EP ALBUM: ROUTINES, RITUALS, & REPETITIONS

http://genthalz03.bandcamp.com/album/routines-rituals-repetitions

ROUTINES, RITUALS, & REPETITIONS
by Gen Thalz d[0-0]b

5 track EP (Extended-Paranoia) from the lost subterranean chapter of pure mundane day to day routines, rituals, and repetitions which was converted into voltages and feedback; sequenced and loop into sounds...

Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Experimental, Ritual, Noise, Acid, Glitch, Drone, minimal
Year: 2016

released January 9, 2016

Created, Mixed, and Arranged by Gen Thalz
Produced by Marlon B. Zoleta
Album Cover by Gen Thalz

Ex-nihilo Studio

© all rights reserved

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Act I: The Subterranean Chapter

"43684259A+!M"

Synthesist | Electronics

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Lowercase Music/Sound Art

This surprise us, our track Maxwell's Demon was featured in this Youtube blog (above). d[-_]b

To the team of This Exists Youtube channel, thank you for recognizing our humble and not so accurate (work) contribution to the Lowercase genre. Keep existing! :)

below is our track: Maxwell's Demon

Feedback Loop [short story]

“FEEDBACK LOOP”

[short story] by Gen Thalz

Aux Send Line/In

4 Tape Cue EQ

3.5mm mono LPF 95%

*Alaala

“Hon, honey! Nakikinig ka ba? Kanina pa ko nagkukwento di ka man lang kumikibo.”, sita ng misis sa kanyang mister na nagmamaneho sa highway. “Ha? Eh, sori. Parang nangyari na ‘to?”, nagulat at nagtatakang tugon ng mister. “Talagang nangyari na ‘to dahil araw-araw tayo dumadaan dito! Pinagsasabi mo…”, imbyernang sagot ni misis. “Hindi pramis.”, sagot ulit ni mister, di na kumibo ang babae tumanaw na lang sa daan at sandali silang nanahimik.

Maya-maya. “Hon, ano ba nangyayari sayo? Kanina pa kita pinagmamasdan parang di ka mapakali, wala ka sa sarili baka mabangga tayo niyan. Gusto mo ako na magmaneho?”, usisa ni misis. “Ha? Hindi, ano. Parang bigla lang sumama pakiramdam ko, para kong lalagnatin”, paliwanag ni mister sabay himas sa batok. Nagalala naman bigla si misis at agad nitong hinipo ang noo at leeg ng mister kung mainit ba, “Wala ka naman lagnat, ano gusto mo hon? Tubig?”. “Ok lang ako hon, don’t worry. Parang may naalala lang ako na di ko alam kung ano…”, “Ha?”, “Pakiramdam ko may dapat akong gawin at baguhin pero di ko maisip kung ano ba yun, alam mo yung ganung pakiramdam?”.

Lalung nagalala ang misis, “May problema ba hon? Sabihin mo sakin, sa work ba? Baka stress ka… May nagawa ba ko? Anong gusto mong gawin ko hon?”, malambing na pagtatanong nito. “Hindi hon wala, bigla ko lang naramdaman ngayon ‘to. Siguro dahil ‘to sa panaginip ko kagabi na may tinutuklas daw ako kasi gusto ko daw mabago sitwasyon ko doon sa panaginip, tapos ang lungkot-lungkot ng pakiramdam…”, salaysay ng mister. “Bakit hon ano daw yung sitwasyon mo?”, “Hindi daw maayos eh, magulo.”, “Eh ano naman daw yung tinutuklas mo?”. Bago makasagot ang mister ay hui na ang lahat, hindi na niya nagawang makakabig pakaliwa at tuluyan silang bumangga sa trak na nasa harapan nila, hindi kumagat ang preno. Napasigaw na lang ang misis, “HOOOOOOOON!!!”

*Panaginip

Saktong 3:30 ng hapon, uwian na. Agad na nagsitayuan ang mga estudyante nang marinig ang “Class dismiss” sa kanilang maestra. “Ano Ter sama ka ba?”, “Kayo na lang tol, next time na lang ako…”, matamlay na sagot nito. “Sige tol, ‘kaw bahala… Oy, tara na! Intay!”.

