UoDx - AS EASY

Using Buzz, wave table created, patterns emerge, a new generation of music begins
... here are the results

Jungle Fusion started as something alltogether different.
Originally, wOnKo was trying for a 'Yazoo' style 80's synth break,
but things got out of hand (out of mind?) and the mechano-jungle rhythm emerged.

Using Buzz, patterns were created, and then the file was handed on to others to modify, add to, mutate and permutate
... here are the results

Synthogasm A retro synthetic cacophony of percussion and rumble started as a 'Yazoo' style song, with ENOesque undertones, then spiralled out of control.

Using Buzz, patterns were created, and then the file was handed on to others to modify, add to, mutate and permutate
... here are the results

Hands In The Air was inspired by Kraftwerk's "Boing Boom Tchak" and Art of Noise style beatbox with a UoD twist.

Using Buzz, patterns were created, and then the file was handed on to others to modify, add to, mutate and permutate
... here are the results

BUFOmarinus was inspired by Brian Eno's On Land - an ambient soundscape with a UoD twist.

Using Buzz, patterns were created, and then the file was handed on to others to modify, add to, mutate and permutate
... here are the results

NOISEofART The bane of modern existence is the petrol-driven power tool. To suck or blow away ones own waste is somehow environmentally obscene. This leaf blower-inspired piece is evocative of an Art of Noise boom box track with a UoD twist.

Using Buzz, patterns were created, and then the file was handed on to others to modify, add to, mutate and permutate
... here are the results

ROCKandROLL was inspired by the Gary Glitter glam tune of the same name.

Using Buzz, patterns were created, and then the file was handed on to others to modify, add to, mutate and permutate
... here are the results

This track originally was going to be Neubauten ripoff but something else that was interesting emerged. Samples from Scotty's cupboard rummaging, cathedral-like tour groups and Scotty's "It's heavy" mix into a minimalistic experiment with a little "Plan 9 from Outer Space" mixed in.

Using Buzz, patterns were created, and then the file was handed on to others to modify, add to, mutate and permutate
... here are the results

UoDtake1 - Live!
This was our first attempt at a live performance (recorded LIVE at Club Buzz), with 3 separate computers with a UoDeer at the helm, each with a set of speakers pointed at a single stereo microphone.

Using Buzz, gear was assembled and patterns were created live and the resultant mix is amazing.
... here are the results

UoDtake2 - Live!
This was our second live performance (recorded at Club Buzz) in an attempt to prove the first wasn't a fluke. 4 computers with speakers and a UoDeer at the helm pointing their noise at a mike plugged into a minidisk.

Using Buzz, gear was assembled and patterns were created live and the resultant mix is amazing.
... here are the results

UoDtake3 - Live!
Our third live performance at Club Buzz, 4 Buzzicians and a microphone stand - a dense piece of interlaced rhythms and assembled oddities.

Using Buzz, gear was assembled and patterns were created live and the resultant mix is amazing.
... here are the results

UoDtake4 -
Live and Studio Re-mixes
This collection of pieces originated from a great idea by a|A - perform live and record that piece, then e-mail all members of the group each other's source files and re-work the BMX files in the relative safety of our home studios.

The live recording occurred at Club Buzz 19th February 2002, after a long period of real life and it was refreshing to see we could still coordinate 4 'puters and come up with something listenable (but sooo different from all the other pieces). We thank Club Buzz for providing us with new speakers (they sound really hoopy) and wOnKo's Minidisk was used to capture the result.

We think we might have finally pushed the limits of what this recording technology is capable of and will probably arrange to play directly into a mixer in the next session, instead of pointing our speakers at the mike and hoping the stereo fields work out ok.

... here are the results

UoD-o-phone is a FLASH toy comprising samples from UoD pieces 1-8. 75Mb of source material (Solo tracks) have been embedded in an interactive instrument.

BE WARNED! - this file is 4Mb big, sorry, any smaller and the sound quality is very poor.

... Play and Enjoy

UoDtake5 a,b&c - Live!
This was a reunion performance (recorded live at Club Buzz) in October 2002.

Each UoDeer began making noise fron the start and no plan of attack was discussed - this just happened as you hear it. You can hear live negotiations of breaks and effects, computers crapping out and we played along with the airconditioner.

The gear assembled was 4 PC's running win2000, running BUZZ. We had 3 sets of speakers - with aA and wOnKo sharing one set, afro_88 and utopienne on their own. A stereo microphone was placed approximately centre of the stereo field and connected to a minidisk recorder. What you hear here is largely untouched audio (with the exception of audience). Not bad all round seeing these guys havn't played together in over 6 months.

The resultant mixes are snippets of a much longer gig.
... here are the results