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Alex

Resonant

About Me

I resonate at ~7.8 Hz.

I work in a great music venue (See The Tin Angel/TJH in my top friends) with good friends.

I am the electronic alchemist - Black Sonne Analogue.
I design and build original audio processing units.
If you have an idea for something you'd like built or modified, just send me a message :)

My Interests

Music.
Noise.
Theology.
Audio electronics.
Synthesizers.
Obsolete technology.
The Tin Angel / TJH.
My Friends.
Casual interest in WWII and space-race history. Cassettes/ Vinyl / CDs / MDs / Reel to reel.
Icelandic / Scandanavian / Scottish / Irish accents.
Renewable natural resources.
Doodling.
Cycling.
Flying kites.

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Most Recently -

A Silver Mt. Zion,
Ellen Allien,
Autechre,
J.S. Bach,
Björk,
Blonde Redhead,
Boris,
Johnny Cash,
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds,
Einsturzende Neubauten,
Ex-Girl,
Godspeed! You Black Emperor,
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter,
Joy Division,
Jucifer,
Low,
Melvins,
Miss Kittin,
Mr Bungle,
Souvaris,
Squarepusher,
Sunn O)))
Yann Tiersen,

Movies:

Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,
The Shining,
2001: A Space Odyssey,
The Passion of the Christ,
A Clockwork Orange,
Being John Malkovich,
Lost in Translation,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
Amelie,
Ghostbusters,
Ghostbusters II,
Dancer in the Dark,
Spirited Away,
Star Wars Episodes IV-VI,
Barbarella,
Leon,
Downfall,
American Beauty,
Jesus of Nazareth,
The Pianist,
Alien,
Aliens.

That's all I can think of right now.

Television:

I don’t watch much televsion, but I do enjoy -
King of the Hill.
Azumanga Daioh!
Lost.
Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Top of the Pops 2 [I miss it so badly].
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.
The Young Ones.
The Good Life.
The Moomins.
The Real Ghostbusters.
Garth Merenghi’s Dark Place.
Nathan Barley.
Futurama.
Peep Show.
Metalocalpyse.
When Louis Met...
Rex The Runt.
The Trap Door.
Rainbow.
Numerous varied documentaries...

Books:

Bible - King James Version.
Anything by Edgar Allan Poe.
The Outsider - Albert Camus.
Astro Boy - Osamu Tezuka.
How Things Work (Volumes 1 & 2).
His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman.

My Blog

I got Altar by Sunn O))) & Boris :)

Ace :)Nice to hear some bowed cymbals making up the body of a song, not just gimmick sounds, on a commercial record (excluding film soundtracks).There's some lovely use of some lovely synths too.Makes...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:56:00 PST

Rhombus!

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Posted by Alex on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:25:00 PST

Synthesisers...

Well, first off, I'd just like to say how much I dislike the use of synthesisers in the majority or rock/indie-based music. Not just rock, either.One thing I cannot stand, is sounds that are similar t...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:17:00 PST

I Lol'd

I'm not a massive fan of anime or japanese stuff [not that I dislike it, I just don't go nuts over it], however I decided to check this out after seeing some of the programme used as visuals for a Cib...
Posted by Alex on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:26:00 PST

Awesome...

During my weekend visit to Nottingham I got 3 CDs, a musical experience, food, drink and I got ignored by 3 people when asking for directions [that pissed me off a bit..]*Boris - Pink*Yo La Tengo - Pr...
Posted by Alex on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:43:00 PST

9-11

Has everyone forgotten?I'm just surprised I haven't heard about it.[Bare in mind, I keep myself busy with business so I'm reasonably sheltered from the media].What was with all that 'God bless AMERICA...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:37:00 PST

Horrible man

This is a rough note of the incident that happened to me.I was cycling on Saturday in town from the top of Hertford Street through to Broadgate and as I was going slowly to move between people a man g...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:29:00 PST

I got a new coat

Looks very WWII Sort of RAF/Merchant Navy vibe. If I smoked, I'd look pretty cool. 1979 Manchester!
Posted by Alex on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:47:00 PST

If you never read any of my blog posts, just read this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm AWEXOME!1!!
Posted by Alex on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:44:00 PST

Some bad news :'(

...for anyone who doesn't like my music. Well, I finally got around to setting up a space for my music. You can all check it out (and I'd be very greatful if you did) at- www.myspace.com/elodie...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:38:00 PST