A Fact of Modern Life
Posted by Erik | Filed under design, music, sound, spoken-word
The piece may seem at first to be the antithesis of the majority of the work I do, with simplicity replaced with a cacophony of spoken text. However, it is about the rhythm found in the repetition and the contextual shifting that can occur. The Chicago poetry slam is an influence in this area of my work.
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Tags: audio, repetition, rythym, simplicity, spoken-word
Burning Word
Posted by Erik | Filed under design, word
Literary magazine and forum
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Burning Word is an interactive literary magazine. In addition to the twelve person editorial staff, Burning Word publishes featured submissions from authors around the globe. The site is also well known for its forums, which allow writers to receive feedback and help from fellow authors and readers. The site was designed and developed to allow staff and users with little or no technical knowledge to input, edit, and publish content whenever they desire, 24/7. Burning Word is a 2002 SXSW (South by South-West) winner of the web design award.
Tags: fiction, literary, poetry, website
ekpages: urban art
Posted by Erik | Filed under design, visual, word
Visual interactive
Status: Offline.
Exhibiting graffiti as an art form, ekpages was created to bring creative minds together in a mutual appreciation for all art, and for each other. The site functioned as a creative resource from April 1996 to August 2003. The best content from ekpages will be added to this site, as time permits.
Tags: fiction, poetry, time, urban art, visual, website
Social Graces
Posted by Erik | Filed under design, music
Credits: Brian Deck: drums; Randy Henry: bass, vocals; Erik Deerly: vocals, saxophone, guitars, music and lyrics. Barry Deck, Erik Deerly: design and photography. Produced by Brian Deck with Erik Deerly. Emigre, 1990.
Unlike too many musicians with a point to make, Every Good Boy puts as much, maybe more, faith in their music as in their lyrics, and that makes a big difference. You have to admire a band nobody’s heard of that writes a no-sell-out song; you end up liking them when you discover that you’re singing along.
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Every Good Boy takes pop music, slows it down to the pace of the Twin Peaks soundtrack, and ads enough twists to each song to give this CD an almost eerie feeling, almost as if Rod Serling had engineered this CD.
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Sample Tracks:
01 History
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03 Social Graces
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07 ‘Cause I Hate You
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09 What Can I Do?
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10 Through The Woods
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Tags: audio, chicago, emigre, every good boy, guitar, indie, saxophone, vox