Here's a demo of the mp3 glitching script I wrote about here: https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/04/databending-part-3/

I added a batch script so I can take in a bunch of folders of .wav files, use ffmpeg to convert them to mp3 (and try out different bitrates), glitch them, re-encode those as .wav (easier to work with), and then clean up all the intermediate mp3s.

The concert night inside my installation at KW with @kmru and Okkyung Lee was wonderful. I am grateful to them for participating. It’s always extremely moving to see how music can be such a powerful communal force when the audience becomes one big organism. That’s what I’m doing it for, really. But the last month has been so full of projects that my body and brain have just been hurting these last few days.

I’m curious if any of you out there have recommendations for things to watch that are both entertaining and not too demanding, yet still good and interesting?
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#experimentalmusic life

My first 100% modular track in a while.

New Release: "Always Darkness, Always Dawn"

Gear: Mutable Instruments Beads; Make Noise Morphagene; Joranalogue Orbit 3; After Later Pachinko, u_O&C; Expert Sleepers Disting NT, Disting EX.

Copyright (C) 2025 Flock of Nazguls. License: CC-BY-NC-SA
All sonics by FoN. No AI. Play Loud.

#music #modularsynth #experimentalmusic

Listen to Always Darkness, Always Dawn by Flock of Nazguls on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/PMZhMw5emq5Esykx8

April, I'll play an #electroacousticmusic concert in Kyiv 21 & 22 will give a talk about electroacoustic etc. in/from Latin America, Asia, Africa
If you're around, feel free to drop me a line, then Hamselyt festival in Ternopil.
25-27

Iklectik, Ujif notfound, Alla Zagaikevych, Am Not, Ship Her Son, Deme, NFNR, Whaler, Undo Despot, Cedrik Fermont, Tears | Ov, stonefromthesky, ZSFU, Myaso Rave, VJ Lenoczka, 20ft Radio

Here is a moment from the larger work in progress, another track drafted in stylistic exploration. As honest as I can be, pulling on these threads of me.

All of what I do has acoustic instruments somewhere, but there is a nice electro-acoustic element to this one, kinda gives it a storybook feel or like the overture for a space opera.

My debut album was released five years ago today...

...but I don't feel like getting nostalgic.

I have a new album out.

https://romeorucha.bandcamp.com/album/boom

I'm continuing my databending series of blog posts. Today we'll discuss how to use Python to easily glitch up MP3s, adding warbles, clicks, and other cool noise!

https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/04/databending-part-3/

Here's some free download codes for my new 3-track experimental EP, The Orange Department. Made with 1970s test equipment, shortwave radio and effects.

In case the title doesn't make it obvious, it's an oblique reference to the Orange Menace, Tr*mp.

dkl7-5bpl
szea-bc7e
s26r-xxpu
j75c-gv54
7w7q-b92a
xs5f-w9x7
qq7v-ctm5
fbw7-xb9r
mdsa-ec6l
bqqr-uw8j

https://stevenraysound.bandcamp.com/yum

I'll post more when these get used.
#experimentalMusic #bandcamp

For not #BandcampFriday!
I worked on this 'little' weird project:
Solitude
a over 3 hours long minimalist meditation
Get it while it's free or name your price or just get the track you like most.
Might change my mind or even delete the whole thing
https://feinstruktur.bandcamp.com/album/solitude
#newrelease #bandcamp #ExperimentalMusic

No April Foolishness from me, just some new music to be discovered. This installment of Other People's Music brings you selections of jazz, experimental electronics, Berlin School and more! Read and listen here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/28/opm-from-jazz-to-plunderphonics/

@electronicmusic
@experimentalmusic
@jazzmusic

#music #MusicDiscovery #OPM #OtherPeople'sMusic #jazz #ExperimentalMusic #BerlinSchool

This week's Other People's Music has a lot to offer, including a deep, mind-bending dive into Plunderphonic electronica as the final review of the batch.

https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/28/opm-from-jazz-to-plunderphonics/

Before you get there, you'll find jazz, chip metal, Berlin School & more experimental electronics!

@experimentalmusic
@electronicmusic

I added a bunch of CLI options to shape the sound of my MP3 glitching script! Here's a demo of some of the possibilities:

https://github.com/reillypascal/mp3glitch

You've nearly survived another week. Reward yourself with some research chemicals and then listen to this absolute mindfuck of a deep kosmische workout spiked with noise, spoken-word ephemera and weird rhythms.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/metaphysical-shitposting

@experimentalmusic
@electronicmusic

I figured out automating the MP3 glitching I describe in this blog post! https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/02/databending-part-2/

It's extremely basic, but I almost never use Python, so I'm glad to find that it works. The code is on GitHub, and I'll be adding more as I refine it: https://github.com/reillypascal/mp3glitch

Here's the glitched up MP3 I tested:

Exactly 7 years ago, our #wiki got started!
http://musicgames.wikidot.com/

It was done with an announcement video from #notrightmusic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtbL0vLj2_0
(so many differences! still true to the idea)

If you have anything nice to say about our page on its birthday, please write below, in a contextless easily retootable form. :)