song: braking
quantazelle
by mikrosopht
where does the name quantazelle come from
i was throwing around a bunch of names and combining bits to come up with something unique, so hit on "quantum" + "gazelle" =. but i've talked with some people out in france and "elle" means "girl" so they think it's "quantumgirl." thats a pretty nifty version too i think. *shrug*
do you get more feedback from local or global/www listeners
quantity of feedback? or quality of feedback?
quantity quality q-words
hee, yeh QQQ! um. the best Quality feedback I get is from other musicians I'm friends with who know what I'm going for... the highest Quantity feedback is locally, in person at shows or when people run into me while I'm out doing things, or over IM from people all over the place. I'm pretty accessible since my AIM name is not hard to guess...
how long have you been dating dj Qbert? was your first date at Quiznos? do capitol Qs weird you out
Quite the contrary. er "Quite the Quantrary" ..bleh. ugh. anyway
would you consider yourecent Coaster EP the Quinessential Quantazelle ? +t*
hot. a bit Quirky, as well
do you get cold in the windy city or are you suburbane
Do you want A Cold? I can give you one... I've still got some left... hehe
i get sick sometimes. have you had any major illnesses or played much on nes or sneses
yep, both.. Ive had two pretty hardcore sicknesses lately, which kinda sucked.. i used to play nes a long time ago, but lately I'm alllll about Tony Hawk 3 + 4 and Grand Theft Auto. love it.
are you immoral
i dont believe I am, no.
would you consider yourself more philosophical, philanthropic, philadelphia, or phylum class order family genuspecies
philosphical. i have tons of ideas and half-realized projects in the works. I need either a team of people helping me out or some serious investors. philly was neat tho, i went to some phancypants school out there. it was phabulous.
are you presently studious, entrepenourial, vegitable and/or chaired
studious, entrepeneureal, and chaired (at the moment). I've got a super comfortable work chair from rollingstone.com when they moved operations out of Chicago. it is definitely responsible for me sitting for long hours in front of my computers... which results in quantazelle material, modsquare contributions, websites, strange music packaging, and extended IM conversations. i have rollingstone to thank, indirectly.
everead the magazine/any present subscripted printxt
i have an Interior Design subscription, i grab Grooves when i see it out, leaf through Xlr8r and Anthem when i'm at other people's studios/houses, Wallpaper and Metropolis are fun to leaf through in the store, as well as those random fashion / architecture zines I can never remember the name of but know when I see. Slashdot is my ie homepage, so I tend to rely on that for techy news and whatnot.
what is/are your favorite element(s) of design
i suppose it is the interaction of the elements that make something really resonate for me, a combination of the guiding principle or expression behind it, the form it takes, and the interrelation of the parts.. it's the same way with music really.
what is your favorite color
Silver
do you own a thermometer
hm... i don't, but I'm sure i could borrow one..
what would you do with it
oh, i thought you needed it, sorry.
if you used one as a drumstick would it make hot beats
ha. no, i can see it being smashed and mercury flying all over the place. grinding up glass does make neat sounds tho. so does walking on certain beaches.
are you a sailor
hardly. sailor moon is hot tho.
do you watch much anime ? if so, name some favorites. if not, when someone is lost in the woods what should they do
Ghost in the Shell is good, so is Princess Monoyoke. Both have excellent plots are are very beautiful to watch. Demon City Shinkjoko is a fun one and so is Vampire Hunter D. I think thats what they're called... its been a while since ive watched movies that are non-internet. heh.
what do you think of television content today? or when was the last time you saw a television :)
whoah. hm. im seriously having trouble thinking of the last time i watched television programming....i have a tv hooked up to my dv cam but its just gathering dust...
please catalo(u)g(e) your electronics equipment and whathey are each used for primarily, secondarily, and miscellanously
ooh fun ok. i have a pentium 1.9ghz pc with about 150GB of storage, 512mb RAM that I use for design / music stuff. it is nice. its name is Case. On top of Case there is a monitor switch which is hooked up to a 500mhz machine running Redhat .I just upgraded the ram to 256Mhz on that, but I havent had time to play with ti. Its name is Armitage. The monitor switch is also hooked up to a 300mhz Dell thing that i had big plans for at one point, but now its just a convient shelf under my desk. and it has no name cause its not on the network. Upstairs there is a huge tower with a 50 Gig SCSI Raid array that I was intending to use for db stuff, but I just store mp3s on it. It's named Finn and its hooked up to my stereo up there. I have a 600mhz laptop with a paltry 64MB ram and 6GB harddrive that needs serious upgrade work. It's also got all my biz appz on there so I use it to budget events and projects and to keep tabs on all things biz-accountable. it's name is Molly. Between Case and Molly is a gemini dj mixer, and flanking Case and Molly there are two really shite lowend studio monitors from the 80s. I rely on the AKG flat response headphones instead. I've also got a Sony Ericcson t306 cellphone that ive made custom ringtones with. Its got game on there too. I mean "It's got games." Theres also a yamaha keyboard down here about 15 feet away from Case. I never got a midi cable forit, so I just use it to sketch out ideas, then I manually transfer the notes into Case through the keyboard or mouse.
