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Shane Morris
The Words Step Away

Single NL 2009 on EdP label
Electronic (Drone, Experimental, Ambient)

Composed, performed, and produced by Blue Hell and Shane Morris. Recorded, mixed, and edited by Blue Hell. Originally recorded Saturday, September 26th, 2009 as a live streaming collaborative performance on radio.electro-music.com between Blue Hell (The Netherlands) and Shane Morris (USA). The performance was nearly five consecutive hours of live improvisational electronic music. There was nothing pre-conceived, arranged, or composed for this performance. In fact, neither performer has ever physically met or spoken to the other performer. This recording is entirely the product of internet relay chat, streaming audio, and a friendship that exists beyond a material realm. This recording is the highlights from that session boiled down and edited to two hours of engaging experimental electronics. The mechanism to do the streaming jams has come to be known as, The Washing Machine. It is a system designed by Blue Hell to mix multiple streaming musicians around the world together in near real-time audio and combined into one stereo channel mix that is broadcasted live at electro-music.com. Blue Hell will mix the streamers, apply post effects, and record the final output as the mixed stream is directed to the radio server. The Washing Machine concept very much embraces Cagian ideals of randomness, chaos, and improvisation. For this session, Blue Hell used two Nord Modular G2 rack units, a Nord Modular Classic, laptop, iphone, and a Yamaha WX11 midisax. Shane Morris used a Roland MC-909, Digitech Vocal 300 processor, and a vocal microphone.

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