It's heartening to see several creative types have taken up our offer of free music, and utilised selections from our Filmmaker's Reference Kit Vol 1 in their projects. Some recent ones include:
A Portuguese audio interview from Carol Alfaro, on being a translator:
http://artedatraducao.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/papo-de-tradutor-com-erika-lessa.html
Lessons in fish cookery:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XueL20hGvmE
A digital animation about warriors done with GIMP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdFDGCDZq8
Another wee digital animation, this one a cartoon done on a drawing tablet:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=huOL5RI0EdY
A brief film about smartphones and New Year resolutions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oGkTV3916U
A cookery show presented by My Little Pony:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLZlxOmxOg
Some kind of creepy monologue, using "Teastrain" in a creative manner:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8G--7-7ks
Meanwhile, also recently and using Bleak House music, you can see a neat showreel:
https://vimeo.com/117866281
Someone with the wrong outlook on Greece's financial situation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHm-YLE9I9I
Obrigado!
Andy
This is the official blog for psychedelic folk/synth-pop/incidental merchants Keshco, tended by Andy, a gentle chap who resides in London.
Showing posts with label soundtracks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soundtracks. Show all posts
Monday, February 23, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
February news
Dear Keshcologist,
The darkest months are over, whew. Have a couple of tunes to celebrate...
Going Dutch (from the Filmmaker's Reference Kit Vol 1) is now available here in a shorter edit:
That's https://soundcloud.com/keshco/going-dutch-perverted-groove-7-inch-edit
...and it's also freely usable in your creative projects. Why not take a camera into the clubs of Amsterdam and then soundtrack them with this?
A micro-song for your delectation:
Also downloadable from:
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Keshco/microSong_Challenge_Entries/Son_Of_A_Systems_Engineer
Beware! The Zine continues, with regular features including the ongoing adventures of bit demon Nase and telegraphic pal Abel; Johnny Cocktail's Private Investigatory Masterclass; and the Encyclopaedia of International Celebrity, already boasting highly accurate entries on The Smiths and Germaine Greer. You can signup by email to receive updates direct to your inbox.
Bob Art Models has a travelling library exhibition, which will be in the following locations:
23/1 - 7/2 Todmorden Library
14/2 - 28/2 Hebden Bridge Library
9/3 - 21/3 King Cross Library
28/3 - 11/4 Brighouse Library
20/4 - 5/5 Sowerby Bridge Library
11/5 - 1/6 Central Library Halifax
8/6 - 20/6 Elland Library
Support your local artists and support your local libraries! Who knows, maybe Bob Art Models will come to your town next...
The darkest months are over, whew. Have a couple of tunes to celebrate...
Going Dutch (from the Filmmaker's Reference Kit Vol 1) is now available here in a shorter edit:
That's https://soundcloud.com/keshco/going-dutch-perverted-groove-7-inch-edit
...and it's also freely usable in your creative projects. Why not take a camera into the clubs of Amsterdam and then soundtrack them with this?
A micro-song for your delectation:
Also downloadable from:
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Keshco/microSong_Challenge_Entries/Son_Of_A_Systems_Engineer
Short enough to use as a ringtone, say on your work phone.
The next Keshco release is due out in late March courtesy of Pan y Rosas Discos, a Chicago netlabel.
Before that, another home concert is planned for February 22nd, to be streamed live on the Beware! Vision uStream channel.
Before that, another home concert is planned for February 22nd, to be streamed live on the Beware! Vision uStream channel.
Beware! The Zine continues, with regular features including the ongoing adventures of bit demon Nase and telegraphic pal Abel; Johnny Cocktail's Private Investigatory Masterclass; and the Encyclopaedia of International Celebrity, already boasting highly accurate entries on The Smiths and Germaine Greer. You can signup by email to receive updates direct to your inbox.
