some trouble with it]
Tracklist etc

Beardyman & Tim Exile @ Fabric

Plug in, Turn on

2009-06-06T09:41:00.002Z

Plug in cinema say, "We're really pleased to offer the entire of our 2004 book, 'Plug In & Turn On: A Filmmakers Guide to the Internet' as a free PDF"

Direct download and torrent from the above link.

MP3 Friday

2009-06-05T05:26:00.006Z

Jilk - A Plot to Place Bits [61MB ZIP on site]
Released: 31 May, 2009 Catalogue ID: IDEA005

Skip to the End - 28th May - with Juxtaposeur [57MB MP3]
Tracklist etc.
Thanks for the link back, Pete.

BUN-E:
Syntheme says, "Heyup, here's the 4th monthly mix by Net Lab" [65MB zip]

Tracklist

New Shitmat website
Lots of mixes and downloads to check, for example...
you be virgil and i'll be ted dibiase.zip
DJ Fruitpolo @ Bangface Weekender 2009.zip

R.I.P Neil Kymatik
The Kymatik Mix Archive is now online

Exile in Saville...

...live in session on Rob Da Bank

The Bash Out Lectures with Dan Gusset and Friends

2009-06-03T10:10:00.001Z

main room: jungle & multi core

the outside agency
[aka dj hidden and eye-d - live bristol debut]

twinhooker & paulie walnuts
[mad dem sound usa: soldiers in the streets tour]

duranduranduran
[cock rock disco, planet mu - live birthday set!]

ely muff
[headfuk/deathchant - live]

boep
[aka schemeboy vs randomoidz - adverse camber]

bashout allstars
[resident badmen]

upstairs: staggering bass abuse

rogue state ft. mc deadman
[r8 recordings - bristol debut]

lief ryan
[growth recordings - bristol debut]

noyeahno
[rag’n’bone]

big d’s dancehall clearout

diode
[aka el kano vs magimix - adverse camber]

davey t
[dissident]

back room: the bashout lectures

dan gusset and friends

dubboy vs beavis inna rootstyle

& more tbc...

sat 20 june 2009
black swan, bristol
10 til 5,
£8 b4 11, £9 after...
tickets: £6 [plus booking fee]

The Bash Out Lectures with Dan Gusset and Friends

Dan Pope (aka Gusset) will be presenting an A/V performance of data bent versions of his urban exploring photos alongside a live drone/glitch soundtrack in room three of Bash Out at the Black Swan, Bristol on Sat 20th June (10pm – 6am).

Data bent images are intentionally corrupted digital images where the files have bits altered, cut around, have channels moved or filtered, and are otherwise bastardised to cause all forms of distortions and bizarre effects. Often the results are disappointing fields of black or images that refuse to open at all but persistence and luck can lead to intriguing results.

Like it's close relative circuit bending, where any electronic sound making device, usually a cheap children's toy, is dismantled and its circuitry randomly rewired, it's something that anyone can try. It may just be noise with occasional recognisable hints of what it once was, but there is a beauty to be found in there either by close study or by allowing it to wash over you.

Among the friends Dan has filled the rest of the line-up with will be a Dub Boy & Beavis - Inna Rootstyle, films from public space hijacker and Occasional Cinema organiser Badoni, and beatless soundscapes from Freq.

Exploring Gwent

2009-06-01T05:13:00.002Z

Hafodyrynys colliery’s "unique washery slurry tower"

More info @ Forlorn Britain

Navigation Colliery Buildings, Crumlin

More info @ Crumlin colliery transformation now 'unlikely'

Photo Marathon

2009-06-01T05:01:00.002Z

Mrs P and I both took part in the Second Look Photo Marathon two weeks ago. 110 disposable cameras spent a Saturday out hunting for a shots of:
1 Your Entry Number
2 Steps
3 Circles
4 Reflection
5 Sign Of The Times
7 Layers
8 Closed
9 Rainbow
10 X Marks The Spot
11-20 Bristol Today

These are our circles shots, Amanda's top, mine bottom.

Complete set here.

There's a review of the event over on Suit Yourself. I'll just say that its great fun and great exercise! There's another event planned for the autumn.

Ambulance crew make emergency Greg's pasty stop:

Google Wave

2009-05-29T07:02:00.002Z

Went Walkabout. Brought back Google Wave.
"Here's how it works: In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it. Everyone on your wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It's concurrent rich-text editing, where you see on your screen nearly instantly what your fellow collaborators are typing in your wave. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content — it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use "playback" to rewind the wave and see how it evolved."

Looks fascinating. I wonder if there are any plans to add media (audio/video) editing capability? That would be very handy.

