Blind Mime Ensemble Station
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The music of Blind Mime Ensemble

Credits: by Blind Mime. G-Day loops by Mental Anguish, DJ Get Yo Fat On, Omnitechnomatrix, CYSTEM, Heuristics Inc., International Garbageman, Shaud, Blind Mime.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Bev Stanton, vocal, cello, harp by Lisa Moscatiello.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Bryan Baker (guitar, synthesizer), Zapruder Red (flute), Bev Stanton (sax, harmonics), Kelli Wise - Ciyd (thunder, rain), Mike McGary (frame drum), Mark Cook (reverse guitar), Doug Michael (kalimba).

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Port: drum groove, sax; Bryan Baker: piano, guitars, bass; Chris Phinney: synth/vocal breaks; Al Margolis: violin.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Port, Doug Michael, Mark Cook, Bryan Baker.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Scott Carr - Tapehiss, Ghost of the Truthcircle, Kelli Wise - Ciyd, Bev Stanton, Bryan Baker.

Credits: by Bllind Mime Ensemble. Loops and other things by: Bev Stanton, Doug Michael, Araden.

Credits: Port: Bass, main drums; Bryan Baker: Rhodes Piano, percussion; J Mundok: guitars, tin whistle; Bev Stanton: delta slide acoustic guitar, harmonica; Doug Michael: guitars.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Doug Michael: drums, strings, guitar melody, synth sweep, bass; J Mundok: beats; JP Bergman: mad strings, distorto, bells, cold ash, drips; Bryan Baker: guitars; bass.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by PORT and Bryan Baker.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Baneemy, Blind Mime Ensemble.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Dan Gray, Chris Phinney, Bev Stanton, Scott Carr, JP Bergman, ESP, Bryan Baker.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Baneemy, Blind Mime Ensemble.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Bev Stanton (vocal loop), Doug Michael (synth loop), Bryan Baker (Guitars and assorted sounds).

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Blind Mime Ensemble.

Original song by Blind Mime Ensemble. Source file loops were made available at remixfight.com. This is BME's remix. Credits: Loops by Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Jonas Stoltz, the Blind Mime. blind mime open loops.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Fluffy Porcupine, Blind Mime Ensemble at Tapegerm.

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble

Credits: y the Blind Mime Ensemble

Credits: by the Blind Mime Ensemble

Credits: by the Blind Mime Ensemble. Vocal and sax loop by Gregg Allen.

Credits: by the Blind Mime Ensemble

Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Loops by Blind Mime Ensemble.

I combined the Blind Mime Ensemble open loops with Tapegerm's kidgerm project loops to form the basic track in Acid. Then I brought that into Deck multitrack and played a bunch of stuff over top and had some fun. Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble. Blind Mime Open Loops, Kidgerm Project; Blind Mime: drums, piano, bass, guitars, synthesizer, OB-1 solo, Roland Octopad, vocals; Mental Anguish: toy whistle, plastic percussion; Magical Cigarette: toy synth notes.

Used Mental Anguish open loops to form the basis for this track. After composing the piece with these loops it was brought into Deck multitrack software where guitars, drums, bass, piano, and additional synth atmospheres were added. Credits: by Blind Mime Ensemble; mental anguish open loops, blind mime open loops; Mental Anguish: organ, synthesizer, percussion; Blind Mime: drums, bass, guitar, piano, synthesizer

I've been wanting to work with Ken Clinger for many years and now that I've had the chance, let's hope there's many more opportunities for the same. I had a great time playing this stuff! Credits: words by bf baker, music by Ken Clinger, bf baker; percussion loop by Heuristics Inc. of tapegerm; synth bass and electric piano by Ken Clinger; organ, guitars, drums, synthesizer, vocals by bf baker. Ken Clinger Collaboration 1.

I used Chris Phinney's percussion loops as the basis and built everything else up from there, playing the other parts live. Credits: mix by Blind Mime Ensemble. Percussion loops by Chris Phinney; guitar, bass, synthesizer by bf baker.

Credits: test

It's been a while since I've done a major loop composition. I did a quick sweep through the big FTP mother load and found some things I hadn't touched on before. Credits: composed by blind mime. Loops: cystem, keith hanlon/zapruder red, dave fuglewicz open loops, don campau guest artist loops, omnitechnomatrix, dj get yo fat on, virus factory, blind mime, buzzsaw & the shavings.

