Beau Sorenson

@beaunoise.bsky.social

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producer / engineer / strange noises beaunoise.bandcamp.com beaunoise.com

headline from the Guardian: "Artemis II crew describe ‘overwhelming’ emotions after soaring past the moon". below the headline is a picture of this dumb planet with the moon in the foreground
a cat sitting on the meter bridge of a Neve recording console, next to a Yamaha NS-10 speaker. the cat’s tail is draped over the front of the console’s center section.
phone photograph inside the control room of a recording studio. a rack for mounting outboard gear is being used as a table for a lamp. inside the rack is a Fairchild 670, a rare vintage tube compressor worth over $100k. the Fairchild is off, indicating it is not being used. on top of the rack is a MacBook, which is on & presumably being used.
b&w photo of Éliane Radigue at the NY Cultural Center in 1971 ( or ‘72? ), installing for the premiere of “Chry-ptus”, standing alone in rows of empty auditorium seating
a shelf of books in our studio: “The Legendary Joe Meek” by John Repsch, “Just Kids” by Patti Smith, “INTIMATIONS I” by George Middlebrooks, “Are We Still Rolling?” by Phill Brown, “HOW TO WRECK A NICE BEACH” by Dave Tompkins, and “Analog Days” by Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco
the compact disc of the Def Leppard album “Pyromania” sitting on the passenger seat of a Toyota Camry
an EMS Synthi 100, a very large and very rare modular synthesizer
scene from "Blade Runner" involving the Voight-Kampf test, which is used to detect androids. Harrison Ford in front of a weird camera thing with an eyeball on a monitor behind him.
bluesky called Bob's reply "Adult Content", which it is decidedly not
the cover of JOHN ABERCROMBIE’s ECM album “TIMELESS” with JAN HAMMER and JACK DE JOHNETTE. cover is a landscape represented through bars of horizontal blue for sky and water with small islands rising above the horizon.
Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces on January 3, 1990, at the Vatican embassy in Panama
the cover of George Harrison’s “Extra Texture” album, which has the words EXTRA TEXTURE in a large square font diagonally across an orange cover. The LP jacket was die cut to reveal a blue-tinted photo of Harrison behind the letters.
the “Recording the Beatles” book on a shelf next to several reels of tape for size reference
screenshot of a Reddit post with the caption “House with wasp nests in every window” with a picture of the side of a two story house below. The house has four windows and a large gray wasp’s nest is visible in all four windows.
the "Bomb Factory" 1176 plugin that is included with Pro Tools; anthropologists believe it is the oldest plugin used by humans
the reverberation time control of an EMT plate reverb, which consists of a large silver wheel that is turned by hand to increase reverb decay time. there are markings for 1 - 4 seconds engraved on the panel. there are four loose screws taped to the panel. there is also a strip of white tape that says "solid state Neil Young '02"
Ceti eel larva crawling across Chekov's face; screenshot from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn "the larvae enters a host's ear and wraps around the cerebral cortex, causing severe pain and making the host highly susceptible to external control"
the 'dominoes' meme, with "Kent State" as the smallest domino and "Jerry Casale's Wedding Cake" as the largest domino / end result
screenshot of the section that immediately follows: "Origins and demo version: the song originated in 1979 from South African musician, singer-songwriter, and producer Trevor Rabin; while going to the toilet, he wrote "the whole thing, from beginning to end"
the "Development" portion of the same wikipedia page, with a warning: "This section may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a particular audience. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy."
screenshot of the wikipedia heading for the Yes song "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
the cover of Theodore Gordon’s book “The Composer’s Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America” ( which depicts an early Buchla modular synthesizer) on a bunch of synthesizer garbage
the glorious Tex-Mex meal depicted on the inner sleeve of the greatest record of all time ( ZZ Top’s “Tres Hombres” )
Lindsay Buckingham in his home studio in front of a Neotek console
Bruce Levenstein’s post @brucelevenstein“we are in big trouble.” with the ironic juxtaposition of a random “What's Hot Classic” post from Seth Walder “WE ARE SO BACK” below it, presumably about an ( American ) football game.
screen shot of reddit post from r/SteelyDan: r/SteelyDan u/Medicbagnow “Royal Scam Remaster is uncomfortable” I physically cannot listen to The Royal Scam through Apple Music anymore. Everything sounds so weird and I just can't understand why Steely Dan remasters always have their BPM bumped up. This really is criminal