MP3 Friday

2009-05-29T05:30:00.001Z

Starkey live from Various (Portland) [website with tracklist and 237MB MP3]

A great Brian Eno doc [embedded flash]

Cassetteboy vs The Bloody Apprentice

cassetteboy.wordpress.com

Do you Know Squarepusher - Hand Trumpet

Tim Exile - 16bit Chainsaw Calligraphy live jam/remix

"A live mashup of this amazing 16bit tune using a patch I made in Reaktor using the Maschine controller from NI. FX on the pads and twisters, bar progress on the top 8 buttons, track section on the 8 buttons to the left of the pads."
[original]

Keg Code

2009-05-28T07:54:00.002Z

On the Bath Ales brewery tour last week I was looking at their striped colour coding system they use so they know that barrels belong to them and what is in them. It reminded me of resistor colour coding and inspired me to look up whether there is a formal system in place for identifying breweries and content. Apparently not, as this thread on the Pro Brewer forum discussing different marking options indicates.

Trespassing the Olympic site

2009-05-27T09:27:00.003Z

trespassingtheolympicsite.blogspot

"If you've been reading a lot and know the area well then you may by now have worked out that over the time of these trespasses I became a creature of habit, only venturing into two areas of the site once the fence was up. One near where the main stadium now stands flanked by the Greenway, the other alongside the canal. These choices were pragmatic, I had two tried and tested entry points and with the ground changing so fast there was no need to try to cover the whole terrain. Sufficiently terrified from my last jaunt on the Greenway side (see two posts down) I opted to return to the canal side, where, by now, two windows had been cut into the fence to allow the passers-by to glimpse the transformations afoot. My trusty tree was still standing so getting in was no trouble."

Trespassing Bristol

"I have, as usual, rushed into things and need to take a quick achronological detour before returning to the Olympic Site. The first stop on this quick backtrack is Bristol. Horfield to be precise, was the second stop in developing the trespassing practice. I was spending a weekend with old friends and thought I would take advantage of the city-break to test my trespassing mettle against a less hostile metropolis. I had researched (google earth again) two convenient locations: the substation and water plant local to my friends' house (I was at the time a little obsessed with energy politics) and even 'drawn' a little map of my intentions. Walking through Bristol, however, I passed the site of a recent demolition, nothing epic, probably a housing development."

Haha, that's so close to my house too.

Location-based timeline

2009-05-27T07:55:00.003Z

A sketch for a location-based timeline representation of a field recording.

"I was always interested in field recordings involving shifting. For playing back such a recording, there should be ways much more interesting than traditional linear timelines as known from regular audio players. As an experiment, I mapped the recording of a segment of my way to work on a Google Maps screenshot of that very area in Hamburg. I have drawn a black line along the rails from start to destination, and a red dot is moving along that path as the audio plays back."

Brilliant. The next step is to link this to a GPS tracker as can already be done to place photos along a route as I've done with the CatCam.

[thanks to James D for the link]

Infiltration

2009-05-27T07:48:00.003Z

My post about Barrow below shows how many Urban Exploring websites there are out there. That was just examples of people/groups who had visited one site in the UK.

Thanks to Seth for this US based link, Infiltration, which is HDR heavy and doesn't feature light painting work than most of the US sites I was previously aware of.

KAUPPA

Data Bending

2009-05-27T07:34:00.004Z

I've decided what I'm doing for my set at the Bashout Lectures (Black Swan, 20th June). I'm presenting data bent versions of my urban exploring photos and providing a live drone soundtrack. I've been inspired by the brilliant stAllio, who I've been following since I found his Mash Smarter Not Harder mash-up.

stAllio's way - databending and glitch art primer, part 1: the wordpad effect

stAllio's way - databending and glitch art primer, part 2: sonification

Candice

2009-05-27T07:23:00.006Z

I was looking for examples of the break taking underwater photography of "the photographer known simply as Candice" - don't try Google Imaging Searching that - of fresh2o. Her name is actually Candice Campbell.

This shot of Louise Watts is the one that intrigued me when I spotted it in the Times.

More here and here.

Keira Knightley:

"fresh2o is a dramatic initiative, designed to raise awareness of this incredible challenge to humanity. Innovative photographer Candice, a pioneer of the underwater portrait, has devised an incredibly impactful series of images using celebrity icons with a global presence. These extraordinary portraits are designed to connect, engage and motivate consumers worldwide, alerting the globe to the fresh water crisis."

See also the Clean the World Foundation.

"Each month, hotels and motels provide Clean the World Foundation with their discarded soap and shampoo products. These slightly-used products often end up in already overflowing landfills and can potentially contaminate fragile groundwater systems. Once collected, these products are repurposed using environmentally-friendly and hygienically-safe recycling efforts and distributed worlwide."

DIY Eco Speakers

2009-05-27T07:11:00.004Z

Recycled cardboard speakers, a must have for the world wary self-conscious hipster.