The Quartet robot instrument can be found at www.quartet.cc. It's an interface to an instrument housed at ARS Electronic, Linz, Austria. You key in a short melody and the instrument develops a composition based on that. Balls are catapulted into the air and land on large tuned bars like a marimba in a game of Mousetrap. Credits: by Bryan Baker. w/ loops by hebephrenic, electric guitar, synthesizer and Quartet robot instrument by Bryan Baker, Q

I took one of the first fluxus fone contributions and built some loops and live improvised bass round it. My first time working with SoundHack came up with an interesting loop merging a strummed acoustic guitar with a vocal which repeats offset with the flute melody throughout the song. I also used Dan Richert's bent Casio loops, taking a few percussion hits and building the percussion track piece by piece together with a classic loop from longtime supporting tapegerm artist Mike McGary. The bloopy synth bass sounding element is me playing live improvised bass guitar through a Bass Pod effects box. Check out the fluxus! Credits: music by bf baker; Fluxus Fone Project voice, Don Campau Guest Artist lead guitar, Blind Mime open loops rhythm guitar & live improvised bass guitar, Dan Richert Circuit Bent Casio percussion, and Mike McGary percussion.

I used a few focal points provided by Charles Rice Goff III. The anchor comes from Charlie's lead guitar melody which I mirror on upright piano and make simple variations into the piece; descending figures escort our fluxus consort. A sort of drone piano pattern enters with Charlie's fingered guitar segment midway, abruptly cut off by his ripped guitar anti-coda opening out to the original melody on piano as d'enouement. It was ritz crackers. Credits: music by bf baker and charles rice goff III; C. Goff III Guest Artist loops, live piano improv by bf baker - blind mime ensemble, with Fluxus Fone whimsy and whatnot

First I created a structure of electronics and voice using David Fuglewicz's open loop set and contributions from the Fluxus Fone folks. Then a synth progression was improvised and wrapped the static stream in its loving embrace. And guitars asked to come along for the ride. Credits: music by bf baker; electronics and samples by David Fuglewicz open loops with the Fluxus Fone Players and bf baker Blind Mime Ensemble improvised synth and electric guitar.

I made a field recording recently of a visit to a local second hand store which you can hear in this piece which is based on the interplay between a spoken word poem found in the OurMedia Collection at archive.org and an electric piano figure from our GEMAfreie-welten cohorts. Guitars and synths are improvised against one another. The score remains unsettled. The grasshopper is mangled. The anthill is dispersed under children's feet. Tomorrow is another day. Credits: by bf baker. GEMAfreie-welten: electric piano loop; Cystem: guitar loops; OurMedia Collection @ archive.org: "Knucklehead"; bf baker: field recording, percussion loop, bass, guitars, synthesizers. Sources: Cystem Open Loops, GEMAfreie-welten Guest Artist

The tide is at an ebb. Wait for it. Credits: by bf Baker. 10 Years Infection Project. Loops: guitar by Cystem, synthesizer by bf baker. Field recordings: "The Beach" open source audio via highfrequencymedia.com, "Nagasaki Homage Ritual" by yousunkmygunkanjima via archive.org.

Roundly roundabout rounder rounds rounded round in a cordless clown car they traveled, honking. Credits: by bf baker. Greige Travail Guest Artist Project; 10 Years Infection Project loops by Heuristics Inc. 10 Years, Jesus Crash My Softsynth, Carpet Glue Unlimited, Dave Fuglewicz, Loopy Spiderz, Mentally Anguished, SoLaRiS., resonan, and Grunt.

The sea, the sea, washed away me. Credits: music by Bryan Baker. Hannah Galli: vocals; Solaris: electric guitar; Loopy Spiderz: field recording; Bryan Baker: lead guitars, synthesizer. 10 Years Infection project.

David's loops just fit beautifully somehow with Hannah's vocal and Don's guitar provides spurring counterpoint. Credits: words by Edgar Alan Poe, music by Hannah Galli, Bryan Baker. Hannah Galli: vocal; Bryan Baker: acoustic guitar; David Fuglewicz: synthesizers; Don Campau: classical guitar. 10 Years Infection project and Don Campau guest artist project.