Bob Art Models has a travelling library exhibition, which will be in the following locations:
23/1 - 7/2 Todmorden Library
14/2 - 28/2 Hebden Bridge Library
9/3 - 21/3 King Cross Library
28/3 - 11/4 Brighouse Library
20/4 - 5/5 Sowerby Bridge Library
11/5 - 1/6 Central Library Halifax
8/6 - 20/6 Elland Library
Support your local artists and support your local libraries! Who knows, maybe Bob Art Models will come to your town next...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 1: Liner Notes
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| Cover artwork drawn by Ines Boente/coloured by Andy Brain |
When we embarked on the whole free music/creative commons enterprise, we were hoping that, in lieu of any financial earnings, we would instead get the warm glow of discovering that fellow creative types had used our tunes to soundtrack their films. This would potentially have the nice knock-on effect of seeing what are effectively promo videos for songs we are too busy to make videos for. This has been proved correct, and we've been delighted by the many and varied uses people have found for our music. However, most of our tracks feature singing in some form. We thought it would be a good idea to set out our stall a little clearer.
The selections on Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 1 are all instrumental; the human voice is banished in order that potential editors can avoid wading through song after song. This collection comprises different types of incidental music - themes, idents, backing tracks. Suggested genres are given in the track titles. The selections are offered under the "attribution" licence, so can be freely remixed and used so long as we're mentioned as the original artistes.
The tracks herein involve compositions from all four members of Keshco. Some of the backing tracks started life on our previous releases Now, Freaks At A Wake and The Blood, The Horror; but you won't have heard them in this form. At last, you can hear the full suspense-laden thwacks and tingles of Serpico Goes To Shanghai, the severely funky Going Dutch, and the starkly spooky Shadowplay, freshened with new layers and unburdened by vocals. Let your mind go where it wants to.
Notable tracks include the downbeat piano meditation London Hope, and the chaotic slide action of The Speed Demon Theme.
Remixing took place in Andy's living room, using favoured free tools Buzz and Goldwave, in spare moments between the day job and the evening job.
Do let us know if you use any bits in your productions - we'd love to see the results and share them with fellow Keshcologists. Also, what would you find useful in the forthcoming Volume 2?
Monday, July 28, 2014
Freaks At A Wake: liner notes
In 2012/13, Keshco released a soundtrack EP entitled "Freaks At A Wake". Twice. Why?
Let's duck back a couple of years, because that's where the trail starts. In September 2010, we still had a Farfisa organ upstairs. This was before an ill-advised attempt to correct its one-tone dip, which resulted in the thing going pop (instead of producing pop), and being dismantled. But all that is for another painful release. "Freaks At A Wake" is the only complete Keshco piece to feature the thing. It's an improvised 26-minute piece which started with Robert behind both organ and another keyboard, and me balancing a guillotine on a snare drum, with a toy steering wheel and Dynamike at close quarters. The various sections overflow with hummable chordal melodies mainly thanks to Robert's neat fingerwork. The thing then sat on my multitracker for over a year, before the augmenting began - Robert's full drum kit for energetic fills and general beefing-up; Luke adding more layers of keys, flute and some fizzy-crackly lapsteel; and finally my careful doubling up of the various melody lines on acoustic guitar. That part took an awful lot of rewinding and cueing up.
A few sections on Freaks are almost pop (yes, in the chart sense), and indeed the middle section, "Tyre Dirt", has been singled out for video treatment. Really though, we'd like to film the whole thing, and we have an idea but not the time. So it'll have to wait. One film-maker, Dania Hany, has used the opening section for an inventive little piece: https://vimeo.com/91093694
Some of our sonic experiments are beyond the tastes of most mortals. That's understandable. We thought we'd test you by releasing one. Bob bought a Korg Monotron (fabulous little piece of kit) and discovered how much fun could be had routing a song into the Monotron via the microphone connection, and mixing the results through the little keyboard. Freaks seemed the perfect vehicle for a long-form exploration of this. The results are very crunchy, with a lot of harsh blips and squeaks, and most defiantly not easy listening. That said, if you stop listening after the first three minutes, you are most definitely a puny specimen and would never cope with something by, say, Signorina Alos (one of our new label-mates). Sit through the whole of Freaks and earn your stripes before moving onto harder fare.
