improvMEMO

Patarumpuja? Timpani?

2011-01-11T14:23:00.000-08:00

(click on image to listen)
(cliquez sur l'image pour écouter)

Duo improvisation at Cartes Flux

2010-11-13T16:08:00.000-08:00

(click on image to listen to mp3)

Juhani Räisänen: Sormina (www.sormina.com)
Pessi Parviainen: The semiautomatic guitar

Cartes Flux Festival of New Media Art, WeeGee, Espoo, Finland, 22 Oct 2010

THE YOUNG GENERATION

2010-09-17T12:43:00.001-07:00

Thanks to the army for their surplus

2010-06-08T14:49:00.000-07:00

Fidget

2010-03-31T16:25:00.000-07:00

What do Audubon, District 9, and mints have in common?
Listen and find out.

Semi-automatic Guitar

2010-02-18T15:49:00.001-08:00

It's robotic, it's got chickenhead knobs. It plays the guitar.
Hear it live in Toronto! March 12th, @ Somewhere There, 340 Dufferin. Host: Odradek.

Silakkaradio

2009-11-10T15:27:00.000-08:00

I was Shinji Kanki's live guest in his great radio show, Silakkaradio.
The podcast is here!

Tubular Pell-Mells

2009-10-25T14:25:00.000-07:00

"Ei slaidia tossa käessä pietä, pöljä."
"Got yer slide on the wrong hand there, eh."

2009-10-13T13:11:00.000-07:00

Acme

2009-07-09T14:59:00.000-07:00

Graani

2009-05-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

Coping with a screwed-up delay pedal by adding distortion.

Pahki menneen delay-effan kanssa pärjää vain särön avulla.

multi

2009-01-24T15:18:00.000-08:00

Moniraita-sattuma-pläjäys. = 3 x improwisaatio, kukin raita äänitetty kuuntelematta edellisiä.

Multitrack chance improv... the two overdubs recorded without listening to the already existing track(s).

Kenaxis

2008-12-20T14:19:00.000-08:00

This one was made or mashed up in Kenaxis (software by Stefan Smulovitz).
The image is from the Kenaxis Visualizer.

Tämä pläjäys on tehty softalla nimeltä Kenaxis.
Kuvan tuotti Kenaxis Visualizer.

eräät portaat - a certain stairwell

2008-11-21T11:22:00.000-08:00

Arte y Pico Award

2008-11-21T11:17:00.000-08:00

Naulasaari palkitsi improvMEMOn Arte y pico - pokaalilla.
Paljot kiitokset!

improvMEMO has received the Arte y Pico Award from Naulasaari.
Many thanks!

2008-11-06T12:12:00.001-08:00

... tervetuloa kuuntelemaan vastaavaa ArtContactissa 8.11.
... you're most welcome to come and listen to more of this at ArtContact on Nov 8th.

At the Columbo

2008-09-27T12:14:00.000-07:00

Tonki Honk

2008-07-23T14:59:00.000-07:00

Ukkosklarinetti

2008-07-11T07:04:00.000-07:00

Stutter~, 6~ July~

2008-07-06T07:38:00.000-07:00

... all this is is noodling with the Stutter~ object in Max/MSP
http://www.cycling74.com/story/2008/3/12/142316/512

2008-03-06T13:47:00.001-08:00

Duo II

2008-02-01T11:50:00.001-08:00

Featuring Ritari Börselot on trumpet.

2008-01-30T07:28:00.000-08:00

Duo

2008-01-15T14:00:00.001-08:00

This post begins a series of duo improvisations.
Today's special guest is Ritari Börselot on trumpet.
Yours truly plays a pandeiro and a suitcase with brushes.

2007-12-17T11:36:00.001-08:00

2007-12-16T02:23:00.001-08:00

Altto Clarinetto Squealetto e Multifonetto

2007-10-19T19:43:00.000-07:00

Clicketto per imago per audio!

Aftermath

2007-09-18T01:51:00.000-07:00

The near two-month pause in posts happened because I have been busy with this.

In midst of striking the show, I recorded the little something you can listen to if you click on the image. That piano can be found in the lovely Black Box / Studio II Theatre in SFU.

Alto Clarinet Excursion #1

2007-07-28T01:21:00.001-07:00

I bought an alto clarinet last Sunday. I know pretty much nothing about playing a clarinet, but
its portability has inspired me to try it in different spaces.
This one is recorded in a tunnel under Hastings St. near the PNE (in Vancouver). To listen, click on the image.

Some skateboarders showed up and didn't mind me recording, so we ended up doing a sonic collaboration, which you can listen to by clicking here.

14 - 16. Heinäkuuta

2007-07-16T00:49:00.000-07:00

Click on the image of the port of Vancouver to listen to something which was recorded nearby it. The Port is somewhat audible too.

Fitness ball exercises

2007-07-11T00:44:00.000-07:00

Two short improvisations for your enjoyment.
These are easy to do in the workplace, all you need is an exercise ball or two and some percussion.

Neljäs Heinäkuuta

2007-07-04T14:04:00.001-07:00

This one's with an added humbucker over the guitar's nut.
Nut pickup = left channel, regular pickup = right.

Click image to listen.
Tack ska ni ha!

Bonus Track

2007-06-09T23:53:00.000-07:00

Bonus Track!
This happened at SFU. Clickonimagetolisten.

Kesäkuun yhdeksäntenä...

2007-06-09T15:37:00.000-07:00

(...click on image to listen.)

8. Kesäkuuta

2007-06-08T13:32:00.001-07:00

...guitar + delay.
(Click on image to listen.)

"Que est primi"

2007-04-28T03:16:00.000-07:00

Vibraphone heraldry at SFU Burnaby.
(Click on image to listen.)

22. Huhtikuuta - Stanley Park.

2007-04-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

(click image to listen)

Kantele, made of red cedar, played in Stanley Park, Vancouver.

8. huhtikuuta

2007-04-08T20:37:00.000-07:00

Klikkaa kuvvaa - Klik on Image!

Kukkopilli. Kotoisin Kuopion Kauppahallista.

Traditional 'rooster whistle', from the indoor market in Kuopio.

17. maaliskuuta

2007-03-17T01:46:00.000-07:00

Guitar & loop sampler.
Two clips today - click on images to listen.

11. Maaliskuuta 2007

2007-03-11T22:34:00.000-07:00

Click on image to listen.

Grand piano & rain.
SFU School for the Contemporary Arts (Burnaby).

8. Maaliskuuta - 8th March

2007-03-08T23:41:00.000-08:00

Click here to listen

Recorded at home.
Instruments: Custom reed flute & balloon.

Äänitetty kämpillä.
Äänilähteet: ite tehty mökäpilli ja sininen ilmapallo.

MARCH 4th, 2007 - 4. Maaliskuuta, 2007

2007-03-04T19:30:00.000-08:00

Kitchen improvisation - Click here to listen

Recorded at home.
Instruments: tuning FORK, voice, drum brushes, dishes, noodles, milk carton, coffee grinder, water tap, sink.

Äänitetty kämpillä.
Soittimet: iänirauta, iäni, rumpuvispilät, kattiloita ja kulhoja, nuudeleita, maitopurkki, kahvimylly, vesjhana, lavuaari.

Welcome to ImprovMEMO! This is the very first post.
The actual mp3 files are hosted elsewhere - to listen, just click on the link.

The idea of blogging with short artistic contributions came to me from my sister, whose poetry blog is called RunoMemo. (Go visit!)