Sample Variance VIBES PCM 11.19.19
Channel: VIBES Peabody Computer Music
Date: 2020-03-04

“Sample Variance” - November 19th, 2019
Peabody Conservatory Room 309c

List of music:

Do Not Want Me to Reply Again - Nishan Jiang - 0:00

“This music work uses the Changsha dialect as the voice material of ‘I have told you that I would not come back for dinner’. Through different disassembly and combination, as well as the use of effects, it expresses an irritating and impatient emotion. The material came from a time my mother gave me a call when I was in a major course, so I replied her impatiently, and the impatient emotion derived.”

Nirvana - Bei Yan - 4:05

“Nirvana is a piece of music I composed for a Mongolian dance. It gives people a sense of peace and enjoyment of nature and grasslands. I used vocal samples recorded by myself, as well as drum samples to describe an invigorating horse riding scene.”

Inked - Yanqi Chen - 8:11

“I’m always fascinated by those sounds in our daily life that may be too neglected to become something ‘musical’. This piece mainly uses samples recorded from soda bottles. When an extreme time-stretch is applied to the glass sound, an audible pitch gradually appears. Each bottle has its own pitch and frequency. When they crash into each other, they become instruments and generate the music.”

Dreamland - Yuxi Zhang-  11:51

“Dreamland is a minimalist scoring for a video of many samples. I combined various percussion instruments together and played them repetitively, using polyrhythm and phasing techniques to depict a scattered, dream-like scenario.”

A Piano in Samplers - Zijun Wang - 16:17

“First, I placed a piano sample in a sampler track with a fixed score. Then, I played it and made its outcome a sample, placed it back in the same sampler and played it again. I repeated this process three times, each time with something different and new, and each time with the sample manipulated on a new meta-level.”

The Chinese Hits - Jingzhe Wang - 25:44

“In this work I sampled from both synthesizers and from the Peking opera, including its percussion instruments and aria singings, to create a fusion of cultures of the world, as well as reality and virtuality.”

All Shaken Up —- Jeremy Harvey - 28:31

“With Thanksgiving fast approaching, this piece is especially fitting. Inspired by the innovative percussion group STOMP, All Shaken Up uses sampled recordings of pots, pans, spoons, measuring cups and other kitchenware. Beginning with a simple rhythmic motif, the piece creates the image of someone working and experimenting in the kitchen. Other rhythmic motifs and ostinatos are introduced as the cooking intensifies, interspersed with the sounds of other activities. Gradually as the cook tries to manage the timing of all of their dishes, the scene in the kitchen becomes wildly chaotic until it gets completely out of hand. Here’s hoping your Thanksgiving goes much more smoothly than what happened here! Happy Thanksgiving!”


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