Michael Duffy composer, improviser, and sonic adventurer.
(b.1976) guitar, clarinet, trumpet, 4-track, and drums as a youth lead to computer-obsessed electronic and acoustic composition and improvisation. Currently living in Minneapolis, MN.
newsoundconst at gmail.com
Max/MSP, Csound, SPEAR, SoundHack, DSP-Quattro, Logic Pro, Photoshop, Sony MZ-N707/EC-MS 907, cymbals, bells, drums of all kinds, various hardware effects boxes, mixers, guitar pedals, contact microphones, etc.
License: Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5
Shield Your Eyes - Duo with Schuyler Tsuda
site with audio/video
The Fire Sermon
Irvine Arditi - violin solo
Obair Phairce for oboe, contrabass clarinet, contrabassoon, viola, cello and electronics
Ensemble of the CMW
Franklin is Buried
fixed media - processed field recordings and found sounds
Live at Acadia Cafe
Seth Alt - metal sheet and electronics; Jeff Beddow - interlaced feedback, cymbal, voice; Mike Duffy - appropriated sounds and electronics; Mike Hallenbeck - laptop electronics.
Oiche mhaith (good night)
fixed media - processed field recordings
29_3_05_a
hybrid electronics/computer set-up processing contact mic-ed cymbal
29_3_05_b
a more rhythmic set with same rig
8_4_05
duet with percussionist James Borchers
Elliot Turned Two Last Week
reflections on two children’s toys
Recollection and Variation
bastardized drumloops and long dormant fragments from the hard-drive
28_1_04
‘bent data files bring out shifting harmonies.
5_4_04
drumloops, granular processing
Old Work Song
the monotony of teletypes, typewriters and the blacksmiths anvil
A Herd Adrift
processed Shepherd tones
Untitled (trio)
performed by members of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Joshua Rubin (bass clarinet),Dave Schotzko (marimba), and Kivie Cahn-Lipman (cello)
Four for Six
strings and percussion in four continuous movements
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