1-Bit Music is a project by composer and artist Tristan Perich. Merging his interests in art and electronic music, Perich programs and packages electronics in a standard CD jewel case that generate minimal glitch/dance music when headphones are plugged in. The music is 1-bit, the simplest representation of digital sound. This 'album' will sit along other CDs in a record store, with 11 different tracks and a skip button. Begun in May 2004, the music is now finished and will soon be released in stores as-is. Please consider the limited edition, or subscribe to the mailing list for future news.
A limited, signed and numbered edition of 1-Bit Music is for sale. A silkscreened poster including the schematic, source code and part list accompanies the music-generating box in an edition of 100. The set can be purchased online here for $100. Or you can read more information.
The following tracks were recorded from a 1-Bit Music box and converted to mp3. 1-Bit Music does not translate to mp3 very well, so please forgive the poor sound quality.
- Video! on Science Daily
- Discoveries & Breakthroughs Inside Science
- Wired News
- Boing Boing
- we-make-money-not-art
- tribe.net
- MetaFilter
- blogu
- The Sun Online
- A Robot Cometh
- dorkbot-nyc
- Chaise Magazine
- ThisBoyIsToast
- AudioMastermind
- Protein Feed
- ambulatore
- addict3d
- CMJ
- This Fabled Island
- flickr
- Podcasting News
- Kempa
- My Other Side Of Stories
- jambands.com performance review
- Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (with video)
- Other languages
- pigmag
- de:bug
"Certain Movement" - dance by Jamie Bishton - music by Tristan Perich - art by Anton Perich - filmed by Anton Perich.
Upcoming Performances
April 30, 2007, 8:30 PM
Tenri - Free (43A West 13th Street, between 5th and 6th avenues)
New composition for 10 violins and 10-channel 1-Bit Music.
New York
April 21, 2007, 8:30 PM
Aurora Picture Show (with Miss Pussycat, Quintron, Mighty Robot) (The Orange Show, 2402 Munger St.)
Houston, Texas
March 22, 2007, 8:00 PM
Location TBA
With Chiaki Watanabe
New York
February 21, 2007, 8:00 PM
Ad Hoc Art
With Mark DeNardo
In Bushwick: 49 Bogart St, Buzzer 22, Unit 1G. (Next to The Archive coffee shop and Brooklyn's Natural grocery, one short block from the Bogart St. exit of the Morgan Ave. stop on the "L" train. Front is painted red, you can't miss it.)
February 8, 2007, 8:00 PM
Lit Lounge
Depreciation Guild, Mark Denardo and Bitshifter
93 2nd Ave, Manhattan, New York
January 25, 2007, 8:30 PM
Monkey Town
Release party for Loud 5 audiomagazine. Minimal 1-bit keyboard work with 1-bit video. With R. Luke Dubois, Zach Layton, Adam Kendall, Wolfy, Thomas Dexter, Brock Monroe, and others. Free. Magazines will be available for $5.
58 North 3rd Street
Past Performances
May 6, 2006, 9PM
North Six
Opening for Captured! By Robots with Corn Mo
66 North 6th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
March 31, 2006, 10PM
The Tank
Part of "Pulse Wave"
1-Bit Music, BitShifter, Virt
279 Church Street
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