is neuromancer one of your favorite books ?
yeah, it's obvious, huh? heh. I am super into the Diamond Age as well. prime stuff. nanotech is fab.
do you have any clothing asuch
oh maaan, i wish. i do, however, have a knee-length skirt that unzips and becomes ankle-length. i also have my eye on a shirt from Jy Stijls out of Canada where the neck unzips to vent, and the long sleeves zip off to make it short sleeves. I used to have some too-big pants from triple5soul that zipped off to become shorter, but I accidently destroyed them on my birthday. heh. heres the shirt
do you like to wear hats, swing baseball bats into cats, roll mats, truncate high hat attacks, or step on cracks
truncate "high hat attacks" OK --> "hihattax"
do you enjoy quantizing, itemizing, disguising, discussing, disgusting, robusting, robotizing, rabbitizing, biting, writing, tines, fines, diners, whiners, miners, minors, or majors
mainly initializing, synthesizing, and digitizing
is there any hope for organic life(form[s])
sadly, i think they will dwindle down until they occupy a small, touristy niche in the phylum
do you ever forget your p's and q's
sometime, like when I type "fone" and "criteek"
are you 1337
i am teh ub3rl4m3.
have/do you play online games online ? what when where why howho
OMFG UR s0 0wNZ0rD. no, I don't anymore. I used to play networkd quake 2 back in the day. acutally, wait, I have played tonyhawk for pc networkd.
oh is that superior to playstational activities
tonyhawk 3 was the pc networkd thing
i dont know shit. well i suppose we should talk about your music more, if you like share some highlights, struggles, beat juggles, etc regarding musical adventures
i also got this game Uplink a friend sent to me, it seemed really cool, but the biggest problem was that you were spose to use a mouse to navigate directories and appz and stuff.... wtf nobody mouses
do you have any pets
pets, yeh, ive got an aggressively friendly, neurotic pitbull mix. sweet puppy, but high energy and furniture-destructive
please let him/her type some qwerty characters
she is whining outside the door to my office because i took the rug to the cleaners and she wont walk on the bare floor.
what color(s) rug
RED.
are you more patriotic or anarchaic
self-government is a great thing.
do you own postage
neh, email is better for most evarthing. but musical adventures...
YES ! and of them
I just got the beta version of the windows port of max/msp.. im on this beta testing list thing. ive played with PD a bit before..
do you like to have new warez
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do you like to test batteries with your tongue
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approximately how many batteries do you presently own
1k+
how small can you get
ive been savin the dead ones in a box for the hazarous pickup thing, which i never know when that is. there are some 1v watchy batteries laying around in my half-competed electronic projects pile, they are cute
whats the 10 cutest things ever
lol. things in miniature make me giggle. as do things that are supposed to be tough and intimidating made adorable. and also cutesy small stuffed animals and toys. these are a few of my favorite things.
do you like the sound of music
of course, so much so that i make my own.
do you like The Sound of Music
naw, theres better stuff out there than that
do you have a strict quality filter system
most assuredly. you have no idea.
are you a fan of any particular musician
oh geez, a ton... off the top of my head.. twerk, richard devine, com.a, bitstream, mr projectile, apparat, adam johnson, squarepusher / afx, akufen, chris clark, prefuse 73, funkstorung, four tet, proem...
so pretty much strictly electronic music
... matthew herbert, telefon telaviv, t.raumschmeire. yeah, just electronic. heh. .. phonem, esem, ardisson too
what do you think is the particular appeal of this type of music
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
particularly as it is primarily instrumental, unlike most other current styles
well, for me, its the technological innovation behind it that enables it's existance... and the fact that its done by talented people capable of making really good music using such novel sounds... and there's so much possibility in this field. musicians and artists working now are coming up with entirely new software interfaces and modes of production that are completely revolutionary and yet, the best of it is still of a realllly gooood quality... still cohesive and moving music. like, http://web.media.mit.edu/~jpatten/audiopad/audio pad-small-web.mov check this out. i'm totally gonna write about that thing
do you think there is any importance in using the same software as if it were a traditional analog instrument (ie. guitar) to 'practice up' or whatnot
hm, that's an intersting thought.. but all software is is an interface or a tool. i think it is more important for artists to continually improve their tools, and NOT be stuck "practicing" and learning a particular piece of software.
upgrades
what do you mean?
oh i was just referring to improving tools. what are some of your current favorite audio apps
oh, right, well manufacurers do send out upgrades all the time, and its true. but i'd rather see artists creating their own tools.. which is the reason why i'm so fascinated with max/msp / pd
there's so much potential for innovation there, and they've got a great community sharing knowledge. me personally, ive only blipped around in it, changing parameters of other people's patches and seeing what things do... and i havent even found a decent sequencer patch yet, but, then again, im still learning and exploring
if you had to share what you do to someone completely unaware of this electronic music field, how would/do you explain it
assuming they knew what computers were and everything, right? not aliens or anything?
have you ever seen an alien or ufo
:P
can you really make that face
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