Gift Culture resonates a titillating mixture of worldly and astral sounds. The Gift Culture project is based on sounds, imagery, and art derived from DSP technology, analogue synthesis, and computer-based non-linear editing. Gift Culture attempts to share his explorations in this multi-dimensional space; to evoke sonic textures from samplers and synthesizers; a journey to discover their "voices", so to speak, using such techniques as granular synthesis, spectral resynthesis, FFT/IFFT based spectral morphing and interpolation, and whatever other exotic algorithms he can coax out of his myriad machines.
this looks interesting - ninjam
NINJAM is a program to allow people to make real music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking. NINJAM is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac OS X and Windows.
Here's some nice quotes about dreaming... Thanks bluelotusgirl! some dream more than others
check out blips.hit.bg for some nice blippy electronic kits and loops. leave a message at the *BLIP*
Open source hardware - how amazing and I think the next wave of things to come.... Things like this, the monome, and 3D fabrication really make me excited for all the things to come!
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onecaseman of The Music Lobby reviewed and recommended Terraforming by Gift Culture
Now this is a varied collection. Reminding me of the Hackers soundtrack (you know the one), Terraforming is a journey through 90s electronic sounds, all impeccably crafted so that each so is memorable and different from the next. There's ambient here, downtempo, IDM, ambient techno - it's all here to take you back to when Aphex Twin and Orbital were king. But Gift Culture provides more than just a trip down memory lane; he brings something new to the table by just how much he is able to vary his sound. The first track sounds like an uptempo groovy track, but then he segues to downtempo, even going for glitchy IDM for a while, and for the closer he even busts out some guitar over some extremely wobbly bass. This is obviously a case of a knowledgeable producer flexing his muscles, but not to the detriment of the music, as each track is crafted toward making a great song, if not a cohesive, flowing album. If you were born and bred on electronic music, this will definitely be a fun listen.
~ onecaseman - The Music Lobby
Two tracks by Gift Culture from the album Terraforming were featured and mixed live on MIT campus radio throughout the show.
Broadcasted live on Saturday, June 21st 2008 via DarkBOT radio - WMBR 88.1 FM - MIT campus - Cambridge.
Much Respect to electronic Max
Well, I've made it to Philly - we're packing up the vehicles now to head out to the Gaian Mind Summer Festival - I'm very excited to be attending and playing this year - my set is ready to go and I look forward to playing for a whole new group of folks. Everybody that I've met here so far seem very friendly - it's going to be a good fest, I can feel it!
Also, my new album entitled Terraforming just came out on Psymbolic--sounds - give it a listen and let me know what you think!
Tracklisting for the release of the new album Terraforming
by Gift Culture
01 - Fly Into Outer Space (4:58)
02 - Blissed Out (6:07)
03 - Saturn Return (6:11)
04 - Missing You (7:11)
05 - Kung Fu Hustle (8:28)
06 - Chrysalis (8:30)
07 - Small Wonder (6:39)
08 - New Horizons (8:38)
09 - Akashic (3:01)
Tune into the sound of the universe and take a journey through the infinite soundscape. Fly from the clouds.. far into outer s p a c e. The Gift Culture project focuses on creating an emotional connection through musical expressions. Within Terraforming, Gift Culture transforms the aural atmosphere positively through a composition of rhythmic loops, emotive melodies, cosmically warm textures and glitchy bits that all interconnect... grow, evolve and transcend.
Audio Mastering by Kri - Audio Valve
Album Cover Art by Ryan Hartsell
Album released via Psymbolic--sounds
Looks like I'm playing the Gaian Mind festival this year! Stay tuned for more details!
