1. Get quicker access to all of your stuff - use Pin and Jump Lists to keep the programs and files you use the most right at your fingertips.
2. Manage open windows easier— resize and arrange windows simply by dragging their borders to the edge of your screen.
3. Quickly find what you’re looking for – use Windows Search to find a specific file, program, or e-mail in a few seconds.
4. Share files and printers among multiple PCs—from one Windows 7-based PC to another, you can share files, music, photos, and even printers across your home network.
5. Stay entertained effortlessly – with Windows Media Center o you get one place to enjoy your photos and music, watch and record live TV, and watch free Internet TV.
6. Easily create and share movies—create great looking movies and slideshows and share them on YouTube in minutes.
7. Connect to networks easily—view and connect to any available wireless networkin as few as three clicks.
8. Do more and wait less—improvements that can accelerate sleep and resumeand make your PC more responsive help you get more done.
9. Don’t leave programs behind—run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode.
10. Offers your PC better protection—help keep your PC your information and your family save.
Friday, October 23, 2009
New Google Music Service Launch Imminent
Google will soon launch a music service, we’ve heard from multiple sources, and the company has spent the last several weeks securing content for the launch of the service from the major music labels. One source has referred to the new service as Google Audio.We’re still gathering details, but our understanding is the service will be very different to the Google China music download service that they launched in 2008. That service, which is only available in China, allows users to search for music and download it for free.
This new service will be available for at least U.S. users, our sources confirm, although it isn’t clear if it’s a download or streaming service, or both. Google already has a decent (if little used) music search engine that can be accessed by simply typing “music:)” before a query (example). But songs are not available for streaming or download from those searches.
We’ll update as we get more details.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Beta Testing for Google Voice. So call me!
t may be even cooler than I currently think it is if the Google Engineering Team continues as they have been been. You may not be familiar with Google Voice and/or the virtually endless array of other apps all with the Google name and specific purpose of being the Best of Class for whatever reason it was created.
Google Voice is a strange animal. Here’s just some of the things this software easily accompl;ishes:
One number rings many phones or vice-versa. For instance, you could register your Home Phone, your Mobile Phone, your Fax Line, and whatever else to all be rung at once whenever anyone calls the Google Number you would be given at beginning of the setup for Google Voice. As you would imagine, all phones do indeed ring at once. So if you are awaiting a rather important phone call, taping TIVO or just being lazy, you still have multiple possibilities waging for you.
All this technogoly is tightly interwoven, though discreet in some cases. Google Voice is meshed with a web interface which also communicates with your iGoogle, GMail, Google Talk, even so far as translating voice messages to sons and vice versa… you can even tie this into your Web Cam.
Caller ID, smart blocking and screening, reverse lookups -all of this is free. Amazing. Well, if you have any doubts or questions about this one stop shopware, just call me with the link provided.
Google Voice is a strange animal. Here’s just some of the things this software easily accompl;ishes:
One number rings many phones or vice-versa. For instance, you could register your Home Phone, your Mobile Phone, your Fax Line, and whatever else to all be rung at once whenever anyone calls the Google Number you would be given at beginning of the setup for Google Voice. As you would imagine, all phones do indeed ring at once. So if you are awaiting a rather important phone call, taping TIVO or just being lazy, you still have multiple possibilities waging for you.
All this technogoly is tightly interwoven, though discreet in some cases. Google Voice is meshed with a web interface which also communicates with your iGoogle, GMail, Google Talk, even so far as translating voice messages to sons and vice versa… you can even tie this into your Web Cam.
Caller ID, smart blocking and screening, reverse lookups -all of this is free. Amazing. Well, if you have any doubts or questions about this one stop shopware, just call me with the link provided.
Google Wave going Beta on Sept-30, first 100,000 user requests will get chance to have a try
Google Wave, which was announced by the Google in I/O 2009 few months back, will be going beta tomorrow i.e 30th September.
Already 6000 developers are testing and developing apps on Google Wave using Google Wave sandbox. Google Wave Sandbox Ids where distributed at launch of Google Wave to few requested developers.
If you where not the lucky one, this time you might get a chance to have a hand on Google Wave. Google will grant access to first 100,000 user request received, this time it would be developers as well as normal users. They can test beta version of Google Wave.
According to a letter from Google, which i found on internet, Google is now more focusing on the stability and speed of Google Wave and not on new features. Though lots of developers from the open source community is contributing in developing apps for wave.
I am very much sure Company’s like Colayer who are working on virtual contextualized products will be exited from this news and waiting for healthy competition.
