Thanks, Belligerent Savant. I enjoy watching Marquese’s creative movements! I think some of them are as much gymnastic as dance-like.
I’ve watched some “dubsteppers” whose music I’d rather mute, and that’s an easy way for relieving sounds that can drive some listeners near the edge of or into an aroused lethargy with those relentless, synthesized drum machine effects. Ugh. But, I think these vids are not so bad.
^ Marquese NONSTOP Scott on the Ellen Show
^ Marquese -Nonstop- Scott, and Julian -Amazing Sign Flipper- Faulken Ellen Degeneres Show
Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________
please play all four videos at the same time adjust volumes, mix to taste (the Satie will need to be all the way up) restart tracks as needed don't fiddle with it too much once you've got levels
and throw this in occasionally...
By 1964 there were 1.5 million mobile phone users in the US
The only thing is some lyrics aren’t understandable, and I couldn’t find them online, either. That’s okay! All the more reason to listen to Phil Torres’s musicianship revealed through his music composition abilities: he composes the vocal melodies and harmonies (and lyrics?) and sings them; he composes the instrumental lines and plays them on acoustic instruments and uses analog instrumental sounds; either intuitively or having studied music theory, he has arranged his compositions so they are logical and musical without trying to hose down the listener by putting everything he knows musically into every video, which takes an experienced ear for music, honed compositional skills, and common sense. Then, I’m supposing his partner, Whitney Trettien, may help during the process of adding images to the piece.
[I’ve added paragraph spacings here for an easier read.] Baobab consists of Phil Torres (author and musician) and Whitney Trettien (a doctoral candidate in English). Based in Durham, NC, Baobab weaves electronic and acoustic elements into colorful bursts of sound and melody. Influenced by music from around the world – especially South Africa and South America – their style is distinct and original. Yet it would not be unfamiliar to a fan of Bon Iver or the Fleet Foxes – or, for that matter, early Animal Collective.
Most prominent are Phil’s multilayered vocal harmonies; listen to them gives the impression of overhearing a chorus of voices singing quietly around a campfire late at night. Surrounding these vocals are sonic splashes that are both digital and organic – from acoustic guitars and the ukulele to looped samples and heavily reverbed synthesizers. The resulting fourteen songs are dreamy but exciting, pensive but enthusiastic, sad but optimistic.
Baobab is the debut LP of Baobab. It was self-recorded, mixed and mastered over a period of several months at the home of Phil and Whitney.
During this time, Phil also completed a book entitled A Crisis of Faith: Atheism, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity, which will be published by Dangerous Little Books.
On Baobab, Phil played all the instruments and sang all the vocals, including the sonorous backing choruses of Spring Forward, Getting to Know You and Farewell (to name a few).
Consistent with Baobab’s DIY ethic – and aesthetic – Whitney spent several weeks hand-making Baobab’s album covers from recycled materials, such as cardboard boxes and discarded paper.
Baobab has also self-made several music videos to promote their album. Some of these contain rare archive footage and clips of old science films; another (for the song Brownian Motion) consists simply of an animated graph showing temperature anomalies around the world between 1800 and the present.
From music to art to videos, Baobab is a multi-media project that attempts to embody the DIY ethic and aesthetic while being conscious of political and environmental issues like global warming.
^ Brownian Motion | Baobab
^ Little Buzzing Bees | Baobab
^ Spring Forward | Baobab
Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________
Möbius Music Box | FROM YOUTUBE NOTES. My first arrangement for music box is a theme from the Harry Potter Septet.… Being a mathematician, I twisted the paper into a Möbius strip and made this educational video to demonstrate.
Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________
^ What Pi sounds like | Michael Blake has produced his personal interpretation of Pi to 31 decimal places. Aside from handclaps, the instruments Michael played were piano, glockenspiel (or a generic metallophone), accordion, toy piano, melodica (or hooter), bowed psaltery, ukulele, claves, banjo, autoharp, and guitar. Perhaps, for tempo purposes, he sequenced a hi-hat loop, electro drum kit, and bass. I found the list of instruments, and a preliminary discussion of Pi copyright issues on this page.
Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________
by IanEye » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:36 pm 
