A children's song mash-up. Vocals by Patrick Callier.

[audio excerpt] Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I won- world -kle world world so worlds. What you worlds. In joy joy.

Ever notice how similar the lyrics are in these "classic" American songs? There's a lot of word overlap. So you can take the songs, break them down into their syllables, and then rearrange those syllables into new songs, new melodies that retain more than a shred of the original meaning. Listen here.

Labels: audio, experimental

A hypothetical radio conversation in which the worst possible host interviews the worst possible guest.

Umm, well I should say first, umm, I don't know there are a lot of different things but as far as I know, umm...

In this, I took a 12-minute phone conversation between an actual public radio host and an actual guest. Then, instead of editing out all the rubbish, I edited out everything of substance. What's left is 2 minutes of "non-fluencies" -- all the flubbing, qualifying, and hedging that make this possibly the worst interview of all time. It's so bad, it's good.

Labels: audio, experimental

A sound journey: escape from a burning office building into the peaceful grip of asphyxia.

The devil doesn't buy individual souls anymore. Now, he buys pieces of souls. Soul-backed securities, diversified bundles of souls. It's less risky, you know?

In this piece, you can't take it anymore. And you start the fire. I highly suggest wearing headphones when listening; it will help you imagine the scenery. Hear the complete, 5-minute audio online here.



Sounds in this piece come from the Freesound Project and Magnatune.com. The robotic voice is from AT&T Labs text-to speech online.

Labels: audio, experimental, urban, work