Colayer is a Pune – Swiz based company who is using wave like concept for a decade now and about to release their new product soon, Read more about Colayer product here.
Waiting for tomorrow, Techgearz will update you on all the happenings with Google Wave
Already 6000 developers are testing and developing apps on Google Wave using Google Wave sandbox. Google Wave Sandbox Ids where distributed at launch of Google Wave to few requested developers.
If you where not the lucky one, this time you might get a chance to have a hand on Google Wave. Google will grant access to first 100,000 user request received, this time it would be developers as well as normal users. They can test beta version of Google Wave.
According to a letter from Google, which i found on internet, Google is now more focusing on the stability and speed of Google Wave and not on new features. Though lots of developers from the open source community is contributing in developing apps for wave.
I am very much sure Company’s like Colayer who are working on virtual contextualized products will be exited from this news and waiting for healthy competition.
Colayer is a Pune – Swiz based company who is using wave like concept for a decade now and about to release their new product soon, Read more about Colayer product here.
Waiting for tomorrow, Techgearz will update you on all the happenings with Google Wave
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Free Network Assessment Offer for Phoenix Metro Area Businesses!
For Phoenix Area Businesses, we are offering a limited time offer. FREE Network Assessment ($150.00 value) for your network and PCs...
This includes network connectivity and security, server and workstation health, and consultation on upgrades, future-proofing and reliability.
We are confident that you will want us as your premier IT Support Provider - thus offer this limited time special to first-time customers.
In today's uncertain business environment, it is imperative that your firm is protected from malicious sources and take proactive management of your resources and data. Much higher costs are incurred when a network "breaks".
Call 480.529.2937 for details or email at admin@integratedartsaz.com for more information. We are here to answer all your questions and put your mind back at ease, allowing you to concentrate on the really important things in life.
Hurry, this only lasts through the Summer months! Now extended into Fall!
This includes network connectivity and security, server and workstation health, and consultation on upgrades, future-proofing and reliability.
We are confident that you will want us as your premier IT Support Provider - thus offer this limited time special to first-time customers.
In today's uncertain business environment, it is imperative that your firm is protected from malicious sources and take proactive management of your resources and data. Much higher costs are incurred when a network "breaks".
Call 480.529.2937 for details or email at admin@integratedartsaz.com for more information. We are here to answer all your questions and put your mind back at ease, allowing you to concentrate on the really important things in life.
Hurry, this only lasts through the Summer months! Now extended into Fall!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Outlook has GOT to get better!
It seems that in the last month we have been experiencing a plethora of issues mainly through Outlook 2003 standalone or tied to Exchange Server. Now why these issues have become so present are caused by multiple factors. Clients not accustomed to archiving overload their .pst file. Clients maintain multiple services (Exchange internal/external, POP3, Gmail through IMAP pushed to PDAs, etc.) When trying to hone down the load on an Exchange Server, the first issue that becomes apparent is the imposed 2GB limit for .pst files within Outlook 2003. This can sometimes be managed by changing the original .pst to Unicode which is native for Outlook 2007 and either expanding or eliminating quotas on Exchange. All that being small potatoes to the overall performance of Exchange/Outlook, it is a constant that requires too much administrative overhead and is not cost effective. Convincing clients that their best line of attack to eradicate the persistent anomalies in 03 software is to upgrade to 07/08 is a chore. Where do we go from here? Suggestions and comments are requisite from you, the readers, to help both Admins and Clients understand the path to harmonious email…
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Deploying Windows 7 - Part 1: Windows AIK 2.0 Enhancements
Deploying Windows 7 - Part 1: Windows AIK 2.0 Enhancements
Mitch Tulloch is a writer, trainer and consultant specializing in Windows server operating systems, IIS administration, network troubleshooting, and security. He is the author of 15 books including the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking (Microsoft Press), the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security (Microsoft Press), Windows Server Hacks (O'Reilly), Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), and IIS 6 Administration (Osborne/McGraw-Hill). Mitch is based in Winnipeg, Canada, and you can find more information about his books at his website www.mtit.com
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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 6: Lite Touch using MDT 2010
Deploying Windows 7 - Part 6: Lite Touch using MDT 2010
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This article is based on a prerelease version of MDT 2010 and will be updated later if necessary to reflect any changes made in RTM.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Another Blog – does it help?
Does it actually help to inundate the web with all these cross-linked Social Networking sites? Since the advent of Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot, WordPress and a slew of others, interlocking and interchangeable websites now mesh into a cohesive whole, where each web API can either push or pull from another or vice versa.
