Looking back on Standing As Never Before

Other than the upcoming CD limited release coming from Thirsty Leaves Music, there is only one corporeally available release of anything KR Seward. And that is Standing An Never Before, the cassette collaboration done with Hal McGee.

Backlit now on Bandcamp

Backlit
Eight instrumental tracks created with a variety of gizmos, feedback, AM radio theremin, Etherwave theremin, software and such like.

Festival Of Lights video playlist

About this time last year I did a bunch of live noise improvisation videos via USTREAM.  After a while, I migrated some of these to You Tube.

Now in the process of moving over any and all of these, um, seasonal videos and gathering them together in this playlist.

If you're already burning out on holiday music and like feedback (a lot), here you go . . .

Know November now on Bandcamp

Pre See Sun One

Pre See Sun One

Noisy improv captured Live on USTREAM.

Oscillations/feedback. Old Realistic mixer used to feed various signals (Monotron, Barbie Sputnik, electronic feedback from computer speaker, phone tap pickup) to el cheepo Karaoke machine and purple Karaoke boombox.

Also Pre See Sun Two.

Know November Two

Know November Two

Various handheld tape recorders in pause/record feeding back. Ham radio echo mic, toy Rap Mike and Dora the Ex. Karaoke echo mic interacting.

Another noisy improv video captured live on USTREAM. Likewise Know November One.

Reach Back Around Three

Reach Back Around Three

Another noisy improv video captured live on USTREAM.

Two sets of powered computer speakers plugged back into themselves. One is inductively picked up by two humbuckers fed into karaoke machines with cheep echo aliasing.

Also on USTREAM, Reach Back Around One and Two.

Rusty Grip One

Rusty Grip One

Monotron and self oscillating Spy Voice Changer via Sound Center toy mixer/amp into Copicat tape delay, HoneyTone mini amp. Barbie Sputnik. Phone tap pickup into mini amp. Thumb braking on the Copicat's capstan/tape drive whatsit.

Noisy improv captured live on USTREAM. Thereabouts with this one are Rusty Grip Two and Three.

Catch What Light One

Catch What Light One

Another noisy improv video done via USTREAM.

Infrared pulses from TV remotes into photocell, clock bent purple Karaoke boombox. Self oscillating Spy Voice Changer via phone tap and Monotron into Sound Center toy mixer/amp. Humbucker into Realistic Electronic Reverb, mini amp. Barbie Sputnik. Three AM radios heterodyning.

Also on USTREAM, Catch What Light Two and Three.

Waving Their Shovels Three

Waving Their Shovels Three

Feedback and cheep echo. Humbucker on cookie tin, piezo on plastic container, Monotron and phone tap into Sound Center toy mixer/amp and Realistic Electronic Reverb. Homebrew light controlled oscillator into purple karaoke boombox with aliasing/runaway delay. Spy Voice Changer. - Captured Live on USTREAM.

Noisy improv. Also Waving Their Shovels One and Two.

Arriving As One

Arriving As One

Another video noise improv done via USTREAM.

Variety of feedback loops using the purple karaoke boombox with circuit bent echo speed, a Sound Center toy mixer/amp with newly added tremelo rate control knob, a couple of free range humbuckers, a refashioned kalimba, Monotron, phone tap pickup, piezo contact mic, various mini amps, Barbie Sputnik, AM radios heterodyning, toy mics and such.

Also Arriving As Two, Three, and Four.

Infinity 8 Four

Infinity 8 Four

Noisy improv. Feedback on an ironing board. Looseleaf humbucker with various metal strips and bits. Other gadgets include phone tap inductive pickup, piezo contact mic, earphone as mic/inductive coil, mini amps, toy mixer/amp, Monotron, Barbie Sputnik, Spy voice changer and piezo driven cookie tin.

Done via USTREAM. Likewise, Infinity 8 One, Two and Three.

Hazel Whistled Through The Door Two

Hazel Whistled Through The Door Two

Alesis Philtre and DOD Digital Delay pedals ran in and out of Crowbar 3 x 3 mixer matrix to feedback. Also Barbie Sputnik input into matrix, overall matrix output to purple Karaoke boombox with built in echo. Monotron into Realistic Electronic Reverb. 3 AM radios heterodyning. Captured Live on USTREAM.

Noisy improv. Also on USTREAM, Hazel Whistled Through The Door One, Three and Four.

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Offscreen One

Offscreen One

Indeed another noisy improv video.

Free range humbucker and cookie tins into toy mixer/amp, super-8 sound projector, and karaoke boombox. Also Barbie Sputnik, Realistic Electronic Reverb, Monotron, Stereo Amplified Listener. - Captured Live on USTREAM. Likewise, Offscreen Two, Three, Four and Five.

Fan Out One

Fan Out One

So many feedback loops, open air and otherwise. In view, a paint spattered box fan its vibrations picked up by a humbucker and a piezo contact mic. Various mini amps and speakers used. Offscreen, Barbie Sputnik, Monotron, AM radios heterodyning, Realistic Electronic Reverb and other gizmos.

Another noisy improv video. Also done via USTREAM with Fan Out Two and Three.

Sighted Goldenrod Two

Sighted Goldenrod Two

Ebow on homebrew zither picked up by free range humbucker into cheepo karaoke machine, also piezo mic into mini amp. Monotron into purple karaoke boombox. Barbie Sputnik. Speak and Spell etc. into Sound Center toy mixer/amp via phone tap pickup.

Another noisy improv video captured live on USTREAM along with Sighted Goldenrod One and Three.

Round The Bend Three

Round The Bend Three

Yet another feedback filled noisy improv.

The Barbie Sputnik, unlike in videos previous, is an on-camera player. Also in view, a condensed version of the Luxo Lamp piezo driven reverb (something generally not used on these videos). Used here and there the Dora the Ex. Karaoke echo mic widget. Various unseen gizmos at play include the Spy Voice Changer, Sound Center toy mixer/amp, Korg Monotron, purple karaoke boombox, Realistic Electronic Reverb, Stereo Amplified Listener and various mini amps.

Also done via USTREAM, Round The Bend One and Two.

Sun Weave One

Sun Weave One

Again with the feedback. Circuit bent Spy Voice Changer looped into itself via a Sound Center toy mixer/amp, then into a Realistic Electronic Reverb on the way to the purple Karaoke boombox. Also phone tap pickup into mini amp. Realistic Stereo Amplified Listener into pair of computer speakers. Monotron. Barbie Sputnik.

Another of the noisy improvs. Done via USTREAM. Also there Sun Weave Two and Three.

Ice Floe One

Ice Floe One

Wishful thinking, no doubt, given the heat. Again with the noisy improvs. Created via USTREAM, likewise Ice Floe Two.

Much feedback using karaoke boombox with circuit bent echo, free range humbucker on cookie tin, amplified stereo listener, Spy Voice Changer. Also Monotron, Sound Center toy mixer/amp, phone tap pickup.

Sum Difference Three

Sum Difference Three

Three AM radios heterodyning, humbucker into mini amp, amplified stereo listener, Barbie Sputnik, Spy Voice Changer, Monotron. - Captured Live on USTREAM at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kseward

Sum Difference One and Two at USTREAM.