Spoken word samples from SubGenius.com, drum loop by Eric Hausmann, eBow and electric piano by Bryan Baker. Credits: music by Bryan Baker. Synthesizers by Mentally Anguished, random drums by Blind Mime Infection from the 10 Years Infection Project, synthesizers by Mental Anguish from the Free Loop 13 Project.

WEB SITE

MEMBERS
Bryan Baker

LOCATION
AMERICA NORTH: USA: Utah (UT)

INFLUENCES
All kinds of things influence my recordings. I try to reach further and use them all.

SOUNDS LIKE
Acid

offline since: 08/11/10 07:04

Bob's Pulpit
"As spoken word is a rather impossible feat in this particular medium, I therefore employ font to relate me stellar glee over this track de Bryan, compelling and beautifully enduring on the various senses, all of which now return an immensely richer world. :) Good show, sir!" -- buzzsaw (on 08/14/10 23:51:34)

Bob's Pulpit
"Wonderful mix here Bryan, I feel my slack being recharged as the sounds seep into my brainpan. Ahhhh yessss." -- davefuglewicz (on 08/14/10 23:07:40)

Bob's Pulpit
"Being a big fan of the subgenius foundation this conveys all things Bob for sure. :-) Quite a captivating listen indeed & one thats going on repeat for quite a while. Excellent work me thinks Mr B!" -- Mental Anguish (on 08/14/10 22:12:48)

The Infectious Sea
"Spun, sweet candy floss is translated into a society of loops, of grace and style and assembled into a achingly gorgeous realm, the visitor transfixed by every note, nectar issuing into the ears. Bravo, and indeed Hail, Herr Blind Mime...." -- buzzsaw (on 07/07/10 00:11:18)

Anabell Lee
"Despite the assertion and the immortal quote of the ebon bird stood upon the bust of the martial Pallas, EVERMORE will I cherish this beautiful and atmospheric mix and play it with frequency, haunting and weighty in delight and a thousand moods. Superlative..." -- buzzsaw (on 07/07/10 00:03:42)

SPOTLIGHT TRACK

Bob's Pulpit

Spoken word samples from SubGenius.com, drum loop by Eric Hausmann, eBow and electric piano by Bryan Baker. Credits: music by Bryan Baker. Synthesizers by Mentally Anguished, random drums by Blind Mime Infection from the 10 Years Infection Project, synthesizers by Mental Anguish from the Free Loop 13 Project..

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Infection vocal loops by Hannah Galli
posted: 07 May 2010 08:36 AM
We had a few requests for more vocal loops for the Infection project so I invited Hannah Galli over to record some vocals especially for the project. She's looking forward to hearing what the Tapegerm treatment is all about so download them now on the Infection project page.

Cries From the Anthill video
posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:03 AM
Here's a video of a recent Blind Mime Ensemble track. Credit: composed by bf baker. bf baker: field recording, percussion loop, bass, guitars, synths; Cystem: guitar/effects loops; GEMAfreie-welten: electric piano loop; OurMedia @ archive.org: spoken word. Footage from the Prelinger public domain archive.

Germination Five
posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:05 PM
The cover for Tapegerm's upcoming Germination Five has a surreal theme you may wish to incorporate into your creations.

Casio PT180 Circuit Bending -- New Guest Artist project loops by Dan Richert
posted: 09 Feb 2010 12:32 AM
Thanks to Dan Richert for letting us chop up the audio recorded from his Casio PT180 Circuit Bending project. The loops are now available on the Loop Projects page (available in the top menu to activated Tapegerm artists only). More information here: http://www.tapegerm.com/jamroom/index.php?t=page_guest_danrichert

Guest Artists
posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:31 AM
We're always interested in considering people for creative Guest Artist projects. If you know of someone who may be interested in being subjected to a little Tapegerm whimsy. Have them visit: http://bit.ly/afRGLU. Thanks!

RPM Challenge
posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:14 PM
Is anyone participating in this year's RPM challenge: make an album this month? I'll be attempting a Tapegerm album, myself. Go HERE for more RPM info.