Immediately it becomes obvious that all these sites hashing data and back and forth can only bolster your web presence, ultimately culminating in a more ubiquitous ranking and visibility on sites like Google.
It also quickly comes to bear that there is an awful lot of redundancy in this practice. Is this good or bad? Some say it is negative because there is only a small percentage of original material being posted into the new Internet environments. A lot of activity is simply automated to pull from already existing RSS feeds and duplicate recent activity across the board.. Thus, updates posted to other sites simply mimic once original content and do not present anything fresh and new.
But the upside to these avenues I’d the fact that now people have a choice of what software application and/or API they prefer to use to get their word out and to subscribe to others. Because these apps all seam and mesh it makes it more likely that a person trying to make contact with the outside world is able to do so with a vast array of separate apps, or simply choose a favorite site and still get what they are looking for.
Case in point – IA Blogs are somewhat standardized in content and do indeed echo each other. But this allows presence to be much more vast and far-reaching if not for the merit of programming all the sites to integrate, instead more possible outlets are given for the ultimate goal… To be seen and draw the right audience one wishes to communicate and interact with.
The future of the Internet present person or business is looking fully attainable through the always dreamed of ‘free’ apps and OpenSource collaborations that serve all functional purposes and manage to make life easier for the general public to find, meet and interact in ways till now thought impossible and technically too complex.
The Internet is once again evolving due to the nature of human beings constantly wanting bigger and better tools to reach others through technology. The fact that data traffic on the Internet is absolutely exploding with no settling down in site is a good indicator that these apps and ideas are working and will continue to do so.
We are aided in reaching our goals by some of the smartest engineering and application capabilities ever seen. History will show whether all this ‘linked’ hype is worthwhile and beneficial.
Need help integrating apps to talk to each other? We are here to help. Contact us through any of the various avenues we created – we’ll be more than happy to assist.
Immediately it becomes obvious that all these sites hashing data and back and forth can only bolster your web presence, ultimately culminating in a more ubiquitous ranking and visibility on sites like Google.
It also quickly comes to bear that there is an awful lot of redundancy in this practice. Is this good or bad? Some say it is negative because there is only a small percentage of original material being posted into the new Internet environments. A lot of activity is simply automated to pull from already existing RSS feeds and duplicate recent activity across the board.. Thus, updates posted to other sites simply mimic once original content and do not present anything fresh and new.
But the upside to these avenues I’d the fact that now people have a choice of what software application and/or API they prefer to use to get their word out and to subscribe to others. Because these apps all seam and mesh it makes it more likely that a person trying to make contact with the outside world is able to do so with a vast array of separate apps, or simply choose a favorite site and still get what they are looking for.
Case in point – IA Blogs are somewhat standardized in content and do indeed echo each other. But this allows presence to be much more vast and far-reaching if not for the merit of programming all the sites to integrate, instead more possible outlets are given for the ultimate goal… To be seen and draw the right audience one wishes to communicate and interact with.
The future of the Internet present person or business is looking fully attainable through the always dreamed of ‘free’ apps and OpenSource collaborations that serve all functional purposes and manage to make life easier for the general public to find, meet and interact in ways till now thought impossible and technically too complex.
The Internet is once again evolving due to the nature of human beings constantly wanting bigger and better tools to reach others through technology. The fact that data traffic on the Internet is absolutely exploding with no settling down in site is a good indicator that these apps and ideas are working and will continue to do so.
We are aided in reaching our goals by some of the smartest engineering and application capabilities ever seen. History will show whether all this ‘linked’ hype is worthwhile and beneficial.
Need help integrating apps to talk to each other? We are here to help. Contact us through any of the various avenues we created – we’ll be more than happy to assist.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The New Efficiency: IT Professional and Developer Technical Briefings Phoenix
Well, I will definitely be attending this event. If you are interested you must hurry to be able to attend. Here's the agenda:
EVENT DETAILS
Event Name The New Efficiency: IT Professional and Developer Technical Briefings Phoenix
Start Date Monday, September 28, 2009
Start Time 9:00 AM
End Date Monday, September 28, 2009
End Time 4:45 PM
Time Zone Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Event Location AMC Desert Ridge 18
Address 21001 N. Tatum Blvd, Suite 32
Phoenix, AZ 85050
Venue Telephone Number 888-262-4386
Link here: https://microsoft.crgevents.com/TheNewEfficiency
EVENT DETAILS
Event Name The New Efficiency: IT Professional and Developer Technical Briefings Phoenix
Start Date Monday, September 28, 2009
Start Time 9:00 AM
End Date Monday, September 28, 2009
End Time 4:45 PM
Time Zone Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Event Location AMC Desert Ridge 18
Address 21001 N. Tatum Blvd, Suite 32
Phoenix, AZ 85050
Venue Telephone Number 888-262-4386
Link here: https://microsoft.crgevents.com/TheNewEfficiency
Monday, August 10, 2009
The Absolute Freedom of Ableton Live!