It was also pointed out to me, after making my cardboard pinhole camera from Magma, that Urban Outfitters also sale them, although not the same model. They have a nice range of Lomos and related goodies too.

But somehow it rankles with me how stylishly it's all dressed up.

Who's Watching You?

2009-05-26T05:15:00.005Z

A national network of cameras and computers automatically logging car number plates will be in place within months, the BBC has learned.

Thousands of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are already operating on Britain's roads. Police forces across England, Wales and Scotland will soon be able to share the information on one central computer.

John Catt found himself on the wrong side of the ANPR system. He regularly attends anti-war demonstrations outside a factory in Brighton, his home town.

It was at one of these protests that Sussex police put a "marker" on his car. That meant he was added to a "hotlist".

This is a system meant for criminals but John Catt has not been convicted of anything and on a trip to London, the pensioner found himself pulled over by an anti-terror unit.

"I was threatened under the Terrorist Act. I had to answer every question they put to me, and if there were any questions I would refuse to answer, I would be arrested. I thought to myself, what kind of world are we living in?"

Sussex police would not talk about the case.

The police say they do not know how many cameras there are in total, and they say that for operational reasons they will not say where the fixed cameras are positioned.

The police themselves say they have nothing to hide and would welcome the introduction of a regulatory code. But that seems some way off - and for now this secretive system continues to watch us and continues to grow.

It's nice that the Police acknowledge the need for regulation but shouldn't that be in place BEFORE the system goes live, not after it goes wrong?

Five go mad in Barrow

2009-05-23T15:36:00.004Z

A couple of weeks ago five Second Look photography group members decided to spend our Saturday afternoon poking around the former Barrow Gurney Mental Hospital on the outskirts of Bristol. It was shut down in 2006 after being declared the dirtiest hospital in the UK. One of our number gave us a quick Health & Safety briefing as we trudged out way there, "Don't lick anything," he said. That was it.

The site is partially demolished and is guarded by a very big dog. And there's asbestos around. And lots of broken glass and unsafe floors. Don't go there unless you're stupid.

We've got some great shots and as a bonus a female passenger in a passing car flashed her breasts at us as we made our way back to civilisation. All in all it was a fairly surreal afternoon.

My photo set is here.
Many others have been there before and you can chart the sites decline through these links. In no particular order:
County Asylums
Derelicte
Whatever's Left
UrbEx Forums
Silver Stealth
28 Days Later [Many threads]

MP3 Friday

2009-05-22T22:09:00.000Z

Quoting from a flyer Demon Cabbage gave me:
"The Wrong Music Show is a weekly radio broadcast on Sound Art Radio, based in Darlington, South Devon. The 2hour show is hosted by Ebloa, Sorry and Judith Priest on Mondays from 10pm-12midnight and features "off kilter" music from established and up-and-coming bands + artists from around the globe. Listen to the show on 102.5FM (if you live in Totnes). For non-locals you can ctream it from: www.soundartradio.org.uk"

If, like me, you recorded Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle recently, rather than watch it as it went out, you will have missed the Red Button interviews after each show with Armando Iannucci. All six are now available on Lee's website. Highly recommended.

Wolfram Alpha

2009-05-22T07:28:00.002Z

Wolfram Alpha
"Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries."

What is Gusset?
Definitions:
Noun:

brace a metal plate used to strengthen a joist
piece of material a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
ring armor a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
(3 meanings)

What does Gusset sound like?

Similar-sounding English words:
gaged | gagged | gashed | gasket | gassed | gawked | gayest | gazed

Spare day in Bristol? Why not protest.

2009-05-22T07:16:00.002Z

"This is a message from Mark Thomas who is playing at the Tobacco Factory Theatre tonight in Bristol. He is organising a demonstration today (Friday) at 4.30pm outside Norfolk House, the local tax office in Temple Street: Message from Mark Thomas: While I am down in Bristol performing I thought it might be fun to do a little demo. So if you fancy coming along the demo is for the shutting down of tax havens and forcing corporations to pay their tax onshore. Where better to start campaigning than HMRC , the tax office in Bristol at Norfolk House. The government obsession with the free market means that buildings that were public are now private, so the tax office is owned by Sigma 2004 Ltd and the tax office in Bristol pay rent for their building. BUT Sigma 2004 Ltd were incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and Jersey - tax havens... so the tax office pay rent for a building we should own to tax dodgers. There is only one answer to this absurdity and that is to invade Jersey! No more multi lateral agreements at the G20, no more polite resolutions! Send in the troops, it's the only language these bankers and landlords understand! DEMO FRIDAY outside Norfolk House - Temple St Bristol BS1 6HS at 4.30pm bring banners and fun. INVADE JERSEY! We call on the HMRC to go on rent strike and move to a squat! Mark Thomas"