New Open Loops
posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:52 AM
There are a dozen new loops in Blind Mime's open loop project directory. Log in to your fully activated account & go to the loop directory to get them. There is one that is really more of a backing track.

State Shirt is looking for loops
posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:06 AM
One of my favorite artists I've run across online is State Shirt. He's currently making an album where the music consists of loops provided from outside artists (he sings and remixes). So if you're looking for another outlet for your loops in a different setting, you'll like this. You can hear the first song he's done. He's also open sourced his music and you can download tracks for remixing. He posts some of those as well. GO HERE.

New DVD: Grindstone Redux (the story of the 1980s US underground music network)
posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:24 PM
Just got this in the mail the other day. It's a fantastic piece of work anyone with an interest in cassette culture will find fascinating -- and roughly half of the featured artists are Tapegerm folks! Grindstone Redux -- The Documentary The Story of the 1980s US Underground Music Network Documentary Feature Film, Plus Bonus Features: Live performance videos from the 1980s, discographies, biographies and a special tribute to Doug Walker (of "Alien Planetscapes" fame). DVD $ 12 (includes shipping in USA) http://www.trueagemedia.com Watch the Trailer on YouTube Before there was an Internet or CDs or DVDs or even home computers, there was a revolution in the music industry against the standardization and monolithic grip of the major record labels in the 1980s by independent musicians and labels through the development of self-publishing. This is that story, as told by the people who made it happen. The revolution was fueled by technological developments in recording, reproduction and publishing. Artists took music publishing into their own hands. This phenomenon was unique to the 1980s. Grindstone Redux includes interviews with recording artists & independent label owners. It also includes rare vintage music videos from the 1980s, biographies and discographies. How & Why did we create the network of the 1980s? Where are these people now? And what are they doing? Artists: Mikhail Bohonus (Static Effect, WarWorld, They), Don Campau (Lonely Whistle Music), Jeff Chenault (Line Level Media, Jeff Central, ITN), Christopher Elston (Curious Voltage), Charles Goff III (Taped Rugs Productions, -ing, Disism, Herd of the Ether Space), Randy Greif (Swinging Axe Productions, Static Effect, Screaming DukDuks, Max & Mel), Al Margolis (Sound of Pig, If Bwana, XTSW), Mark Lane (Editions Mark Lane), Chris Phinney (Harsh Reality Music, Cancerous Growth, mental Anguish, Skoptzies, Viktimized Karcass), Andrew Szava-Kovats (True Age Records, Ask, Data-Bank-A, Dominion, Parade of Sinners).

Blind Mime Open Loop Directory
posted: 26 Nov 2004 07:06 AM
The Blind Mime Open Loop Directory changes contents roughly once every month. So check in regularly for a fresh batch of free loopage from the Blind Mime Studio.

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Blind Mime
PAYPAL STORE
The following items are available directly from Blind Mime.