Hapong-hapo na naglakad pauwi magisa ang trese anyos na si Dexter. Mabigat na may halong lumbay ang kanyang pakiramdam na hindi naman niya maintindihan kung bakit. Tahimik siyang naglalakad, nakayuko, deretso, walang lingon-lingon hangang sa makabanga ang isang mama. “Sori po.”, malumay niyang pasintabi habang nakayuko pa din at tutuloy sa paglakad nang bigla siyang hinawakan ng mama sa balikat. Nagkatinginan sila, bahagyang nagulat si Dexter na parang kinikilala ang mama. Ngumiti ang mama at nagsabi, “Mangarap ka, habang maaga pa isipin mo na kung ano ang gusto mo.”, saka ito umalis. Sandaling natulala si Dexter, nawirduhan, “Pamilyar sakin ang mga matang iyon, saan ko ba siya nakita?!”.

“Sabi ko na e! Hindi ako maaaring magkamali! Siya nga ‘yung mamang lagi kong napapanaginipan na umiiyak!", bulong niya sa sarili. "Mama hintay!”, hinabol ni Dexter ang mama subalit bigla naman itong nawala nang di niya naapuhap kung saan ito dumaan o nagpunta.

*Ang Nakaraan…

“Out of Body, Try Number 23. This time magagawa ko na ‘to, hindi pwedeng hindi! Focus. Focus. Focus… ”, bubulong-bulong na kinukumbinsi ng lalaki ang sarili habang inaayos ang manipis na kutson sa sahig. Matapos nun, pinatay niya ang ilaw at sinindihan isa-isa ang siyam na kandila at ilang pirasong insenso. Bahagyang nagliwanag sa silid at unti-unting nangamoy bulaklak ang paligid.

Isang malamyos, banayad, at atmospheric na musika ang tumugtog nang magsalang ng plaka sa kanyang 2^nd hand vinyl record player ang lalaki. Lumagok siya sa isang basong tubig, humiga at saka pumikit. Pinapakiramdaman ang paghinga na para bang may ritmo itong sinusundan hanggang sa siya ay makaramdam ng kakaibang vibration mula sa kanyang balakang.

6.     

6.          6. Sa isang tahimik na lugar humiga, ituon ang atensyon sa pag inhale-exhale.

7.       7. I-visualize mabuti ang taon at kung saan.

8.       8. Concentrate, ‘wag matakot.

Sa makailang beses na niyang sinusubukan ito, ay gamay na niya ang mga dapat gawin sa 17 out of body guidelines na kanyang sinulat at idinikit sa pader upang hindi niya ito malimutan.

The Numbers Stations [industrial techno|noise-glitch|minimal] ~ Gen Thalz

*This is an acousmatic techno track. All sampled sounds is from different mysterious Numbers Stations on radio and internet. Sound collage/concoction into something minimally aggressive-harsh-noisy and glitchy with a feel of lo-fi industrial rustiness and dirtiness.

Bandcamp download: http://genthalz03.bandcamp.com/track/the-numbers-stations

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genthalzspace

Credits:
released 24 August 2015

Track: The Numbers Stations
Creator: Gen Thalz
Genre: Electronic
Style: industrial techno, noise, glitch, minimal
Year: 2015
Type: single release

_Special Thanks to:
The Lincolnshire Poacher
The Swedish Rhapsody
UVB-76 (The Buzzer)
Webdriver Torso

Re-sample, mixed, and arrange by Gen Thalz
Produced by Marlon B. Zoleta

*The video clip is from AT&T archives - Telephone Switchboard (Old and New), from the 1920's onward. We just cut and select a few scenes and speed it up a little bit to sync and match the timing of our audio. We immediately like and chose this AT&T video clip for this track because it really (obviously) has the feel and vibes of the sound per se.  We also like the lo-fi look of it and the patching of cables and dialing on those massive machines.

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Gen Thalz ~ catacombs [acousmatic|image to sound}soundscape]

*This is our entry for the Sound Interpretation Dedication to Paris posted on Experimental Music (group). We've never been to Paris that's why we used the medium from where we got some basic info and perceptions about this city, and that is:

- a mini tour guide video on Paris
- two photos of Louvre Pryramid during night and

*We then transformed these video and photos into audio files as our “raw sounds” which is kind a glitchy, harsh and noisy at first. Next, by doing some sonic alchemy and aural sorcery (naks!) ;), we mold these raw sounds into what we feel about this City of Lights - very serene, modern yet classical, seductive and secretive. And like all the cities in the world, we knew Paris also have a dark side, flaws, and haunting memories like the catacombs beneath it. With these mindset, we created this soundscape.

