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Steve Goldstein
Stephen Goldstein set out to be the next Elvin Jones but was short circuited along the way. Instead he morphs his perverse polytonal and polyrhythmic audio sculptings into a myriad of musical, theatrical, and dance settings. He views the world through tri-focal lenses and his brain responds accordingly.
Window 3 (12.4 mb) - Windows 3 and 8 are excerpts from Carei Thomas' Sound Window(s) V on Innova Records (to be released 2/2005). Patrick O'Keefe on clarinet, Steve Goldstein on laptop. Ensemble used: clist's LoopRippa. In this excerpt from a live concert, I used a map of samples I cut from recordings I made in India in the early '90s. When performing I use Reaktor as a standalone. Beforehand, I'll set up a number of snaps that each utilize an aspect of the ensemble and choose which snap to start with depending on the mood of the gig. I tend to do a lot of alterations to the ensembles I use, like changing the parameters depending on BPM or frequencies. For example, I may have a parameter's numbers jump in sixteenth notes or quarter-note triplets, etc.
Window 8 (10.2 mb) - Jacqueline Ferrier-Ultan on 'cello, Steve Goldstein on laptop. Ensemble used: Mr Nowak's Black Dirt. I zero out this ensemble — as close as I can — load in a bunch of samples and play wheel of fortune. With this ensemble I grabbed portions of the results with the Kaos pad and used that as another layer. Sometimes I'll also route the laptop into an ASR-X, resample, and trigger with the pads.