Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 15: JBM II

Host: SoundChaser

I’ve been compiling a lot of music to play on the CerebralMix, and am
preparing to start working with some more thematic material again.
However, in the mean time this week I just went throug the backlog of
stuff that I’ve accumulated over the last several months to put together
a set of music that is funky, rocks, and grooves.

Track Credits for the CerebralMix Episode 15:

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

Special thanks go out to Amy for turning me on to Triplexity.

Next weekend is the Ohio Linux Festival, but that doesn’t mean that the
Cerebral Mix will be taking a break. Instead the show must go on, and
things are already in place for Episodes 16 & 17.

That’s all for this week. I hope you will join me again next week for
another adventure into the sounds between thoughts on The Cerebral Mix.

Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 14: In The Beginning, Part 2

Host: Suzy “Sultry” Sounds

This week we take another journey into the world of Andrew Cauthen’s
unique soundscapes and audio paintings. Andrew is soemthing of a free
spirit, recording music that is at once very rhythmic and yet bearing
marks of ambience, electronica and even experimentalism.

So sit back and ride along with Andrew on his high speed audio rails.

All of the works on this weeks show were released under the artist name:
Rumored High Speed Rail Hub, and come from the collections entitled:
Early Ones Parts 1 through 5.

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

We will take one more journey in Andrew’s early works on this show in a
couple of weeks. From there on, his work will occasionally appear
interspersed in the show as it has in the past past.

If you have enjoyed what you’ve listened to so far, I encourage you to
check out the many many hours of releases available from Rumored High
Speed Rail Hub and Take Pills Die.

I hope you will join me again next week for another adventure into the
sounds between thoughts on The Cerebral Mix.

CerebralMix Episode 13: …Perchance To Dream

Host: SoundChaser & Sexy Suzy Soundz

This week’s episode is something of a surprise: a special request.

With the upcoming Ohio Linux Festival the second weekend in September,
one of the OggCastPlanet members asked if I could put together an
episode of the CerebralMix to help him fall asleep at night.

When I tried to inquire further about what kind of music he wanted for
such an episode he responded: “surprise me.”

So, here’s the surprise: an episode of the CerebralMix that reaches out
in all sorts of directions from abstract dark ambient, to classical, to
jazz and many genres in between…all while being softer and more
relaxing for sleeping, and perchance, for dreaming…

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

This week’s episode was a lot of fun to put together. I knew when I
started that I had a handful of recently acquired tracks I hadn’t been
able to use in other episodes. And I also had a few favorite tracks that
I had wanted to use, that just fit with this theme.

With all this material very quickly in place, I had the chance to play a
bit… I was able to sit down and come up with a way to assemble the
show that I feel will improve the overall quality, and this episode
reflects those improvements: silences at the beginning and end of the
tracks have been trimmed more cleanly, levels are matched between tracks
better, the segues are more consistent, and the timing of the
transitions are better.

So, what does this mean for the show overall? It means I will be
able to focus more time selecting and researching materials for the
show. It means that I will be able to develop more themes and more
surprises: I will be able to focus on the more human elements, rather
than on the process of assembling the show.

All of this just goes to show the power of Free Software. None of this
would be possible without the tools available to me from the Open Source
community. I owe a major debt of gratitude to the Open Source community
for providing me the tools to make it so much easier to explore the
sounds between thoughts, on The CerebralMix.

CerebralMix Episode 12: In The Beginning Pt 1

Host: SoundChaser

Andrew Cauthen has been making a lot of music for well over a decade. A
single man with a keyboard, a computer and the drive to translate the
world around him into sound.

His interpretations take on many forms: techno to ambient, and numerous
styles in-between, and a few styles that may be his own invention.

In this the first of three episodes of the CerebralMix, we spend and
hour examining some of the early works of Andrew Cauthen as compiled on
his “Early Ones” releases.

Track credits for the CerebralMix Episode 12. All tracks used in this
episode were released by Andrew Cauthen under the artist name “Rumored
High Speed Rail Hub” on the releases titled: “01-02 Early Ones” Parts 1
through 5.

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

With ten hours of music in just the compilation of his early works,
Andrew Cauthen distinguishes himself. Not because his work is
groundbreaking or different: in fact he uses forms that are recognizable
and popular, and yet he also reserves space to investigate forms that
are different and unique to his perspective.

And, that’s where the value of his work presents itself. Andrew is an
interpreter of the world around him, and it’s his unique perception of
the world that comes out in his audio interpretations.

The ideas and thoughts he investigates are put on level ground. It
doesn’t make a difference if it’s a small idea (“19th Street Coffee”) or
some unique and revealing perspective (“Time Is A Slippery Slope”). All
ideas are explored deflty from his perspective.

And, this brings us to the end of the exploration of Andrew Cauthen’s
works for this week. I hope you will join me again for another
exploration of the sounds between thoughts on The CerebralMix.

Chimes, bells, Tibetan singing bowls, vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophones, marimba, crotales…

All of these instruments share the similarity of being percussion instruments, that make a metallic ringing sound. They are different in tone and texture, but they are distinctive.

This week on CerebralMix we present a journey into the more ambient settings of the these instruments, so sit back, relax, and let it ring…

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

In closing: I hope you enjoyed listening to show and will join me on another journey into the sounds between thoughts on The CerebralMix.