Track: Catacombs
Genre: Electronic
Style: ambient, drone, minimal
Year:2015

*The video is an actual found footage of a man lost in this massive Catacombs of Paris. We manipulate it in some degree just to satisfied our impulsive needs of "What if?".

We hope you enjoy it as we enjoy the process. Thank you... :)

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An Equation [spectrogram/mono channel] ~ Gen Thalz

*Found a simple way to do the Aphex Twin's tricks of embedding an image on spectrogram of an audio. Maybe we're a little too late for this but the process is still fun and interesting, here's our take in mono channel... ;)

Track: An Equation
Genre: Electronic
Style: abstract/noise/minimalism
Year: 2015

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UNPLUGGED (visual poetry)...ü

Nodes of Disposition (The Further)

Arteries of Temperament

[sound.sculpture|readymades]

*some of our string instruments.ü

- prepared, arranged, photographed, and remixed by Gen Thalz

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PAPER CUT-OUTS d[□_□]b

Ratio Oms 

[Glitch Paper Cut-Outs]

model = Ms. Tori Amos :)

monomaniac

[Abstract Paper Cut-Outs]

Materials:

- Old Music Magazine

- Bond Paper

- Colored Paper

- Scissors

- Cutter

- Scotch Tape (clear)

*our take for the Paper Cut-Outs, popularized by Henri Matisse d[●_●]b

Minimal Poem d(0_o)b

Perplexity

by Gen Thalz

*short poetry

LABABO [short story]

"Lababo"
[a short story] by Gen Thalz

Liquid detergent soap.
2 tasang mainit na tubig
Wanted Tubero/02-3656760
Boy Kuko

10am. Lunes. Tulad nang kinagawian, eksakto-impunto sa oras kung buksan ng mga gwardiya ang mga pintuan ng isang mall sa Quezon City. Madami agad tao, nagaabang, nagmamadaling makapasok. Kaya naman pagbukas ng pintuan mistulang mga nakawala sa hawla ang mga mamimili sa pagmamadali na para bang last day na ng mall. Ambibilis maglakad lalu na yung isang babae na naka-sleeveless, "pek-pek" short, at high-heels na mga 3 inches ang taas. May dala syang paper bag at patungo sa palikuran.

Pagdating sa banyo agad sya dumeretso sa isang cubicle, binuksan ang pintuan at biglang napatili, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!". Umalingawngaw ang tili, naalarma ang mga gwardiya. Pinuntahan agad ang nasabing cr at dito nila nasalubong ang babae na humahangos, "May lalake...may lalake...!", hinihingal nitong sabi. "Anong lalake? Kabubukas lang ng mall.", "Meron! Andun sa female, sa cubicle!". Pinasok ng dalawa sa gwardiyang rumispunde ang cr. Dito nila nakita ang isang lalake, naka-sando, pantalon, ngunit walang sapin sa paa ang hindi magkamayaw kung panong tatakas.

"Hoy! Tigil!", sigaw ng isang gwardiya habang nakatutok ang baril. Huminto naman agad ang lalake at nagtaas ng kamay, "Wala kong kasalanan... Nagaayos lang ako ng lababo, hindi ko alam bat ako napunta dito.. Asan ako?!.", pagsusumamo nito. Agad siyang dinakma at binitbit palabas ng dalawang gwardiya, "Anong hindi mo alam, sa opisina ka namin magpaliwanag! Ang aga-aga nang gugulo ka dito!", yamot na sabi ng isang gwardiya.

Dinala ang lalake sa isang silid ng security office kung saan ini-interrogate ang mga nahuhuling shoplifters, nawawalang bata at iba pang violators ng mall. Medyo mainit sa loob, walang bintana at tanging ceiling fan lang ang nagsisilbing hangin doon. Pagpasok ng chief security sa silid, "Bakit ka nasa cr ng mga babae? Mamboboso ka no? Ang aga-aga, may dala ka pang flashlight ha, at anong gagawin mo dito sa liyabe ha?!", "Sir wala kong kasalanan papaliwanag ko po 'yan, wala ho kong ginagawa, nagaayos lang ako ng-", "Lahat naman sinasabi 'yan...", snob na sagot ng pulis habang nagbubuklat ng notebook gamit ang daliring nilawayan.

