Mnxyr, by Christopher Elmore

Mnxyr

by Christopher Elmore

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During my final night in Asheville for Make Noise's 10 Year Celebration, and directly following my return to the hostel from Sunday's Modular on the Spot at French Broad River Park, I set out to record something inspired by everything I had experienced over the course of the weekend. The patch was built around comments made during the developers panel discussion from Saturday night, namely, features that they felt were under-utilized or under-appreciated, such as the Telharmonic's Spiratone mode, the DPO's X-Lock input, and Tempi's CV and Gate State Select inputs.

I didn't make any patch notes or document the patch in any significant way other than this recording and photo used in the artwork. The patch was more-or-less self-playing and rather noisy, fun and unpredictable, with very little manipulation from me once I ran out of cables.

This track might have been longer, but I had to stop and save the recording before the batteries died. I'm not exactly sure what caused some of the random sound and volume drop-outs, but nonetheless, I'm presenting this as an unedited, unpolished sonic snapshot of my time in Asheville.

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released June 17, 2018

Recorded at Sweet Peas Hostel in Asheville, North Carolina on 17 June 2018. Special thanks to Bruce Riley for lending me his Zoom H4n for the trip, which made this recording possible.

This recording is dedicated to Dan Jugle, who passed away during the time I was in Asheville. He and I both used to work at MCA Chicago, and during our time there, he and I constantly chatted about all sorts of music and the tools used to make them. Dan was one of the first people I met in Chicago that encouraged me to make music with synthesizers, which eventually led to my entry into the world of modular synthesis and my love for all things Make Noise.

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Christopher Elmore Kodak, Tennessee

Christopher Elmore (they/them) makes art and music informed by their personal experiences with mental health and mourning. Their instrument of choice is an ever-evolving modular synthesizer, used to craft longform minimalist droneworks and explore generative composition techniques. ... more

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