song: family transit
song: 2003 live excerpt
song: explaining noise to dead air
mark laliberte
by mikrosopht
what city is nearest your present location
I recently relocated to Guelph, ON (Canada), a rather majestic little community where the majority of people are students. Geographically, it is close to Toronto, one of this countries major centres...
More info:
http://www.city.guelph.on.ca/
how does it compare to your hometown? if it is your hometown, do you plan to live abroad
It's much less pornographic than Windsor, ON, where I originally hail from.
Please see:
http://www.sinsexbar.com
http://www.leopardslounge.net/
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm15592_20030726.htm
do you listen to a broad range of musics
Extremely broad listening habits, I guess... I spend quite a bit of my time in front of the computer at various tasks, and I just continually load in backdrop music to pass the time.
A more pure way to answer this question might be to reference a kind of 'artist playlist' of what I have listened to during the day here (it's 12.08.03 to place a time-stamp on this list): Current 93, The Incredible String Band, Scott Tuma, 1 Mile North, Iron & Wine, Buck 65, Momus, Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Xmas (it's winter here after all), Polmo Polpo,, Alp, Donnacha Costello, Dorinne Muraille, Gas, Fanny Pack, Freezepop, The Postal Service, and several tracks from duul_drv (we've been discussing remixing each other, and I'm trying to pick a track of his to work with).
have you ever gotten very sick
n/a
how old do you hope to live to be
The immediate response is 100, but I'll bet it's no fun being 100; I guess I'd like to live a good quality of life, that's what's most important. I'd like to learn to resist constantly measuring my life by way of an hourglass, which I have an unfortunate predisposition towards doing.
what is/are your favorite food(s)
pomegranates are a treat, I like the effort of peeling them, I find it relaxing though it takes a level of skill to separate seed from vessel without too much loss. For me, the ritual of eating this fruit has proven to be more fun than any video game could be.
...I guess I'm pretty fond of chocolate as well (mix the two together, and it's heaven)
on average, how long do you sleep at night
In the war against sleep, I have had to concede to nearly 08/24h per N! Anything less and I begin to feel the effects immediately. In my teens, however, I barely slept 05 /24h... those were the days.
do you write music in the dark or the day
I don't have a preference; whenever i find the time (which is hard to do, since music is NOT my main pursuit; I am primarily a practicing visual artist).
how many days a week do you work
I assume you are asking this question in reference to music: again, as I am primarily a visual artist, studio time related to gallery production takes up the majority of my work-time. Sound is secondary & usually revolves around some pressing deadline (usually, a project with Thinkbox, the sound collective I belong to). To be honest, if I can find 5 hours a week to compose, I'm doing great!
what is your favorite animal species?
n/a
tap, bottled, well or rain water?
...each of them appeal to me in a different way; tap water is great when it's an option (Guelph however, has what is known as 'hard' water, and I'm very cautious about consuming it); bottled water just feels safe, though I hate the idea of paying for water; rain water is great to walk around in if it's a nice temperate day (good to field-record in too!)
who do you respect?
I'd like to change that from 'who' to 'what':
accomplishment. self-control. dignity. perspective.
do you read about economics/politics?
not really... I prefer poetry (it's true!)
Look for:
* 3rd Bed (NY) http://www.3rdbed.com
* Vallum (Canada) http://www.vallummag.com
* Rampike (Canada) --
how do you feel when you finish a song
Whenever I finish anything, I feel a sense of completion tempered with an awareness of what could have been; never quite feeling satisfied is a trait that I've come to accept.
do you play your music live, dj, vj, ej, etc
live performances, which tend towards improvisation... it doesn't seem relevant in this genre to try to faithfully 'reproduce' in a live setting... I'd rather mutate. I really love performing at festivals (especially out-of-the-ordinary ones: I recently did a sound performance - where all the source-sounds came from recordings of fire - associated with this fest called "Fahrenheit' where a bunch of sculptures were made and then burned!)... & I'm getting to hate performing in clubs...
airplane, train, car, bike, skateboard or feet
Preferences: bike locally / train over distance... plane whenever necessary. I really hate driving, actually, though I still forced to do it nearly every day.
what is/are your favorite activit(y/ies)
oh, I like the little things that add up to a good day. i like reading in the bath, a good meal, a day where the body feels like everything's working just right... and then I like sharing that day with someone else.
who would you make love to in a second
For this one, I'll swipe the words of MC Paul Barman, you'll get quite an answer to this question:
http://coupdetat.tv/media/cockmobster.mp3
if you could live on the moon, would you ?
no... the Earth has so much to offer in terms of experience, why go anywhere else?
has anything weird ever happened to you
plenty.
mark laliberte sound website
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