Download and consume both of the Freaks, here:
http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/pyr082-keshco-freaks-at-a-wake/
http://amp-recs.com/amp/amp126.html
A limited release of both versions on tape (UK £5) for Cassette Store Day 2014 is forthcoming.
Or, you may prefer some other Freaks (of the 1932 variety, and yes that is an affiliate link, meaning you can help us earn money by visiting Amazon via it - could this be our tip to the top at last?).
Let's duck back a couple of years, because that's where the trail starts. In September 2010, we still had a Farfisa organ upstairs. This was before an ill-advised attempt to correct its one-tone dip, which resulted in the thing going pop (instead of producing pop), and being dismantled. But all that is for another painful release. "Freaks At A Wake" is the only complete Keshco piece to feature the thing. It's an improvised 26-minute piece which started with Robert behind both organ and another keyboard, and me balancing a guillotine on a snare drum, with a toy steering wheel and Dynamike at close quarters. The various sections overflow with hummable chordal melodies mainly thanks to Robert's neat fingerwork. The thing then sat on my multitracker for over a year, before the augmenting began - Robert's full drum kit for energetic fills and general beefing-up; Luke adding more layers of keys, flute and some fizzy-crackly lapsteel; and finally my careful doubling up of the various melody lines on acoustic guitar. That part took an awful lot of rewinding and cueing up.
A few sections on Freaks are almost pop (yes, in the chart sense), and indeed the middle section, "Tyre Dirt", has been singled out for video treatment. Really though, we'd like to film the whole thing, and we have an idea but not the time. So it'll have to wait. One film-maker, Dania Hany, has used the opening section for an inventive little piece: https://vimeo.com/91093694
Some of our sonic experiments are beyond the tastes of most mortals. That's understandable. We thought we'd test you by releasing one. Bob bought a Korg Monotron (fabulous little piece of kit) and discovered how much fun could be had routing a song into the Monotron via the microphone connection, and mixing the results through the little keyboard. Freaks seemed the perfect vehicle for a long-form exploration of this. The results are very crunchy, with a lot of harsh blips and squeaks, and most defiantly not easy listening. That said, if you stop listening after the first three minutes, you are most definitely a puny specimen and would never cope with something by, say, Signorina Alos (one of our new label-mates). Sit through the whole of Freaks and earn your stripes before moving onto harder fare.
Download and consume both of the Freaks, here:
http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/pyr082-keshco-freaks-at-a-wake/
http://amp-recs.com/amp/amp126.html
A limited release of both versions on tape (UK £5) for Cassette Store Day 2014 is forthcoming.
Or, you may prefer some other Freaks (of the 1932 variety, and yes that is an affiliate link, meaning you can help us earn money by visiting Amazon via it - could this be our tip to the top at last?).
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Music for films
We're going to update this section on the main website, but for now...
Keshco are keen to provide music for films or other video projects. If you're looking for music for your project, please contact us and provide as much of the following information as you can:
* Genre, run time and summary of the work
* Projected deadlines (for editing, etc)
* Required delivery date
* Estimate of the amount of music required
* Budget (if any)
Much of our music is now made available under a Creative Commons licence; you are very welcome to use it providing a suitable credit is made. Of course a little optional donation would be graciously accepted - we would suggest £3 per piece if you can afford it.
Keshco are keen to provide music for films or other video projects. If you're looking for music for your project, please contact us and provide as much of the following information as you can:
* Genre, run time and summary of the work
* Projected deadlines (for editing, etc)
* Required delivery date
* Estimate of the amount of music required
* Budget (if any)
Much of our music is now made available under a Creative Commons licence; you are very welcome to use it providing a suitable credit is made. Of course a little optional donation would be graciously accepted - we would suggest £3 per piece if you can afford it.
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