First of all, it is imperative that you readers understand the crux of this post... A serious explanation of Ableton is first necessary. From the creators themselves:
Ableton Live 8 provides a comprehensive environment for writing, producing and performing music.
Session View
Live is the only music production software with the "Session View": a unique grid for recording and playing musical ideas and phrases. The Session View is non-linear, so you can record and play back your ideas in any order you want. When you're working on a new track, this is a smart, flexible way to write and record. If you're performing music live, it gives you complete flexibility and freedom to improvise.
Arrangement View
Live also has a second view: the "Arrangement View," a complete music production environment. This is the linear counterpart to the Session View and is well-suited to "traditional" recording, arranging and mixing. These two views interact with one another, each with its own strengths and intricacies. Both views are based on the single principle of creative, intuitive music-making.
Uninterrupted creative flow
In Live, you never have to stop the music. Record audio and MIDI on the fly, drop in loops and samples, add effects and swap sounds without ever hitting the stop button: everything happens in real time. You're free to improvise and the computer actually becomes a musical instrument—an expressive and creative tool, perfectly at home on stage or in the studio.
Beats made easy
Live's unique Drum Rack combines drag-and-drop simplicity in a familiar pad-style interface. Each of the 128 drum pads can have its own instrument or sample plus effects. Slice beats, loops or REX files to MIDI for additional control options and use the new groove feature (which includes grooves from the legendary MPC and SP1200 machines) to add swing to your beats.
Creative expression for DJs
Mix and match tracks and loops automatically, remix on the fly, capture audio loops in real time from decks and other external sources, incorporate your own productions into the mix, and much more. Whether it's the centerpiece of the DJ rig or just a creative sidearm, Live gives DJs entirely new worlds of creative expression.
Looping with Live
Not only for guitarists, the Ableton Looper gives you classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware device. Looper is set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more without touching the computer.
Totally compatible
Live works seamlessly with controller hardware and assigning custom MIDI controls is simple. Live supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files, VST and AU effects and instruments. Live can handle REX files and runs as a ReWire Master or Slave, so it works nicely alongside other DAWs like Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase or Reason. And if you have a multicore or multiprocessor system, Live supports that, too.
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Ableton Live 8 provides a comprehensive environment for writing, producing and performing music.
Session View
Live is the only music production software with the "Session View": a unique grid for recording and playing musical ideas and phrases. The Session View is non-linear, so you can record and play back your ideas in any order you want. When you're working on a new track, this is a smart, flexible way to write and record. If you're performing music live, it gives you complete flexibility and freedom to improvise.
Arrangement View
Live also has a second view: the "Arrangement View," a complete music production environment. This is the linear counterpart to the Session View and is well-suited to "traditional" recording, arranging and mixing. These two views interact with one another, each with its own strengths and intricacies. Both views are based on the single principle of creative, intuitive music-making.
Uninterrupted creative flow
In Live, you never have to stop the music. Record audio and MIDI on the fly, drop in loops and samples, add effects and swap sounds without ever hitting the stop button: everything happens in real time. You're free to improvise and the computer actually becomes a musical instrument—an expressive and creative tool, perfectly at home on stage or in the studio.
Beats made easy
Live's unique Drum Rack combines drag-and-drop simplicity in a familiar pad-style interface. Each of the 128 drum pads can have its own instrument or sample plus effects. Slice beats, loops or REX files to MIDI for additional control options and use the new groove feature (which includes grooves from the legendary MPC and SP1200 machines) to add swing to your beats.
Creative expression for DJs
Mix and match tracks and loops automatically, remix on the fly, capture audio loops in real time from decks and other external sources, incorporate your own productions into the mix, and much more. Whether it's the centerpiece of the DJ rig or just a creative sidearm, Live gives DJs entirely new worlds of creative expression.
Looping with Live
Not only for guitarists, the Ableton Looper gives you classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware device. Looper is set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more without touching the computer.
