Long time since the last update… Just wanted to let you know that the 1999 classic by Crankshaft & Brothomstates, “wekilldaenemy”, will be released soon on an ambient compilation called Chilling Cuts Vol 4. Audio samples and complete tracklisting (and ordering!) here: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/flr/flr1cd924.html
I created an artist page for myself at Last.fm, check it out here! I uploaded most of my older material in good quality audio, so feel free to listen to it… Check out the “Albums”. (And ignore the heavy band, there’s nothing I can do…)
Extended abstract: Using Mathematical Morphology for Geometric Music Retrieval
An extended abstract “Using Mathematical Morphology for Geometric Music Retrieval”.
Presented at the International Workshop on Machine Learning and Music (MML 2008).
To be published in a special issue of Intelligent Data Analysis Journal.
Crankshaft produced the Website for Yatta Ltd. Check it out here!
The site is a clever mash-up of several Web 2.0 techniques, taking advantage of WordPress 2.5, Prototype and Scriptaculous JavaScript libraries, 24-bit alpha PNGs and some custom code. :)
After learning about the many difficulties with sound and Flash while working at SpliceMusic.com, I was contracted as a Flash audio consultant for Cloetta Fazer’s Tutti Frutti Naturals Website. Apart from some general tips and tricks, I also realized the server-side MP3 song mixdown in Java.
Client: White Sheep
After an extraordinary four-and-a-half years of living in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona, I’ve moved back to Helsinki!
I’m currently busy working at Fake Graphics and can’t accept that many freelance work offers anymore… However, I’m still happy to hear about interesting projects (preferably audio work), so don’t hesitate to contact me.
Crankshaft was commissioned to execute the technical production of the tailor-made retail store sites for NunnaUuni. The site uses AJAX techniques for fast page updates, a search engine for NunnaUuni products, and a back-end that supports several language versions and customized views for the retailers, where they can access and update only the data that’s relevant to their specific site.
Some example sites:
H.E.I.N.O.L.A. – Summer in the Wild
I created an industrial symphony kinda soundscape for the art exhibition opening of my friends Juha Fiilin and Elina Orpana. See the flyer to the right.
This is what lecool barcelona had to say:
Finnish expatriate artists and designers Elina Orpana http://elinaO.com and partner Juha Fiilin http://fiilin.com launch their first exhibit dedicated to Heinola, a lovely little Finnish town in the middle of nowhere, and Helsinki. In a 3 part expo: 1- Lago Melodías- with avant garde artist and Heinola native Mikko Karvonen, we see how lakeside ripples and cross-sectioned tree trunk lines are converted to sound in an otherwise soundless environment 2-”Amistad”- reflects on the Finnish national pastime of love and respect for nature and 3- “Hell Sin K”- an exposé on the darker side of Finnish nightlife in the capital, and it isn’t very pretty what a town without pity can do. It’s not all tree-hugging apparently. Yet another “le cool experience” to invite everybody you know. Be there or be square.
These are the photos used to generate the sounds:
And these are the resulting soundscapes:
A friend of mine did a video of my track ‘Default Score’ in 2003. Unfortunately, due to lack of time, it never got finished. The unfinished preview is available on my MySpace videos page.
Visuals and direction: Zebracolor.fi
