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Blastcorp’s Art>Harp Project - Movie Update!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Hi, things have been busy over the last couple of weeks, the Art>Harp Project is in full swing! I’ve finshed the first 20 artworks, with more to do still, so order up! Here’s a video of me making one of them. More info, pictures and the order form can be found by clicking here.


Blastcorp Art Project - Order Now!

Friday, August 8th, 2008

art harp header

From August to December 2008, I am making a limited edition series of personalised, commissioned artworks, to earn the rest of the money needed to buy a harp. Each artwork is commissioned; you can choose what you would like painted, and then i paint it!

I am taking orders as of Friday 8th August, 2008.

Please visit the Blastcorp Art>Harp Project page to find out what it’s all about, or just download the Blastcorp Art Order Form now.

The artworks look like this:
artharp001

rock the beat with your hands!

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

well, i’ve got a new favourite drum machine. its called glitchDS and it rocks. its a homemade piece of software for the nintendo ds and you can get it here! it’s like having an MPC in your pocket! yay.

monome attack

Friday, June 20th, 2008

i had the pleasure of conducting a monome and reaktor workshop yesterday, but not to your usual tech nerds and electronica buffs. the crowd was mainly over 40’s japanese women who conduct a lovely english speaking class in fukai.

after disappointing by not being able to play waltzing matilda on the monome, i got serious and we all rocked the beats, big time. this is the thank you note i got after the session:

‘Hello,Kris.
Thank you for all your work for us.
We could know the new way of music closely.
The drum beat was so nice!’

Needless to say, it was a great day out.

maxMSP3

monome10

class
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In other news, red plum and snow mixing is going well, and the harp is proving as troublesome as ever.

work/ideas…

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

yes, still working on the red plum & snow album (nearly half way there!), plus throwing around some big ideas to set up an ‘against the industry’ label/ditsro/booking/archive concept. more news soon, as things fall into place… there could be a blastcorp retrospective in there somewhere too…

boring…

Monday, May 19th, 2008

hi, i’ve been staring at protools for a month now. there’s some new blastcorp stuff here plus i’ve mixed 3 red plum & snow songs for the album. my head hurts. oh, and i have been outside, there’s a new video up in the japan adventures section to prove it.

mixing…

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

well, it’s a funny world. i was right into making beats for a bit, but thats on the backburner temporarily as i’m busy mixing the debut album of my other band, red plum & snow. it’s an hours worth of sweet, soft songs and mountains of feedback! i’m also spending the mornings practicing harp and my spare time trying to work out how to get the extra $10,000 i need to buy my own harp…

check that mix!
mixing

practice…

Friday, April 11th, 2008

hi, its april, its warmer, im still working away in my studio.
and ive been busy. look at all the practice i do!
what this has to do with making banging distorted dance music i dont really know.
its my softer side coming out…
oh, and the song on the video is an old glitchy thing i never got round to releasing…
ok, bye!