ANNOTATED LIST OF WORKS

Peter H. Wong

COMPOSITIONS

2009 automorph: software synth, synth piano, bike harp, bananamonica, vocal sounds

2009 strange loop: mountain dulcimer, guitar, synth piano

2007 rebecky: commissioned for accompaniment to a live dance piece (see below)

2006 the price 5150: squeaking escalator, cell phone voice note sample, drum machine, synth piano, distorted synth

2005 signal cycle: traffic sounds, synthesized walk signals, synth piano and drum machine

2005 bukowski's muse: commissioned for accompaniment to a live dance piece (see below)

2005 through the woods: a whimsical piece inspired by a Stanford researcher's computer-learned bird songs

2005 a return: live loop playback and alteration with a live microphone out the window

2004 through the retroglass: a study in imperfect retrograde symmetry

2003 the state of love in 2080: inspired by a phone message left by a malfunctioning international cell phone

2003 cityscape and nightlife (full): water meter squeal and corrupted file noise with synthesizer and drum machine

2003 never went away: polyphonic synth piano and bass

2003 summer fog: purely electronic piece, all software synthesizers

2003 texas kcbs: bicycle bells, A.M. radio samples, distorted guitar string scraping

2003 these demands: raw and vocoded presidential press conference samples, synthesizer, drum machine

2002 zanzibar instrumental remix: guitar loop from an earlier song re-imagined. parts in 7/4 and 4/4

2002 trainsong66a: hardware MIDI synth

2002 time for bed (instrumental and vocal versions): hardware MIDI synth and vocals

2002 variations on a musicbox: a transposition of the retrograde inversion of a toy music box melody is expanded upon in timbre

2002 random input: samples and synth noises with random envelopes for pan, volume, and other effects

2002 canadian e: guitar, cello, synth piano, sine tone composition with parts in 4/4 and 7/4

2002 pentalea series (unsynchronized, synchronized, and desynchronized): aleatory composition consisting of polyphonic loops of an aleatorily determined progression sometimes in retrograde symmetry

2002 remember me: sine tone/synth melody in an 8-bar sentence structure, synth cello, guitar, drum machine

2002 missing peace (version 2): a piece on homesickness, intended to evoke the loneliness of space travel, using voice characterization, corrupted file noise loops, clarinet, and distorted throat-singing (all vocal work by composer)

2002 the airwaves in three movements: heavily edited guitar samples, distorted guitar and AM radio in three parts

2002 hollow: purely electronic piece, all software synthesizers

2002 020306: purely electronic piece, all software synthesizers

2001 yossoshibellsong: hardware MIDI synth with audio overlay, improvised melody over sequenced background

2001 tulssiorgansong: hardware MIDI synth and software sequencer

2001 study better sober: an expansion on a corrupted mp3 of an earlier piece (noise23), mixed live

2001 transpacific: Propellerheads' ReBirth composition (ambient) mixed live

2001 caffeine: corrupted file noise loop, drum machine, mixed live

2001 smash rebels: yellow freight samples, corrupted file noise loops, synthetic canary song, mixed live

2000 303 overtone song: drum machine and Roland TB-303 emulator overtones

2000 kongfilter song 1-3: improvisations with a software Z-Plane filter

2000 e song: spoken prose fragments, 303 emulator, drum machine, corrupted file noise, white noise, mixed live

2000 shadowbox (version 2, co-written with Jeremiah Rodriguez): vocals, guitar, drum machine

2000 cham: down-pitched breathing, whispered phrases, effected room ambience, corrupted file noises, mixed live

2000 missing peace (version 1): more extended than version 2, mixed live (version 2 was laid out in a sequencer)

1999 caffeine + codeine: down-pitched vocal loop, synth loop, rhythm loop, corrupted file error noise. incorporates both locative (timbre) and chance (interference) elements in the character of accompanying AM radio static

1999 party favor µcass: one 5/4 and one 7/4 rhythm loop combined (one side features a feedback 'melody')

1998 ain't there somethin' else?: software synths and drum machines, sequenced

1998 unnecessary noise: software synths and drum machines, sequenced

1998 shit, it's six am already?: software synths and drum machines, sequenced

1998 panic: drum machine, delay, distortion, sequenced

1998 what was i doing again?: software synths and drum machines, sequenced

1998 zone22: software synths and drum machines, further developed in a wave editor