"Ganto po kasi 'yun sir, aayusin ko sana 'yung baradong lababo namin sa bahay. Nung binuksan ko yung pinto sa baba mismo ng lababo kung nasan ang tubo, nagtaka ko bakit parang anlayo nito. Kaya kumuha muna ko ng flashlight (sabay tingin sa flashlight na nasa mesa). Gumapang ako paloob para abutin ang tubo kaso nagtataka ko bat parang hindi ko maabot, palayo nang palayo...", "Tapos ano? Bigla ka nahulog sa kawalan at namalayan mo na lang nandun ka na sa cr?", singit ng chief security na bugnot sa salaysay ng lalake. "Ganun nga ho! Pano nyo nalaman sir?", gulat na sabi ng lalake. Suminghal ang chief security, "Lakas ng tama mo boy, ano ba tinira mo?", "Sir maniwala kayo, nagsasabi ko ng totoo! Hindi ko talaga alam bat ako nandito! Hindi ko nga alam anong lugar 'to, kung nasan ako?! Please naman sir...". Hindi nakikinig si chief tuloy lang ito sa pagsulat sa notebook, "Pati binigay mong ID kagaguhan e...", "Sir lisensya ko talaga 'yun... Please sir maniwala kayo...", "Pangalan mo ulet?", "Felisto po (tinignan sya pailalim ni chief). Felisto Swaklantora ho.". Napakunot ang noo ng chief security, "Anong klaseng pangalan 'yan? Sulat mo.". Yamot nitong sabi sabay abot ng notebook at ballpen sa lalake.

Matapos maisulat ng lalake ang kanyang pangalan, tumayo si chief. "Sandali nga, 'wag kang aalis dyan. Tse-tsekin ko lang 'yung pina-research ko.". Naghimas lang ng mukha ang lalake gamit ang dalawang palad pataas sa buhok sabay yuko habang nakadiin ang dalawang kamay sa ulo at pilit iniisip kung nasan sya at panong napunta sya sa lugar na 'yun. Ibinilin naman ni chief sa gwardiyang nakaupo sa labas ng pintuan ng silid na bantayan ang lalake.

"Balita?", "Sir walang record sa kahit saan ang lalake, maski ang ahensyang nag-issue ng lisensya nya wala din.", "Sinasabi ko na nga ba...", "Pero sir may nabasa ko sa net tungkol sa Biringan City na nasa address nung lalake.", "Ano isa daw itong lugar tambayan ng mga batang sabog?", "Hindi sir, kwentong kababalaghan (nagsalubong lang ng kilay si chief). Invisible city raw ito sa may bandang Samar. Parang lugar ng mga engkanto ba na 'di sinasadyang napupuntahan ng mga taga--dun. 'Di ko alam kung totoo sir pero natalakay din pala 'to sa Mel & Joey noon, panoorin nyo to...", salaysay ng gwardiyang naatasang mag-research ni chief. Natatawa si chief pero seryoso pa din nyang pinanood ang sinasabing video sa youtube.

"Kalokohan 'yan! Ginagago lang tayo ng ungas na 'yun!", inis na sabi ni chief habang pabalik sa silid na ilang hakbang lang ang layo mula sa computer desk bitbit ang lisensya ng lalake. "Ok. Tama na ang lok-", napahinto ang chief dahil wala dun ang lalake. Agad sinita ang bantay, "Asan 'yung lalake?!", "Sir andyan po, wala pong lumalabas dito kanina pa...", "PUNYETA! WALA NGA!!!". Nagkagulo ang mga sekyu na naroon sa security office dahil sa bulyaw na 'yun ni chief. Lahat sila walang nakita o hindi nakitang lumabas sa silid ang lalake at maliit lang ang office para hindi nila mapansin 'yun kaya naman lahat ay nagtataka. Pina-check ng chief sa cctv monitors, wala din. Ginalugad nila ang buong opisina kung may posibleng malulusutan, wala din. Tanging liyabe at flashlight lang ang naiwang bakas roon ng lalake pati na din ang lisensya nito na hawak ni chief.