Totally compatible
Live works seamlessly with controller hardware and assigning custom MIDI controls is simple. Live supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files, VST and AU effects and instruments. Live can handle REX files and runs as a ReWire Master or Slave, so it works nicely alongside other DAWs like Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase or Reason. And if you have a multicore or multiprocessor system, Live supports that, too.
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Now that being said, the most important issues to glean from this are the various ways of implementing such a diverse and obviously mind cultivating application. First, I will delve into the VST plugins that are actually exterior (some internal and embedded) to Ableton, simply because expanding on their capacities in turn reflects on the absolute creative freedom Ableton supplies.
Stay tuned for the first in a massive and probably never-ending mass of blog posts touting this paradigm of software.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
The brilliant works of Bourbonese Qualk
Second installment of the blog which should be taken as an extension of the prior Dedication to Bryn Jones, this is an honorable mention of yet another inspirational force, and also a fantastic opportunity in and of itself for you to experience this firsthand. We speak of Bourbonese Qualk.
First, let’s dispense with the resources and such… Bourbonese Qualk (Simon Crab’s manifestation) has created an archive site – in their words: “bourbonese qualk archive is the official archive of the work of the group bourbonese qualk. the site documents their work from the beginnings in 1980 until the end in 2002. following the death of guitarist miles miles in october 2002 the remaining members decided to disband the group and release no new material. the archive is regularly maintained by former members of the group.” Visit it here: bourbonesequalk.net
The site offers the complete discography of Bourbonese Qualk, including compilation appearances, rare findings, and links to other projects, such as simon crab’s blog “the stalker” crab.wordpress.com. As a sidenote, check out the freely available tracks from Simon and Andy Wilson in the form of sunseaster split into two very difficult pieces at http://www.faust-pages.com/transfer/sunseastar/STAGE_B.sunseastar-set1.mp3 and http://www.faust-pages.com/transfer/sunseastar/STAGE_B.sunseastar-set2.mp3.
First, let’s dispense with the resources and such… Bourbonese Qualk (Simon Crab’s manifestation) has created an archive site – in their words: “bourbonese qualk archive is the official archive of the work of the group bourbonese qualk. the site documents their work from the beginnings in 1980 until the end in 2002. following the death of guitarist miles miles in october 2002 the remaining members decided to disband the group and release no new material. the archive is regularly maintained by former members of the group.” Visit it here: bourbonesequalk.net
The site offers the complete discography of Bourbonese Qualk, including compilation appearances, rare findings, and links to other projects, such as simon crab’s blog “the stalker” crab.wordpress.com. As a sidenote, check out the freely available tracks from Simon and Andy Wilson in the form of sunseaster split into two very difficult pieces at http://www.faust-pages.com/transfer/sunseastar/STAGE_B.sunseastar-set1.mp3 and http://www.faust-pages.com/transfer/sunseastar/STAGE_B.sunseastar-set2.mp3.
Tribute to Muslimgauze (Bryn Jones)
Greetings from the Land of Phrygia…
Our first installment on this blog was blaringly obvious. We are going to introduce you to some of our core influences, along with some background and links to free music.
Phrygia is the brainchild of david m boosamra, and thus subject to the mindset he imposes upon the “we” of Phrygia – basically a mild schizophrenic association to the third person. That being said, we will continue…
One of the most prolific and mind expanding influences we have ever encountered revolves around the works of the late Bryn Jones, better known as Muslimgauze . The first time we ever heard his music was on a tape that was stolen from a party. The music was circa early 80’s and featured on the “Elephant Table Album” (http://www.discogs.com/release/102803). This compilation was top shelf difficult music, arranged by Dave Henderson, with artwork from Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound). The artists were of such caliber as Bourbonese Qualk, Coil, SPK, Lustmørd, Nocturnal Emissions, Legendary Pink Dots, Nurse With Wound and of course, Muslimgauze.
This music completely shattered our comprehension and position in music, which adhered strictly to hardcore punk and subversive underground at the time. Forced to reckon with a new reasoning and approach to music, these Industrial (sic) / Noise / Minimalist artists set our minds forth on a repositioning of political, philosophical and social understanding. It wasn’t only about despising the system and screaming about it – it also could be conveyed in thoughtful, abstract and completely absorbing avenues as well.
Muslimgauze’s track (Melena Jesenska) stood out from the rest – it contained a dark contemplative verve and of course the hypnotic, almost mathematically perfect beats of Middle Eastern influence, which Bryn performed by hand, then usually manipulated through tape loops, sampling, layers, found sound, etc. The music was so pure and wrenching we had to find more. This prompted an endeavor of searching and collecting music that to this day we still have not fully achieved, and hopefully never will.
