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Errant Space Podcast 111: Noise Reduction

This month’s podcast was recorded live at the first installment of the Noise Reduction series.

Its a collaborative improvisation with synthesist David Mason.

The performance took place in the rear chapel space of Prophecy Hall, a former Dutch Reformed church in Beacon, NY. Its an interesting space to create in, and I hope to do more there in the future.

The Noise Reduction series aims to provide a space for quiet sounds, where horizontal listening is encouraged.

David Mason and me (Craig) performing at Prophecy Hall (photo: Gavin Hecker)

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Errant Space Podcast 104: with Jesse Beaman

This month’s podcast features composer/keyboardist Jesse Beaman from Austin, Texas.

Jesse was out on tour in the area, and had a free day to come by the studio to record. What you’ll hear here is the first time we ever played together, I find the results quite beautiful and minimal.

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Errant Space Podcast One Hundred

This month brings the 100th Errant Space podcast!!

To mark the occasion, I organized a live event featuring eight past podcast participants which took place on July 1, 2023 at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY.

photo: Sandy Santra

It was a three hour performance with the performers surrounding the audience, who were encouraged to listen while horizontal. The musicians played in rotating groups of three. This podcast is taken from that performance.

These are the musicians who participated in the experiment:

Al Margolis (piezo micro sounds)

Dean Sharp (processed percussives, samples)

Katie Down (glass and metal instruments, flutes)

Thom Uliasz (TV synthesizers)

Bonnie Kane (saxophone, flute, processing)

Sandy Santra (piano)

Neil Alexander (piano + processing)

Andy Rinehart (piano, accordion)

and me (Craig) (guitar, processing)

We had a fair number of audience members come through during the performance, you’ll hear people moving about on the recording. For best results, listen while laying down, it will almost be like you were there…

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Errant Space Podcast Ninety Eight: A Visit with Okkoto

This month’s podcast sees the return of modular synthesist Okkoto!

This winter, I took a trip up to Okkoto’s studio in the mountains where we spent an afternoon exploring sounds… We ended up with plenty of hypnotic rhythms and interesting textures for your listening pleasure.

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Errant Spaces Podcast Ninety Six – with Scary Mountain Wizard

This month’s podcast is a collbo with Scary Mountain Wizard who brought his hybrid modular synth/guitar rig over to the studio for some ambient explorations.

I’m very pleased with this one, it has a nice mellowness and there’s a feeling of gentle exploration. At times it gets very slow, almost to the point of stillness…

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Errant Space Podcast Ninety Four: The Friday Experiment

This month’s podcast is a live performance recorded at The Friday Experiment at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA. It was an interesting show – an evening of continuous ambient performances featuring Craig Douglas, me and Bonnie Kane. Our sets overlapped by a few minutes, so the end of one performers set would become the start of the next.

Presented here is my portion of the evening. I really like the shape of this one, it covers a lot of sonic territory. That’s why I’ve posted it unedited. Its a good example of what an Errant Space performance can be.

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Errant Space Podcast Ninety Three: Unheard v.1

This month’s podcast is a compilation of unheard materials.

It starts with a live performance at Shepard Recital Hall at the State University of New York at New Paltz recorded on Apr 30, 2022.

That is followed by a remote collaboration with sound collagist Riprap.

And it concludes with a recording from Buddy Fest 7 which took place in Kingston, NY on Jul 23, 2022.

That’s Riprap, performing at Xfest 2022.

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Errant Space Podcast Ninety — with Neonach

This month’s podcast features Neonach (Craig Douglas) from Western Massachusetts.
Craig combines vocals, electronics and acoustic instruments to create lush, immersive soundscapes.  Our collaboration explores varied sonic topographies and imaginary frontiers…

Neonach at Quinn’s in Beacon, NY.

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Errant Space Podcast Eighty Nine: BLIP

This month’s podcast is a binaural recording from the July 2022 Space Out, Outside.
It features Bob Lukomski (granular synthesizers, samples) and Irman Peck (conceptual cello/bass guitar).

Its a really beautiful field recording, best experienced in headphones, with subtle interactions between the players, and their environment.

(L-R)Binaural Mike,  Irman Peck, Me (Craig), Bob Lukomski. (photo Bill Loeb)

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Errant Space Podcast Eighty Eight: Moon Serpent & Bone Night Market

This month’s podcast is from a performance at the Moon, Serpent & Bone Summer solstice night market where I provided background atmospheres.

I enjoy these longer, very ambient performances. They give me an opportunity to experiment and really get slooww.

The performance area at the Night Market.

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