This episode of The White Whale involves videos games and EVPs - their existence and use value in the sounds of ghost stories - as conversation begins to address the films ever more.
This episode of The White Whale starts addressing the films and how they evolved the way John saw the music. The coincidences of construction keep building onto this new narrative, creating ripples in how everyone can interpret the work.
This episode of The White Whale shifts to Funayūrei, third and final album in The Yōkai Trilogy; initiating discussion of the third album while also previewing tracks from the upcoming release.
This episode of The White Whale speaks thoroughly to the inspirations and compositional aesthetic of Hikikomori. Made up of inorganic instruments, John also speaks to mixes derived by machines rather than him alone.
This episode of The White Whale goes further into what it is to be Hikikomori and why John's second record of trilogy doesn't have a single organic instrument on it.
This episode of The White Whale briefly introduces Hikikomori and the story behind John's second record in the trilogy.
This episode of The White Whale looks at the classics by James, Poe, and Hawthorne to examine how limiting their structures of storytelling have become. For the modern day ghost story Aokigahara is much more than a name for a first record, but a conduit to ideas that may in fact bring us out of history.
This episode of The White Whale continues the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy and looks at how sound running backwards and listening out of order became significant conduits to composition. "Start anywhere, go anywhere, and do anything" as John says. Being a decider of your own experience shapes your context.
This episode of The White Whale begins the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy, its origins in ghost stories, and the desire to tell something different - first with the written word and then without. It is in some ways episode 1 of Season 1, aiming to thoroughly consider The Yōkai Trilogy - an art collaborative between John R. Barner and Garrett D. Tiedemann where John supplies the music and Garrett the visuals. The project has been happening for more than a year and a half with the support of Cy...
This episode of The White Whale offers a preview of season 1, which aims to thoroughly consider The Yōkai Trilogy - an art collaborative between John R. Barner and Garrett D. Tiedemann where John supplies the music and Garrett the visuals. The project has been happening for more than a year and a half with the support of CyNar Pictures and American Residue Records. Final record in the trilogy and set of films are due for release soon. To learn more about the project - including music and video s...
What is the key to The White Whale? How do we find an origin point? Has it already happened? "When men have died they enter history. When statues have died they enter art. This botany of death is what we call culture" -Alain Resnais Long-form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of life. The White Whale is an audio production of CyNar Pictures and its record label American Residue Records. Built upon the ideas of Residual, the blog of CyNar, each episode is an extension o...
When you record, things can go wrong, but not all is lost. Long-form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of life. The White Whale is an audio production of CyNar Pictures and its record label American Residue Records. Built upon the ideas of Residual, the blog of CyNar, each episode is an extension of the blog offering visions behind the curtain of art collaboratives in video and audio.
You have to start somewhere. Seems a guitar feed was the best way for The White Whale to make an entrance. Stay tuned for more episodes shortly. Long- form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of life. The White Whale is an audio production of CyNar Pictures and its record label American Residue Records. Built upon the ideas of Residual, the blog of CyNar, each episode is an extension of the blog offering visions behind the curtain of art collaboratives in video and audio...