Enough about our realization of beauty – see and listen for yourself to the unbelievably massive library of sound that Bryn Jones created here: arabbox.free.fr. One thing that shines about this particular website is they offer a rare and free download of a taped session Bryn created for Steven Wilson (Bass Communion) in the course of a single day in 1996. It’s quite hypnotic and articulates the direction Bryn was heading during that time, but certainly is not fully indicative of all his creations, as they vary from minimal sound pastiches to deafening electro.
This, coupled with the fact that Bryn was an Englishman from Manchester, but totally committed to portraying the atrocities being committed on a completely foreign people (Afghanistan, Palestine, Iran) through their eyes, no holds barred. A dedication such as “Total commitment to the Palestinian cause – all direct forms of action justified…” was not beyond his scope of reasoning. He was and is heralded as a champion of the oppressed and occupied; no other artist we know of dedicated his entire being to causes as he did.
Bryn Jones suffered from a tragic blood immunity failure that quickly ended his tenure on this mortal plane. We are forever indebted to him and his works, which opened unending canyons of thought and creativity. RIP.
Our first installment on this blog was blaringly obvious. We are going to introduce you to some of our core influences, along with some background and links to free music.
Phrygia is the brainchild of david m boosamra, and thus subject to the mindset he imposes upon the “we” of Phrygia – basically a mild schizophrenic association to the third person. That being said, we will continue…
One of the most prolific and mind expanding influences we have ever encountered revolves around the works of the late Bryn Jones, better known as Muslimgauze . The first time we ever heard his music was on a tape that was stolen from a party. The music was circa early 80’s and featured on the “Elephant Table Album” (http://www.discogs.com/release/102803). This compilation was top shelf difficult music, arranged by Dave Henderson, with artwork from Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound). The artists were of such caliber as Bourbonese Qualk, Coil, SPK, Lustmørd, Nocturnal Emissions, Legendary Pink Dots, Nurse With Wound and of course, Muslimgauze.
This music completely shattered our comprehension and position in music, which adhered strictly to hardcore punk and subversive underground at the time. Forced to reckon with a new reasoning and approach to music, these Industrial (sic) / Noise / Minimalist artists set our minds forth on a repositioning of political, philosophical and social understanding. It wasn’t only about despising the system and screaming about it – it also could be conveyed in thoughtful, abstract and completely absorbing avenues as well.
Muslimgauze’s track (Melena Jesenska) stood out from the rest – it contained a dark contemplative verve and of course the hypnotic, almost mathematically perfect beats of Middle Eastern influence, which Bryn performed by hand, then usually manipulated through tape loops, sampling, layers, found sound, etc. The music was so pure and wrenching we had to find more. This prompted an endeavor of searching and collecting music that to this day we still have not fully achieved, and hopefully never will.
Enough about our realization of beauty – see and listen for yourself to the unbelievably massive library of sound that Bryn Jones created here: arabbox.free.fr. One thing that shines about this particular website is they offer a rare and free download of a taped session Bryn created for Steven Wilson (Bass Communion) in the course of a single day in 1996. It’s quite hypnotic and articulates the direction Bryn was heading during that time, but certainly is not fully indicative of all his creations, as they vary from minimal sound pastiches to deafening electro.
This, coupled with the fact that Bryn was an Englishman from Manchester, but totally committed to portraying the atrocities being committed on a completely foreign people (Afghanistan, Palestine, Iran) through their eyes, no holds barred. A dedication such as “Total commitment to the Palestinian cause – all direct forms of action justified…” was not beyond his scope of reasoning. He was and is heralded as a champion of the oppressed and occupied; no other artist we know of dedicated his entire being to causes as he did.
Bryn Jones suffered from a tragic blood immunity failure that quickly ended his tenure on this mortal plane. We are forever indebted to him and his works, which opened unending canyons of thought and creativity. RIP.
Welcome to the IA Blog!
Well, here is the first of hopefully many blogs that will serve mainly you, the reader... my goal is to present as much freely available information as possible regarding Microsoft networks, servers and Administration.
This in turn allows open discussion and awareness of often overlooked or simply not so well known solutions to the plethora of issues that arise in any small business network.
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This in turn allows open discussion and awareness of often overlooked or simply not so well known solutions to the plethora of issues that arise in any small business network.
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