{"id":4022,"date":"2009-01-24T01:11:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T01:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2009-02-04T18:05:11","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T18:05:11","slug":"buddha-machine-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2009\/01\/24\/buddha-machine-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha Machine Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love my Buddha Machine, the music release by Fm3<\/a> which comes as a set of sampled loops in a plastic case looking like a cheap pocket radio. This is one music work which can’t be downloaded since the physicality of the thing is as much a part of its attraction and purpose as the loops themselves. It’s probably the most playfully inventive “album” since Ch\u00f6re & Soli<\/em><\/a> (1983) by Die T\u00f6dliche Doris, 8 miniphone records packaged in a box with a battery-driven player like those found in old talking dolls.<\/p>\n

I only own one Buddha Machine so I haven’t had the opportunity to try creating a choir of the things with each playing a different loop. Robert Henke’s marvellous Layering Buddha<\/em><\/a> album does this with considerable sophistication, processing the sounds through his bespoke digital filters. For those without their own Buddha Machine or Henke’s technology there’s now the Buddha Machine Wall<\/a> which allows you to not only play with one machine but to also play several simultaneously. This is actually a lot more fascinating than I expected, it’s essentially an ambient music machine for the web, following the Brian Eno model of creating ambient patterns by layering loops. It’s great; give it a try.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Layering Buddha Live<\/a> | Two free downloads from Robert Henke<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 God in the machines<\/a>
\n\u2022 Layering Buddha by Robert Henke<\/a>
\n\u2022 Generative culture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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