This month’s podcast features Bob Lukomski. Its a binaural recording made along the River to Ridge Trail in New Paltz, NY.
We made strange sounds, fairly quietly, outdoors using small amplifiers. You can hear the sounds of birds and the occasional vehicle in the background. The binaural mic was about five feet away from us.
Bob used a couple of granular synths (Sonicware and 1010Music) to live process what was happening around us, including the noises I made on my synthesizer (BugBrand WOM Pro into Korg NTS-3 Kaoss Pad).
I recommend listening to this one at a fairly low volume; try to blend it in with your environment for best effect. Its meant to be a sort of gentle noise percolating in the background…
This month’s podcast is a study in contrasts. It features two recent performances, one outdoors during the day, the other indoors at night.
The first part was at Great (Big) Pond, organized by the good folks at Stretch Metal. As the name implies it took place by a pond on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in June. I played baritone guitar, and incorporated field recordings of nature and the underwater sounds of ponds.
The second part was recorded in the evening at the Lace Mill in Kingston, NY. Its all synthesizers and electronics, representative of the dronier side of my sonic explorations.
António Caramelo and me (craig) performing at Darc (photo João Paulo Daniel)
That’s followed by recording from a visit to the studio of Adriana Sá who played her custom zither. We were joined by her student Gabriel Worm on acoustic bass guitar.
Adriana Sá in her studio
Finally there’s a sort of hybrid field recording I made on the Alfa Pendular train; I improvised to the sounds of the train and passengers on the trip from Porto to Lisbon.
This was my recording studio on the Alfa Pendular train.
This was a fun adventure! I packed up a battery powered synth (softpop) and amp, and my binaural mic and hiked out to Hidden Lake in Putnam County, NY with David who brought a hydrophone and some speakers along with his clarinet and iPad.
We made some sounds inspired by what was happening below the surface*. The results are strange and surprising!
David Rothenberg at Hidden Lake. (Also pictured, Binaural Mike.)
*Mostly plants photosynthesizing and an insect called the lesser water boatman. (Check out David’s book to learn more.)
This month’s podcast features composer/clarinetist David Rothenberg, who came to the studio with his bass clarinet, field recordings, samples and electronics for an afternoon of sonic exploration. The results of our collaboration are surprising and delightful!
This month’s podcast is a collbo with Scary Mountain Wizard who brought his hybrid modular synth/guitar rig over to the studio for some ambient explorations.
I’m very pleased with this one, it has a nice mellowness and there’s a feeling of gentle exploration. At times it gets very slow, almost to the point of stillness…
This month’s podcast is a live performance recorded at The Friday Experiment at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA. It was an interesting show – an evening of continuous ambient performances featuring Craig Douglas, me and Bonnie Kane. Our sets overlapped by a few minutes, so the end of one performers set would become the start of the next.
Presented here is my portion of the evening. I really like the shape of this one, it covers a lot of sonic territory. That’s why I’ve posted it unedited. Its a good example of what an Errant Space performance can be.
Xfest was held in August, on a compound near Pond Eddy, NY. There was a basement where, on the morning of day 2, we gathered to do some recording. This podcast is the result.
This month’s podcast is a binaural recording from the July 2022 Space Out, Outside.
It features Bob Lukomski (granular synthesizers, samples) and Irman Peck (conceptual cello/bass guitar).
Its a really beautiful field recording, best experienced in headphones, with subtle interactions between the players, and their environment.
(L-R)Binaural Mike, Irman Peck, Me (Craig), Bob Lukomski. (photo Bill Loeb)
This month’s podcast is a collbo with 
