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Nero the Great

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Nero the Great scoffs at all attempts to control himNero the Great is immovable in the face of authority (and adversity)Nero the Great stands proud...if often alone....against life's dictationNero the Great manoeuvres others....and is never maneuvered (or out maneuvered)Nero the Great is a force of nature.....bending reality...and the reality of others....to his very willNero the Great is a reality in a world of illusions.......Nero the Great can be full of shit as well at times....let's face it......Nero the Great is an electrodork.Frequency Dance No. 5

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Member Since: 08/05/2007
Band Members: EMS VCS3......EML 200......EML 300......EML 101
Influences: John Cage......Morton Subotnick......Vladimir Ussachevsky......Brian Eno.......Allen Ravenstein.........Iannis Xenakis.........Karlheinz Stockhausen......Lamont Young........John Cale.........Steve Reich.......really early Cabaret Volatire................nothing programmed............
Sounds Like: things most people care not to hear.....
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Enhanced Environmental Study No.1 : Sunday Afternoon

This is the first installment in a brand new series, the Enhanced Environmental Studies.The concept here is for me a rather old one.....as the very first recordings I ever made back in the early to mi...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 05:44:00 GMT

On The Road To Anemone

This track is actually a recording by my side outfit Avant Lard.It was recorded live on Feb 9 2008 at the audio lab in the Centrist Communex.This partcular recording was somewhat of a warm up for the ...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:35:00 GMT

Polytonal Study In C Major

This is the first part of an extended experiment utilising the VCS3, its DK2 keyboard controller and a tape delay......recorded in the summer of 2006. By playing the four base notes of a C major chord...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:23:00 GMT

The Secret Of My Success

From the 1998 'Fall Of The Republic' cd.This piece constitutes a pairing of one of my 'sound sculptures' with a processed vocal track.....both coming courtesy of the EML 101.After sculpting the descen...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:29:00 GMT

Nothing

From the 1998 'Fall Of The Republic' cd.This is , strictly speaking, a purely vocal piece.By which I mean that my voice is the only 'active' sound component. As usual, the mike was being fed into the ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:15:00 GMT

Frequency Dance No.2

This is another installment from my latest series of compositions composed strictly on the VCS3....The frantically kinetic nature of this piece was made possible by running both Oscillators 1 and 2 (c...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 03:21:00 GMT

Frequency Dance No. 3

This is from my recent series of works composed strictly on the VCS3.To achieve the desired effects for this piece I set Oscillator 1 on a relatively high frequency....while bringing Oscillator 2 down...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 03:05:00 GMT

Work At Day's End

This track originally appeared on my second full-length CD 'The Fall Of The Republic' from 1998.The title was a reflection of my thoughts concerning how much 'work' is always involved in dealing with ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 02:47:00 GMT

Fantasy At Sea Breeze

This track comes from my second full-length CD 'The Fall Of The Republic' originally released in NY in 1998....My goal was to recreate the feeling of desolate abandonment reflected in the closed-down ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 02:35:00 GMT