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    File of the Week 51/2010:

"All things dull and ugly"

A weird sarcastical christmas song, lyrics by Monty Python.
Merry Christmas to all!




 
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    File of the Week 50/2010:

"Screen Porn"

Got a new laptop.
Now if all screens are turned on, it looks like this.
 
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    File of the Week 49/2010:

"Remember America?"

Remember America?
Found super8 footage from the 60ties and an improvised electronic soundtrack.
"Thanks for the rush" and "Bye to world domination".




 
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    File of the Week 48/2010:

"Cold Horses"

It's cold.




 
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    File of the Week 47/2010:

"Mainstation in Slow Motion"

A slow-motion experiment with the Canon EOS 550D and a glidecam gimbal.
From the Zurich mainstation.




 
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    File of the Week 46/2010:

"Pianti E Tormenti Nell Opera Italiana (Live 1994)"

From a live-performance by "Les Larmes D'Eros" (September 19th 1994) at the Opera House Zurich.
Messing with Donizettis "Maria Stuarda".
"Les Larmes D'Eros" were:
Nicole Knuth: Voice
Manuela Beretta: Voice
Daniel Stössel: Machines




 
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    File of the Week 45/2010:

"Kassettenzeit"

"Good old cassette tape times revisited".
The CD "Kassettenzeit" with my vintage pieces from 1982-1992 is now finished and available via mailorder.




 
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    File of the Week 44/2010:

"Tape Hiss"

Going through my very first recordings on tape (cassette) inspired this short collage composed of tape hiss only.




 
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    File of the Week 43/2010:

"Very First Job 1985"

2 jingles for the radio commercials "Pro Neues Eherecht"; a 1985 popular vote in Switzerland.
Ultracheesy. But you gotta start somewhere...




 
/_VERY FIRST JOB (JINGLES EHERECHT 1985).MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 41/2010:

"Die Grube"

"Making of" segment for the feature film "Der Ausflug" by Mathieu Seiler.
Watch out for the contact mine...




 
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    File of the Week 38/2010:

"As Summer Slowly Dies"

As summer slowly dies, I just had to dive once more into the great sea.




 
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    File of the Week 37/2010:

"Allerdings"

One from the archives, a jazzy tune from the CD "Diet Bang: Zwar", released on Brambus Records 2002.
Improv-composing by the entire band, inlucing me on keys.




 
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    File of the Week 35/2010:

"Inceptive Shutter"

An experiment in sound and dynamics.
The music is improvised and loosely based on two quite diverse soundtracks for recent hollywood movies.
This one should be played loud over a pair of good speakers.




 
/_INCEPTIVE SHUTTER.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 34/2010:

"Weekend 3310"

Testing a Gopro mini-cam over the weekend.
A bit of swimming, social gathering and some TV work on sunday.




 
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    File of the Week 32/2010:

"Short Cue"

Short draft for a short film.




 
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    File of the Week 30/2010:

"Der Ausflug (Setshots)"

Some setshots from my second visit to the set of "Der Ausflug" in Berlin this week.




 
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    File of the Week 29/2010:

"Der Ausflug (Impressionen 01)"

13 Minutes of Impressions from the shooting of "Der Ausflug".
Quickly made for the upcoming "Bergfest" (half time of shooting) on July 22nd.




 
/_DER AUSFLUG (IMPRESSIONEN 01).MOV
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 27/2010:

"Amusis Glide"

First encounter with a Glidetrack.
Two short scenes from my homestudio; this thing is harder to handle than I imagined...




 
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    File of the Week 25/2010:

"Coroner@Amusis"

Having the greatest tech-thrash band ever discussing stuff at my little den is worth mentioning.




 
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    File of the Week 24/2010:

"Longing for Lüdi"

It's ten years now since Werner Lüdi died.
I had the priviledge of playing with him on what turned out to be one of his last gigs in May 2005.
Lüdi is one of Europes free jazz key figures.
June 21, a memorial gig called "Longing for Lüdi" will take place in Chur.




 
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    File of the Week 22/2010:

"Harmonizer Experiment"

A little experiment:
Play a simple legato-line (not a particularly melodic one), then let software harmonizers do a chord analysis.
Then orchestrate this and create a short orchestral piece without playing additional notes.




 
/_HARMONIZER EXPERIMENT.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 21/2010:

"Logic is EVIL"

This short video proves that my audio software is EVIL.




 
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    File of the Week 20/2010:

"CORONER rising?"

Will CORONER rise?




 
/_CORONER RISING?.MOV
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 18/2010:

"Am I Evil?"

Am I?




 
/_AM I EVIL?.MOV
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 16/2010:

"Indukt Outdoor Session 1999"

Snapshots from the recording sessions with Paul Kim for the audio production "Indukt 01" back in 1999.




 
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    File of the Week 13/2010:

"Rough Hewn Momma (REIZ TRIGGER Remix
of "Momma's Place" by ROISIN MURPHY)"


My remix of Roisins new single "Momma's Place".
For Indaba.com.






 
/_ROGH HEWN MOMMA (REIZ TRIGGER REMIX).MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 12/2010:

"V.O.C.A.L 01"

Short piece comprising of vocalsounds and strange noises only.
V.O.C.A.L stands for "Very Obnoxious, Corny And Loud".
Below a little "making of".




 
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/_VOCAL 01 BEER AND CIGARETTES.MOV
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 11/2010:

"GURU, Theatrical Trailer"

Theatrical trailer for the documentary feature "GURU".
Original Filmmusic: Marcel Vaid.
Sounddesign, Mix, additional Trailermusic: Daniel Stössel.




 
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    File of the Week 09/2010:

"Metamorphobia, Teaser"

Teaser for METAMORPHOBIA.
A low budget movie based on "Die Verwandlung" by Franz Kafka.




 
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    File of the Week 07/2010:

"Nerd"

A nerdy miniature, quickly made.




 
/_NERD.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 06/2010:

"Stössel/Lüdi: Bär (1999)"

One from the archives.
A relaxed piece from the recording sessions of the duo "Stössel/Lüdi" (1999-2000).
Daniel Stössel: Composition, sounds, piano, roughmix-production.
Werner Lüdi: Saxophones
Guest on this track: Urs Schäfer: Bass, percussion.




 
/_BÄR.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 03/2010:

"Studio Impressions 2010/01"

Impressions from the early 2010 recording sessions for the third REIZ TRIGGER album.
With great thanks to Peter Haas, André Buser, Flo Stoffner and Voco Fauxpas.




 
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