
The Sonic Art of The Aural Initiative
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The
Adventures of Al Babaloo Along the Sonic Highway
(an online opus)
If you have not yet experienced the full Adventure
in all its surreal(ish) glory, then you're missing a potential treat,
so click here.
welcome,
enjoy your trip
baffling
MUZAK
everything went meta-sonic
dude
in a microwave
contagious
nihilism
the
bathroom suite
bubbles
random
soya
car
chat
en
ito cin
esrassa
three
squared
fanplastic
panpolystyrene writing paper
until
the ebb occurs
You can purchase 'The Adventures of Al Babaloo...' as a HomeGrown CDr - HERE
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Having
recently engaged JD in a battle of wills, Al Babaloo staggered
along the road to now in search of his 'masterpiece'...As he passed a rather stout yet limber rodent
collecting acid rain from the shoes of dead hippies he noticed a door
near his left elbow, above which a pink neon sign glared:
Babaloo announced the phrase, 'my brussels are oily'
through the speakhole and the door swung open. As he stepped through
the threshold he was confronted by Rae Elbow, who then
swiftly offered him a temporal tangerine. Obviously Babaloo ate
the thing, an act to which Rae replied, "welcome,
enjoy your trip".
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| sonic narcotics
Opus #1 in the Sonic Narcotics series
42min of mind-boggling audio, presented here in 9 parts...
part
1
part
2
part
3
part
4
part
5
part
6
part
7
part
8
part
9
You can purchase 'sonic narcotics'
as a HomeGrown CDr - HERE
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For
several days Al Babaloo had locked himself away in his studio
The Den of Iniquity, the only indication as to his continued
existence being the wisps of aural incense wafting down from the studio
hatch. As he emerged twitching like a luminous cod he was heard to mutter, "sonic
narcotics, dude!" before handing us another aural excursion through uncharted
sonic landscapes.
i
wandered outside
smoking
the sting of the jack
lingering
the crunch of a stranger's footsteps
invading my head
blighting what was left of me inside
psychotic crows
began mocking my tenuous grip
as reality dissolved around me
and
everything
went
meta-sonic
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circles
of strangers
Opus #2 in the Sonic Narcotics series
42min of aural hallucinations, presented here in 6 parts...
circle
1
circle
2
circle
3
circle
4
circle
5
circle
6
You can purchase 'circles of strangers'
as a HomeGrown CDr - HERE
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i
arrived at the gathering
already worse for wear
a gut full of jack
a pocket full of Manerix
and a mind
teetering
i knew the evening was gonna' be awkward
cos' the funk of beautiful people
overpowered the cigarette smoke
i slipped a Manerix between my lips
swallowed it down
to soften the beast
then slid into the nearest
circle of strangers...
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the islets of langerhans
Opus #3 in the Sonic Narcotics series
This material has been prodcued specifically for headphone listening
A 55 minute excursion into the sonified mind of Babaloo as he journeys through an aural dreamscape - presented here in 8 parts...
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 7
part 8
(Sample acknowledgements)
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Day 83 - atop my rock of solitude here in the islets of langerhans, at a serious distance from the majority,
the lingering effects of many a consecqutive night of auralised indulgencies invaidng my head, sucking on my thoughts like n intoxicaated leach.
Inspirationss are slithring esily through my sonificaatd cortex. mutatifying sounds emerhgingg rapdly az I fnd myslf sliedng into sanotherv bout ovv
sereous ssonic naarcosiissss ...attemmmting ,.. to captuer it all. .. on mye auralisre ... wow!.. here we go .. . .. |
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sonicosmotic 1 Featuring the first live recording of Al Babaloo's Sonicosmotic Orchestra Inlcudes the bonus track
My head slipped into a passing nebula
sonicosmotic 1 (40:38)
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
my head slipped into a passing nebula (20:20)
part 1
part 2
part 3
You can purchase 'sonicosmotic 1'
as a HomeGrown CDr - HERE
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...whilst merged with the nebula I was accosted by the zeitgeist who slipped me its secret blueprints, several constructive fumblings later I had concocted an awkward meta-instrument (the sonicosmotic orchestra ) that when enablised, ejaculated rancid sonus which smelled of hot capacitors. Unperturbed by the 'bleu' smoke that rose in enticing wisps from the rear of my devices, I pushed on with my improvisation until a twitching located around the neck of my tweed socks indicated that I should cease. When what was left of my senses returned, I digitised the results of my experimentation for posterity...
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Miscellaneous
aural oddities and other sonic experimentations
-
my brussels are oily
- rhythm thing
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this is not music
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so now you're strange
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internal
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the woman wears black
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