Blind Mime Ensemble Tapegerm Vol. 1 Item Number: tbme001 Cost: $7.00 (USD) 14 tracks from the Blind Mime Ensemble studio featuring loops by The Tapegerm Collective. Skin, Disguised Item Number: BME002 Cost: $5.00 (USD) Remixes of Blind Mime Ensemble's "Skin Disguise" with over a dozen artists participating. Blind Mime Ensemble -- Ruth Remixed by The Tapegerm Collective Item Number: Cost: $0 (USD) 01 Blind Mime Ensemble "Hey, Ruth" The original track from which all this subsequent madness ensues. 02 Cystem "Wheelin" Blind Mime Open Loops, Don Campau Guest Artist Mix, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops , Q-Cut Guest Artist Mix and Cystem. Being inspired by Bryan and Don's guitar loops, I went out and got myself a Line6 PODxt and an Ebow. yeehaw. 03 Renedo "Please give my monkey eyeballs" Blind Mime Open Loops, Heuristics Inc Open Loops, Halloween Mix, Kamakura for the name. 04 Hal McGee "Cobwebs" Halloween, Mental Anguish Open Loops, Blind Mime Open Loops, Hal McGee Open Loops; Hal McGee: mix, voice, theremin. This is a remix of a 1996 spoken word piece from my VA-10 album. 05 Mental Anguish "Every Cat Needs Its Scratching Post" Blind Mime Open Loops/extra vox Mental Anguish. Used only Blind Mime Open Loops. Added some vox.. 06 International Garbageman "Sometimes (tracks wont upload)" Loops: Blind Mime Open loops Mix: International Garbageman. Rainy summer days sitting inside making things more fun! But sometimes files neither upload or download. 07 C. Goff III "The Ballad Of William Burroughs Creek" Featuring a few words from the late great hero himself, Blind Mime Open Loops, Hal McGee Open Loops, Arthur Loves Plastic Open Loops, Mellow Jeremy Guest Artist, & Michael Thomas Jackson Guest Artist. Composed, arranged, sung, & strummed by C. Goff III.. This is a true story which took place September 4, 2006, a few blocks from my home in Lawrence, Kansas. The accompanying photo collage was made from the few pictures mentioned in the song. 08 The Ghosts Lounge "Like Thomas Jefferson Loves HipHop I Love You Baby" Tapegerm Resident Artist loops by DJ Get Yo Fat On Open loops and Blind Mime Open Loops, Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones, Picking Up Girls Made Easy from Hyde Park Records (1975). Thomas Jefferson seems to have been obsessed with innovation for its own sake, and I think he would have appreciated how well hip-hop represents the rhythms that result from modern innovations. There's innovation and originality in relationships too, and I've often thought that it's the small moments of private wit, like a passing, brilliantly-conceived bit of cute talk on the part of a girlfriend or wife, that should be counted among the most valuable things in life. As for the remaining texts and subtexts in the song, I leave that up to you. This is the second track from what I plan as my first all-Tapegerm album, and it's in keeping with the spirit of the first one I posted. 09 Buzzsaw The Shavings "Stealing Henriettas Gown for the Duc Philippe" Blind Mime Open Loops Mix. Entirely excluded from the affairs of state and partaking of the conquests of the Rhine and beyond by order of discerning higher authority, the debauched Duc Philippe compensates by making a raid on wife Henrietta's bedroom in order to achieve the conquest of her favourite gown. 10 Insecta Sonic "A Fugue for 23 Freaks" Mix Insecta Sonic: Dave Fuglewicz open loops, CYSTEM open loops, Buzzsaw open loops, Rootsy Records, Blind Mime open loops, Heuristics Inc. open loops, Mental Anguish free loop project 013, Omnitechnomatrix free loop project 013, B. Laswell, Analog Ind. A dark ambient ride through synthetic textures, frequencies and voices. Sticky, chewy, exotic and cerebral, fortified with 12 vitamins, minerals and performance enhancing compounds that won't show up when tested. 11 shaud "Hey Ruth scandinavian edit" blind mime open loops. Some greats loops from blind mime that inspired me alot. Some of them were so great that i did not want to "destroy" them. 12 Eel Eye "Choking" S.L.I.P. guest artist mix, Mental Anguish Open loops, Blind Mime Open Loops. A sudden inspiration drawing heavily from S.L.I.P.'s loops, and a very sliced & processed Mental Anguish sample. 13 DJ Get "That girl needs a Q Tip" Mix by DJ Get Yo Fat On/ loops Scott Carr, Blind Mime, Q-Cut, Omnitechnomatrix, Acid Freak, Q-Cut Guest artist, Blind Mime Open loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops. For my sister Bela :-) 14 Blind Mime Ensemble "Disconnect Notice" Mental Anguish Open Loops, CYSTEM Open Loops, Buzzsaw Open Loops, Hal McGee Open Loops, Blind Mime Open Loops, Groovemaker Teknostorm Loops, Steinberg Cold Fusion Loops.. A direction I'm wandering directionless around a kind of improv composition ethic. 15 Slave Labour "Hey Ruth mmm sometimes" Loops by Blind Mime Ensemble. Studio Shot The Blind Mime Studio. photo by: Bryan Baker studio shot The Blind Mime Studio.. photo by: Bryan Baker studio shot the Blind Mime Studio.. photo by: Bryan Baker Allye at Texas Street My daughter Allye at the drums in the Texas Street Blind Mime studio.. photo by: Bryan Baker Chicken This is part of photo project Allye did.. photo by: Allye Baker Chords Lots 'o chords.. photo by: Bryan Baker

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