32 Miniature Themes

Solo Musical Compositions 2008

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A collection of musical compositions created over the last year or so under my solo moniker Avocado Kid.

Each song can be thought of as a soundtrack to a distinct imaginary world. As most of them are quite brief, I conceive of them as miniature themes, conjuring the essential impression of a scene and story.

The instruments I play on these tracks include electric and upright bass, drum kit, guitars, electric piano and organ, violin, bamboo saxophone, trombone, synthesizers, drum machines, african and latin percussion, melodica, voice.

skulktafunk

myseps

pineapple kugel

the flock

top of the hill

woody

south san juan swagger

southie soul

hotroots

chowboy’s lament

like a million bux

gray green

lunchmeat

taking up anew

frozenlake

impeachment dub

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Funk Improvisation For One Performer and Archival Dancers

Music/Video Performance 2002

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Funk Improvisation For One Performer and Archival Dancers

My first piece that linked musical gesture to video processing.
Programmed in Max/MSP/Jitter, this piece is conceived as a dialogue between myself as musical performer and the dancing figures contained in the video material. The visual qualities of the video playback are controlled by the sounds generated by my bass, and my playing is in turn influenced by the randomly-generated combinations of video clips, video filters, and audio loops.

Excerpt of performance video

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