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"Relegate the Machine to the Background"

got a great review of my Music for Controllers EP from marc weidenbaum at disquiet.com

“Probably the sole development that wasn’t a surprise, pleasant or otherwise, was that other musicians would use the Buddha Machine as a tool of self-expression. Among the latest is Paul Bailey, whose recent Music for Controllers album includes several tracks featuring the Buddha Machine (in this case, the Buddha Machine app for the iPhone and iPod Touch). The opening tones on the album’s opening track are familiar, their patient looping like waves brushing up against the shore, albeit in slow motion (MP3). But that’s just the start. Then comes a pitter-patter like some children’s wind-up toy acting up, and a tentative bit of melody that slowly, ever so slowly, over the course of nine minutes, finds a common sensibility with the looping tones, and insinuates its own drone-like hymn. In the process, Bailey manages to do what many Buddha Machine adopters have not, which is to once again relegate the machine to the background.”

Music for Controllers by paul bailey
i actually found out about the buddha machine from reading marc’s blog and in the back of my mind i was wondering what he would think.  it’s not actually posted on this site yet (it’s  been a busy spring), but you can find it at archive.org (via blacksquare netlabel)

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1. Music for Controllers III and IV
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3. Music for Controllers I
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