1998 humdinger interim: environmental sound loops, jazz samples. represents an early rhythmic piece before exposure to software sequencers

1997 freenoise: environmental loops played back over live mic and AM radio static 

1996-1998 noise1-33: early compositions built in a multi-track wave editor

COVERS:

2006 La Gazza Ladra: excerpts from Gioacchino Rossini transcribed from sheet music; software MIDI instruments

2004 1ere/2eme/3eme gymnopédie: Erik Satie's classics pieces input from sheet music; synth piano, vibraphone, sine tone, high hat

DISCOGRAPHY

2006 filter sifted sounds (13 tracks, hapahaus recordings) compact disc/electronic download

2001 peace & stress EP (4 tracks, hapahaus recordings) compact disc/electronic download

1999 party favor µcass (2 sides, hapahaus recordings) micro-cassette: for interactive playback on multi-speed recorders

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2007-present telepharb

live and recorded playback and manipulation of real-time recorded and pre-recorded loops and samples, as accompaniment to guitar, found object instruments, and originally constructed instruments (improvisation based)

2006-2007 dirk williams

live playback and manipulation of real-time recordings of other members' output, in addition to pre-recorded loops, as accompaniment to live synthesizers, altered loop and sample playback, found object instruments, and originally constructed instruments (improvisation based)

2003 400 boys

playback and manipulation of  pre-recorded loops and samples, and live playing of software MIDI instruments, as accompaniment to effected guitar (composed pieces)

LIVE DANCE ACCOMPANIMENT

2007 My Lovely Disorder (Barely Complete Productions, performed at CounterPULSE, San Francisco)

Rebecca Gilbert, choreographer, commissioned an original piece for modern dance performance (multiple performers). This piece was the third and most literal part of a tree-part biographical piece on the choreographer's close friend. "Bukowski's Muse," performed in 2005, was re-performed as the second part.

• rebecky: telephone interview samples, melodica, software MIDI instruments, field recording samples

2006 Sidewalk Moments (Barely Complete Productions, performed at CounterPULSE, San Francisco)

Rebecca Gilbert, choreographer, commissioned piece for modern dance performance (multiple performers)

• signal cycle: field recording samples (traffic signals and vehicle noise), software MIDI instruments (not used in final production)

• sidewalk moments: a medley of other artists' and this composer's original works, interspersed with traffic noises (used in final production)

2005 Bukowski's Muse (Barely Complete Productions, performed at CounterPULSE, San Francisco)

Rebecca Gilbert, choreographer, commissioned original piece for solo modern dance performance 

• Bukowski's Muse: audio samples from video taped reading by Charles Bukowski, software MIDI instruments, live cello samples

INDEPENDENT/STUDENT FILM PROJECTS

2009 (forthcoming) Mr. Jackson (Tasha Espinoza)

• acted as sound designer/foley artist for the film

2008 Waiting for Ms. Scott-asl Version (Ethan Bodle)

• 020306: (from the album "filter sifted sounds") used as the soundtrack to this short video

2007 T Line Trailer (Ethan Bodle)

• never went away: (from album "filter sifted sounds") used as the soundtrack to this short video

2006 Sketcher's Sketch of the Sketchee (Tasha Espinoza)

• La Gazza Ladra: (Gioacchino Rossini) used for soundtrack to main narrative of film

2003 Ante Meridiem (Rus Blemker, Cathartic Entertainment)

• cityscape & nightlife: recorded sounds, software MIDI instruments (remixed version used for opening credits)

• electro 80's: software MIDI instruments (not used in final film)

• buy a funk: software MIDI instruments (not used in final film)

RECORDING EXPERIENCE

2008 walter boyd string band (album forthcoming 2009)

• recording engineer for live string band's original album (2 guitars, banjo, stand-up bass, violin, vocals, spoons)

2007 humangatang string gang

• recording engineer for live string cover band (2 guitars, harmonica, violin, vocals)

2006 jeremiah rodriguez 

• assisted engineering and additional recording on a selection this independent artist's work: four songs, "rollerdisco," "cobb throwdown," "hearsay," and "you got me"

2003 jeremiah rodriguez

• recording engineer on the singer/songwriter's song, "Perigee"

2002 chris jantzen

• recording engineer and additional performer on an expanded version of the singer/songwriter's song "Hide in Trees"

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