Behind the scenes of I Like Yummy Things by the Neurodivergent Orchestra

 

Here's a bunch of pics from behind the scenes of Neurodivergent Orchestra performing, I Like Yummy Things. You can watch the video above... We did this amazing show on Saturday.

pre-show/post show food.

A new instrument. The Concert Melvin. Sounds like a wild metal monster. Was fun trashing away on it.

My gear. Monotron. Duotron. Kazoo. Voice changer toy. Wax paper. MP3 player. Notebook full of prompts. The MP3s on the player were all fx drenched mp3s of our prior sets.

The view from where I stand during the show.

Tim's shirt. Fits the show well.

Tim's pedals.

Another pic of the amazing Concert Melvin. 

A wall of percussion!

I'll try and post some more pics soon-ish.

Yours in photos of live jams,

Count Robot

The Sky

The Sky

The sky is wildfire orange

As orange as the corpulent flesh of the spray tanned hate machine

And this is normal now?

How?

Why aren’t we fixing this?

Remixing this ugly reality to something better forever for all of you, me, them, and us

We need to be the change that we need to become 

Yours in smoke,

Count Robot

Thank You!

 Of course, I'm not sure who is reading this blog, but I just wanted to say, thank you.

Hope you're all well.

Yours in thanks,

Count Robot

Road to the Sky

 

Road to the Sky

A write up of the collaborative album Road to the Sky by experimental artist Vanessa LeFevre & Astro Al.

This is an all instrumental affair. 

Road to the Sky

An album by Vanessa LeFevre & Astro Al

Vanessa LeFevre: Diddly Bow, the Bass Lamellophone and the Spoke Projector Metallophone

These are instruments that Vanessa made herself or purchased from indie makers. All are hand made and wild.

Astro Al is:

DNA Girl: electric guitar, mandolin, FX

Count Robot: genometer, FX, Aztec death whistle, kazoo, monotron, duotron, duck call

A genometer is an old oscillator made for testing electronics. It can make warped sounds and tones. Bands like the Silver Apples and Hawkwind (in their early days) built their sound around them.

Recorded 7/15/23 on a late Saturday afternoon in Saugus MA. Vanessa has a nice large space in her house which makes a good recording spot.

It’s a rather raw recording. You can hear pedal buttons being pressed. We weren’t aiming for studio perfection.

Copyright 2024 Vanessa LeFevre & Astro Al

All material by Vanessa LeFevre & Astro Al

1. Take the Wheel 5:54 -DNA Girl slinging that guitar! Vanessa made some great tones here too! 

2. The Shimmering Line 4:23 -This one is a more textural piece. A wall of sounds. 

3. Sideways Dance 6:04 - Vanessa making those deep percussion sounds. DNA Girl carving up some guitar

4. Road to the Sky 6:41 - The squealing weirdness at the beginning is the genometer. This one is the title track probably because it’s one of the standout tracks. DNA Girl hits it!

5. Sea Lions’ Frolic 5:22 - Ah the kazoo makes an appearance. Vanessa is unleashing some wild sounds. 

6. Bright Moon 6:16 - A nice spooky interplay of sounds. Vanessa leans into the Diddley Bow on this one making a nice tonal sweep of sounds.

7. Inside the Wheel 7:02 - A good one to end on with the chaos of sounds swallowing your ears. The ending of this track is a great album closer.

I think Vanessa named most of the tracks.

I like to try different stuff with the production style. Believe it or not I started out emulating the mastering style of electronic dance music for this album then shifted things a bit.

Yours in instrumental music,

Count Robot

Second episode of the Dining Zone

 https://open.substack.com/pub/diningzone/p/the-dining-zone-episode-2?r=361p7j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Above is a link to episode 2 of the Dining Zone.

Hope you enjoy!

yours in food,

Count Robot

mp3

 There is an upcoming recording session for our audio project, Amplissima.

We usually record in outdoor spaces (though we have done some recordings in a really acoustically interesting attic space). I am always trying to come up with different things to do during our sessions. One thing that came to mind recently is using an MP3 player to randomly playback severely altered versions of our prior recordings while recording our new works.

 

Hopefully it turns out groovy.

 

Yours in experimentation,

Count Robot

AI slop

Question: What can you do that AI can’t?

Answer: Be really creative instead of regurgitating pr-existing stolen work.

Yours in AI art doesn’t exist,

Count Robot