18 November 2012

new release from the label Serious Business CDr.
Somnaphon "My New Auto-Rotating Shirt"
Released on 3" business card cd.




Kill Collector Culture compilation

info from Bandcamp page:
The inaugural compilation of the KILL COLLECTOR CULTURE netlabel. Participants were invited to make a track with the theme and intention of opposing consumerism and commodity fetishism in underground music. Several tracks include the sound of actual records being destroyed.

Bonus video and drawing by The Raytownian(s) are included.
released 01 September 2012
RJ Myato - curator. 
 
 
contains:
August Traeger "Corroded Physical Project"
 
 
 

01 October 2012

Various : Volume as an Independent Musical Construct (Welcome to the 21st)

As the title states... compilation of compositions based upon volume being an independent musical construct.

Contains:
August Traeger "DNCm3e"





30 August 2012

Somnaphon : Rain 1 (Webbed Hand Records)



 Somnaphon : Rain 1

part of Webbed Hand's Rain Series of minimal / ambient rain music.




18 August 2012

various artists : Se7en Seconds in Hea7en (Waxen Wings)








compilation of 7 second tracks.
contributions attributed to August Traeger.

download includes a video featuring every track of the comp.

25 July 2012

somnaphon : god's favorite playmate videos (butthole surfers remixes)

videos / audio from the Somnaphon : God's Favorite Playmate c30 tape.
contains reconstuctions of songs by the Butthole Surfers.



Somnaphon : Creep
remix of "Creep in the Cellar"





Somnaphon : Kuntztrangers
remix of "Kuntz" and "Strangers Die Everyday"



a couple more are available on my Youtube Page

24 July 2012

somnaphon ||| hemretic poles video

somnaphon : hemretic poles
audio / video by August Traeger








v/a : "The Scream" (Webbed Hand Records)



Compilation curated by Loopool (Jean-Paul Garnier). All audio constructed from a single second long audio sample.

Contains:
Somnaphon "Aum Generator"

http://webbedhandrecords.com/wh234-va-loopool-presents/



22 July 2012

v/a : generic noise comp


Contains:
August Traeger "digital file"
 




And the sequel:

https://archive.org/details/GenericNoiseComp.IielectricBoringYou

And the *ahem* REAL sequel:
https://archive.org/details/GenericNoiseComp.2theRealOne



07 July 2012

various artists : in tongues (waxen wings)



‘In Tongues’ is made up of songs written using ONLY sounds made by
the human voice. This means no oscillators, no traditional synths or
instruments, etc. Of course any and all effects, manipulations,
modifications and resynthesis were both permitted and encouraged
in the creation of these works.

Contains Somnaphon track "and he entered the path"

01 July 2012

justin mark lloyd + various artists : minimal & juxtaposition



Somnaphon contributed to this compilation / project.

Release info:
This is a compilation of minimal tracks submitted by nearly 50 different experimental artists from around the globe. These 2 to 5-layer tracks were mixed, matched and layered by Justin Marc Lloyd. Besides light mastering, none of the submitted sounds were altered during the collaging process.

19 June 2012

various artists - walking without rhythm (Intelligent Machinery)

compilation created using recordings of singing deserts / droning dunes.




features Somnaphon track "I am an animal, ten miles long, crawling across my tongue"

18 June 2012

Somnaphon - Hello Everyone

new handmade release of previously released material, made for local consumption / trade at shows / etc.

Somnaphon : Hello Everyone

All sound / art by August Traeger


Tracklisting:
01. Eye Calypso
02. Batch Leg 34-2
03. Spermpuncher
04. Dweller On The Threshold
05. The Dutch Women's Annual Plant Races
06. Creep
07. Slow Violet
08. We Wore Silent Dresses
09. Hemretic Poles
10. Kardiness
11. Llanquihue

05 June 2012

various artists : give me a sine (Waxen Wings)

really cool new compilation released on Waxen Wings:

contains the somnaphon track "eclat ibex"

info from release:
All songs written using ONLY sine waves in their creation. All oscillations, modulations, lfo's, envelopes, etc, use only sine waves. No samples or outside source audio were permitted on this releases, unless of course the samples were of pure sine waves. Download includes full 8 panel artwork and extensive liner notes on each piece written by each artist.

track info:
a bird sleeps in my mother's mouth. it leads a vague lifestyle. (inspiration)
august traeger + pc + databent midi files + sine osc + sine mod + digital edits = somnaphon : eclat ibex (execution)

28 May 2012

Various Artists - Soundtracks Volume 3 (Ilse)




contains the Somnaphon track "Hemretic Poles"

Various Artists - Emancipating the Outer Valence

Various Artists - Emancipating the Outer Valence
 



Compilation of tracks produced with free (open source/open license) software (though exceptions were made for firmwares and operating systems) using free formats and released through a relatively free avenue (Bandcamp). All proceeds go back to the developers of said software.

Compilation contains two Somnaphon songs: "Amnion Orbit" and "My Imaginary Tree Absorber"

04 May 2012

puredata / databending video created by August Traeger




Somnaphon : play7alawulaw
audio / video databending by August Traeger
audio created in PureData

somnaphon : my auto-rotating shirt


somnaphon : my auto-rotating shirt
audio / video created by August Traeger
audio created from databending midi files.