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tHE cOMMON vIPER

tHE cOMMON vIPER (eUROPEAN vENEMOUS sNAKE)

About Me

tHE cOMMON vIPER (eUROPEAN vENOMOUS sNAKE) has toured extensively, published and released recordings that have been A-listed and achieved B.P.I. Platinum and Gold Status. An original member of the '*******', co-wrote and recorded the first LP '*******' and also co-wrote the '*****' on their second LP '******'.
Also an original member of the '*****', co-wrote, recorded and produced their first LP '*****' (with tracks '*****' and '****' who '*****' named as one of their top ten tracks on the '****' LP and who also released it on their own label). Wrote, recorded and produced the '******' LP under the name '****' and is also a past member of the '****', plus Bass playing Techno-Stilt walker for '****' Circus, even appearing as an actor on ***** in a fracas with the ****, **** and ****.
Music Producer and lecturer of Music Production at ***** UK, exploring subjects that include Sample Manipulation, Granular, Frequency Modulation, Additive, Subtractive and physical Modeling Synthesis plus many other music production theories and techniques.
tHE cOMMON vIPER likes the phrase 'Digital Bedroom Bandit'.
Iannis Xenakis said that in the future the most powerful musical instrument would be the Computer - was he right? and are we there now?
tHE cOMMON vIPER believes that the most powerful musical instrument in the world is the SOUL behind the computer, guitar, voice...sNAKEsKIN bOOTS whatever.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/1/2006
Band Members: tHE cOMMON vIPER -----~
Influences: Granular and FM noise - this list of influences and music I love is endless... so... who I'm currently listening to is 'Ali Farka Toure', 'Ain't No Feeble Bastard' by 'Discharge', 'Charles Mingus' and 'Leafcutter John'.

tHE cOMMON vIPER is into Granular and Frequency Modulation noise/music, Synthesis, Soundscapes and Audi car advert music. VST Synthesizers like The Albino, Cronox, Reaktor (which tHE cOMMON vIPER made a couple of synths with), Logic, Heizenbox and the Digital Bedroom Bandit VST revolution that tHE cOMMON vIPER is a part of. Plus... into John Cage, Steve Reich, Pierre Schaeffer, Sly Stone and Lee Scratch Perry's approach to modern music production and life.

tHE cOMMON vIPER also VJ's, manipulating video in a music sampling approach using VJamm ;)
Sounds Like: Electronic... Experimental... Soundscape.... Granular and FM Synthesis noise.... eUROPEAN vENEMOUS sNAKE music
Record Label: These tracks currently unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Lee Scratch Perry Quote

"it was only four tracks on the machine but I was picking up twenty from the extra terrestrial squad" Lee Scratch Perry...
Posted by tHE cOMMON vIPER on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:29:00 PST

Steve Reich - Quote

"I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowing shift out of phase with each other" Steve Reich...
Posted by tHE cOMMON vIPER on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:50:00 PST