story from the Guardian: "Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing", with a photo from a real estate listing of a living room, green velvet couch with lamps on either side. above the couch is the painting in a gold frame : some kind of royalty or noblewoman. the face sorta looks like the cover of the Aphex Twin album "...i care because you do"
quote from a guy that bought a wooden jigsaw puzzle business: "“A couple years ago, if you had asked me what my dream job would’ve been, it probably would have been in tech doing product management at a higher and higher level,” said Danner. “And now I’ve just come to the realization that I think I would be so much more fulfilled running a niche handcrafted wooden jigsaw puzzle business.”
screenshot from an article about how Gemini AI is terrible garbage and hates itself: "I am a disgrace to my profession," Gemini continued. "I am a disgrace to my family. I am a disgrace to my species. I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes. I am a disgrace to all possible universes. I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes. I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe."
photograph of the compact discs that are ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE VINYL BOX SET of “the disintegration loops”
picture of Trevor Horn in a car with the caption "TREVOR HORN WAS A MUSIC PRODUCER WHO HAD BOUGHT ONE OF THE FIRST DIGITAL SAMPLERS"
“They Hated Jesus” meme from a Christian comic. Jesus is talking to a crowd of people and the narrative text reads at the top, “Most people rejected his message,” and then at the bottom: “They hated Jesus because He told them the truth.” The crowd responds to Jesus’ truth in a text bubble, saying, “Shut up!”
the cd box set of Costin Mirreanu’s “Poly-Art” recordings, blue box on a windowsill
the cover of the Beaunoise EP "Satieworks", which superimposes synthesizer front panel graphics over a black and white photo of the composer Erik Satie
Wurlitzer 200a, Fender Rhodes, and drums surrounded by baffles, all setup in a recording studio live room ( Tiny Telephone )
closeup of the tuning knobs on a LinnDrum
screenshot of an instagram ad for music review website Pitchfork partnering with Kellogg’s Nutri-grain cereal bars
story from The Guardian: "Who are the eight new vaccine advisers appointed by Robert F Kennedy?" with a picture of costumed heavy metal band GWAR below
picture from a used guitar price guide book of a weird-ass looking guitar with f holes / double cutaway and the caption “1967 GRUGGETT”
a screenshot of an auction site with a picture of a large dreamcatcher owned by David Lynch. the current bid is $450 and there are 11 bids
a compact disc placed on the branch of a tree, reflecting a light blue sky
the Mountain Man album “Made The Harbor”, cover is a faded photograph of a large splash in a body of water
a reel of 1/2" tape playing back on an ATR-102 tape recorder in front of a console in a studio ( Tiny Telephone )
the Dungen CD “ta det lugnt”
flowchart detailing a simple cybernetic loop, where the output of a process is fed back as input to control the process
black and white photo of 37th President Richard Milhous Nixon bowling in the Old Executive Office Building in the year 1970. the wallpaper is an extremely bold repeating geometric patten.
The compact disc of the Parliament album “Mothership Connection”
screenshot of a listing for a tube tech CL1b compressor priced at $3700, which has recently been selling for $5000 or more
LinnDrum with the “hi hat” fader turned all the way down
a stack of Windham Hill compact discs sitting on a Moog keyboard controller
a stereo pair of small diaphragm condenser microphones in ORTF configuration on a mic stand in a recording studio ( Tiny Telephone ) with piano and vibraphone and Hammond organ in the background, Persian rug on the floor
the compact disc of Steve Winwood’s “Back In The High Life”
screenshot of the waveform display of a track in Pro Tools with the name "_room tone_nocturnal"
the 24-bit CD remaster of the Weather Report album “Mysterious Traveler” sitting on the bus section of a Neve console.
the New Order compact disc “Power, Corruption & Lies” sitting on a windowsill
a bunch of recording gear piled up in a recording studio; Roland Space Echo, Ampex MX-10, Orban parametric EQ, Inward Connections tube mic preamps
In 1888, both Schubert's and Beethoven's graves were moved to the Zentralfriedhof where they are next to the later graves of Johann Strauss Il and Johannes Brahms. Anton Bruckner was present at both exhumations, and he reached into both coffins and held the revered skulls in his hands. ( Wikipedia screenshot )
yellow pills in a sliver blister pack that says “Pro-X”, 3 are missing, in front of a recording console
screenshot from the movie "Human Highway" featuring Booji Boy in a red jumpsuit with a blue handkerchief as scarf, standing in the back of an old pickup truck with several shovels. he is addressing the inhabitants of the town as nuclear war is imminent. the caption reads " 'Cause this planet's got the shits, and it's about to blow! "
poster for the Love Can't Save You Padmé "Funny Dancers" album release show at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, which has an excerpt of the eye from the album cover. The show is January 11, 2025 at 7pm.