~ END ~

Random Sculptures [minimal]

The Looper

*made of VHS tape loop

Broken Loop

*made of VHS tape loop

Barring

*made of VHS tape reel

Cymatron

*from our last year experinment "Dance of the Frequencies"

Zentangle

iLLUSTRATION no. 33

"Conundrum"

*minimal

Gus Gus - Airwaves [Gen Thalz remold]

Official entry for its remix contest.

Remold|Reconstruct|Rework

Original Artist: Gus Gus
Track: Airwaves
Remold: Gen Thalz
Genre: Electronic
Style: ambient, drone, minimal techno

http://play.beatport.com/contests/gus...

Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/gen-thalz

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genthalzspace

*Cover photo is a Gus Gus banner that we tweaked a little bit to compliment the contest's concept.

Digital Chances|Aleatoric

Rework d(-_-)b

*HisStringInstrument

Remodel d(-_-)b

*HisStringInstrument

Remold d(-_-)b

Reconstruct d(-_-)b

Databending: Sound to Image

Synapses/Audio=4'33"remix

Syntax/Audio=EightEqualsZero

Singularity/Audio=6EQUJ5

John Cage's 4'33" [cover/remix] ~ Gen Thalz

Live Performance|Electronic Realization

Here's our humble live performance interpretation of John Cage's most important and notorious composition piece he had ever made that literally change our perception of sound, music, noises, silence, and everything in between.

We used a combination of electronic and acoustic instrument here to interpret and remix this great composition as we saw fit. The piece is meant to play in 4 minutes and 33 seconds, hence the title. But as we enjoyed performing and feeling it, we came to what most musicians or bands says when they were so "into" the feel of the music as they were playing or jamming - the "in the zone" or "space out" state, that's why we messed up time, and unintentionally extended it a bit longer. So one can consider this as an extended version.

4'33" is divided into 3 sections/movements, we marked it by flipping the music sheet. All sounds is natural, raw, and incidental. No post-prod, eq, compression, or mastering

You can aslo notice our intense breathing because we are so nervous performing it, afraid of making mistakes and not to deliver it properly. We really hope that we did well.

Setup:

- Tape loop and feedback loop on 4 track Analog tape recorder

- Korg DS-10 digital synthesizer

- Xylophone

- 3 Bond paper as music sheet (if you may)

"There is no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound. No one can have an idea once he really starts listening." ~ John Cage [avant-garde artist|chance music pioneer|mushroom collector]

Visuality in the City

"Cubism"

*GMA-Kamuning (QuezonCity)

09.03.2014

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun [Pink Floyd cover]

*please listen with headphones

Our first attempt to do a complete cover song and it's full of pretension, dreams, delusions, and ambition - considering it's from the Floyds'! But hey, we need to get this psychedelic paranoia out of our heads, also this is a personal favorites of us from them and we are deeply moved after hearing the version of this song from the great Mr. Mika Vainio (electronic/noise musician), and our newly found progressive metal band OSI (Office of Strategic Influence). So we dearly hope that we give justice covering this trippy-enigmatic-magical song though the recordings is not on its best quality and vocals is a bad idea haha :)

All sounds was made from analog electronic hardware, except for the "bell" or the sine wave sounds which we done/programmed using a free android app called S.A.M.M.I., there is also some noises that happens during recording and editing which is not intentional but we see it as "happy accident", we like it so we keep it.

- recorded using an old multitrack tape recorder.
- arranged, master, and mixdown using DAW.
- spoken sampled words by Morpheus from The Matrix movie (redpill scene).

And for the visuals, obviously it is composed of several random footage of our gears that we used overlapping each other, combined with a different video feedback loop clip that we shot using an ordinary webcam staring at itself on a pc monitor... No special effects and animation.

Lyrics-

Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning
Under the eaves the swallow is resting

Set the controls for the heart of the sun.

Over the mountain watching the watcher.
Breaking the darkness, waking the grapevine.
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine.

Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun.
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun.

Morpheus: The matrix is everywhere, its all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. (Neo: What truth?) That you are a slave Neo, like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you can not smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind.

Look/Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his questions to Heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving?

Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun (several times).

Morpheus: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes...

Photography: minimal

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