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Utility Music

by Josh Mason

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a_lnecks Nice thought-provoking music. It seems to fit any kind of feeling and it's really cool to read about the process in which the music and sounds were created! I'm glad to not only own a physical copy but the book as well. Fantastic work!
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Rod Stasick Bringing Miles Davis into the 21st (22nd?) Century. Sorry I missed the included book, but I'm looking forward to its next edition. Thanks!
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ghost andtape Thanks for another amazing album Josh!! Get super stoked every time you have new stuff coming out. Be safe and stay excellent
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1.
Newport, 5 July, 1969 05:26
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Juan-les-Pins, 25 July, 1969 05:54
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New York, 20 August, 1969 10:51
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Copenhagen, 4 November, 1969 05:57
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San Francisco, 9 April, 1970 04:04

about

Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple hours in the library.
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Utility Music is the result of a year long exploration of a Doepfer A-100 modular synthesizer system of my own planning, beginning on January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019. It was my attempt to learn more about the foundational building blocks of synthesis and to explore the idea that interesting and compelling synthesizer-based music can be realized without the aid of modern DSP and "fancy" hardware within the format.

Beginning each week on Monday, I would begin a new patch from scratch and continue to develop it until the end of the week. On Saturday, I would freeze the patch and "perform" it without making any new additions. Sunday was set aside for recording the result, taking down patch notes, then taking the patch apart so that the process could begin all over again the next day.

The final audio portion of the project is a mosaic assembled from these weekly stems. Accompanying the CD is a 72 pg. perfect-bound book containing further information on the project as well as weekly point-to-point patch notes and insights into process.

It is highly recommended that the listener experience the audio portion of the project in conjunction with the written material.

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released September 24, 2021

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Josh Mason Florida

He is exploring personal music
— sounds derived from a variety of tools and various processing environments, both analog and digital, that examine themes of family, community, mental health and location.

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