Mission Statement
Boldly (or failing that, badly) to split infinitives no featherless biped has split before
...or to not...
Musically, we see ourselves as eclectics, working with a wide range of improvised and composed contemporary music (names have been omitted to protect the innocent).
Biographical Tidbits
Hans-Martin Gärtner
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mid 1970s to late 1980s
Bassist (esp. fretless bass) in various Rock- und Jazz formations im and around Frankfurt/M -
1986/1987
Jazz improvisation course in Glasgow with Sandy Evans (Saxophone) -
Since early 1990s
- Concert guitarist
- Private studies with Hubert Machnik (Frankfurt/M)
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Instruments and Equipment
- Concert guitar (Aragon)
- Frame Guitar
- ROland GR-33 Guitar synthesizer
- Guitar Rig from Native Instruments
- Software Synthesizer "Absynth" from Native Instruments
- Diverse assorted software tools for sampling, loops, rhythm, and text
- ROland acoustic guitar amplifier
- Polytone Mini-Brute III (bass amplifier)
Bryan Jurish
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1980s
Violinist, youth orchestra & private study -
1991 - 1996
Folk/rock/jazz guitarist in various configurations in and around Chicago -
Since 1996
- Various projects in Potsdam and Berlin, Germany
- Concentration on free & constrained improvisation: guitar, electronics & software
- Programming of diverse assorted performance-oriented software tools
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Instruments, Equipment, & Software
- Takamine half-body steel-string acoustic guitar
- Epiphone (Gibson) hollow-body electric guitar
- Null-input and/or acoustic resonance feedback mixer
- Home-built electronics
- Diverse assorted effects pedals
- Diverse assorted
software
programmed with and for the free signal processing environment
Pure Data (Pd)
- All software used is freely available (Linux, Pd, ratts/rsynth, gfsm, etc.)
- Focus on text and speech, both sampled and synthetic
Audio Material
Caveat Auditor: Many of the tracks in this section are drawn from live rehearsal recordings: studio quality is not aspired to, and is not to be expected!