Greetings,
Last year, and earlier this year (during sessions at Christmas and Spring
Break), I wrote, sequenced, and performed a number of electronic/ambient
musical pieces (using Retro AS-1 and Unity DS-1 software synthesizers) based
more or less (more than less) on the themes and concepts from the anime Serial
Experiments Lain. Due to their size, I was unable to place them on my school account.
Now, with my new account space -- http://www.cafe-pierrot.net/ -- I am able to
store both high-quality mp3 and streaming RealAudio G2 versions of the album,
for consumption by the anime fan community. This is a work of fan-art, and so
any comments or constructive criticism would best be sent to my private e-mail
address: caravan@cafe-pierrot.net
The album is called "Bootlegged Self-Image", and is available on my website
(the address is above, and below), and will remain on there, so long as I
don't go over my 3GB/month transfer limit. ^_^ I don't see this as being a
big problem. Though if it does look like a problem (popularity never *seems*
like a problem at first), I'll see about working out a mirror site for the album.
The album uses samples of Japanese dialogue from Lain (mainly taken from
episode 8 -- thus there are few if any spoilers), as well as key phrases which
have been transposed from the alphabet into musical notation, then sequenced,
played live, or augmented further to create a mood that is something Lain-ish.
The whole 32-minute album is approximately 45 megs, encoded at 192kbps stereo
using AudioCatalyst 2.0...
Liner notes for the album will be forthcoming. If you have any questions
about the album, feel free to e-mail me.
The web address: http://www.cafe-pierrot.net/bootleg/
My e-mail address: caravan@cafe-pierrot.net
I hope you come to visit what I feel is a subtle and unique work.
Sincerely,
--Matthew Johnston