The Heavenly Rungling Society

by Ras Thavas

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1.	Red Giant 03:29	buy track
2.	Correlation Inherent 03:59	buy track
3.	Atomistic 03:44	buy track
4.	a study of certain arts and sciences among the ancients 03:54	buy track
5.	Loxocemidae nugacity 03:24	buy track
6.	The Cloudy Oblong 03:16	buy track
7.	Academic British Dancing 02:58	buy track
8.	Multisensor Squares 02:52	buy track
9.	Morphological Source 03:12	buy track
10.	Configuration Preface 03:06	buy track
11.	Defo Rooted Hoon 02:52	buy track
12.	Black Nozzles 02:59	buy track

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Live improvisations dancing with the ERD Caput Draconis. Why dancing instead of controlling or playing? Because the Draconis sings when it wants, and won’t be coerced…

The Draconis comprises four incredibly complex intertwined shift registers/runglers that recursively and excessively feed on each other in turns, directed by four mode knobs that each have sixty-four settings. Some combinations of paths lead to ongoing feedback throughout the system, and some don’t. The dance is all about finding that place where the combination of frequencies and routings are of interest, and then being able to manipulate the routings and audio codec settings to provide sonic variety without inadvertently stepping into less attractive mutations or even losing the feedback stream. So it is a dance…

The main output of the Draconis can range from sub audio pulses and clicks, to low range gnarl, and up to hypersonic drill territory and beyond. Its multple pulse outputs have a similarly wide range, and are given voice in these recordings through pinging filters, phasers, and convolution reverbs.

Recorded live throughout April-July 2023 to 4MS Wav Recorder. ERD Caput Draconis provides or drives all audio. Extra rungler control voltages achieved by nesting Fancyyyyyy Rung Divisions with Draconis on some tracks. Pulses treated through various combinations of Make Noise MMG, QPAS, Echophon and Mimeophon, Ieaskul F. Mobenthey Sprott, crucFX Duber, Modcan Dual Phase Shifter, SSF Entity, Folktek Matter I, and Tasty Chips ERC+ convolution reverb. Mild editing for levels, dead spots and glitches that weren't desirable glitches done in Audacity.

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released July 8, 2023

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Ras Thavas California

Works in numerous modes of looping and modular electronics, through live improvisations using delay, granular, low-res sampling and west coast electronics within a eurorack modular ecosystem.

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