The New Honey Shade

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art, film and music by mark kuykendall

ARTIST PROJECT INFO

Plant Music by The New Honey Shade is an innovative biosonification performance that explores the symbiotic relationship between nature and sound. Utilizing live plants, Kuykendall harnesses the subtle bioelectrical signals they emit to create an evolving soundscape. This generative music experience invites audiences to witness the organic interplay between technology and the natural world, art and science, environment, and human creativity, transforming the plants' unseen rhythms into an auditory journey.

Current Projects
2024-2025

  • Ableton Live DAW + Midi Sprout

  • 36.1362, -95.9901

  • The biorhythms are recorded as Midi data then translated into pitch and velocity.

  • Assistant Engineer "Roxy"

  • Electrode Gel (used to heighten conductivity of the diodes)

  • Historic landmark of the Lochapoka, Tribal Town of the Creek Nation

  • The Creeks chose the tree for their first council in 1836 after arriving in the area

elintseeker - L.i.f.e.W.i.t.h.o.u.t.D.r.e.a.m.s. / Remixes

Client

elintseeker

Year
11/25/2024

  • "Life Without Dreams: Remixes" elintseeker

    On sale Friday 25/11/2024

    The remix of Singapore composer & guitarist Elintseeker's latest release "Life Without Dreams" is already here!

    Outline of the Nishiki works

    Release Date: Friday, November 25th, 2024

    Item Number : PLOP23D

    Artist: elintseeker

    Title: Life Without Dreams: Remixes

    Media: DIGITAL

    Recorded music (8 songs):

    1. East Side Life (FourColor remix) – FourColor

    2. East Coast Balearic (Will’s Over Rainbow Bridge Mix) – Will Long

    3. City Lights, Lazy Nights (Daisuke Tanabe remix) – Daisuke Tanabe

    4. Sunset (Tsudio Studio remix) – Tsudio Studio

    5. East Coast Balearic (Right Remix) - Right

    6. City Horizons (aus remix) – aus

    7. City Lights, Lazy Nights (Ella Zweitnig remix) – Ella Zweitnig

    8. Sunrise (The New Honey Shade remix) – The New Honey Shade

    PTRIAL & BANDCAMP PURCHASE PAGE

    https://naturebliss.bandcamp.com/.../life-without-dreams...

    ◎Digital Download/Streaming Link Collection

    https://nex-tone.link/A00165738

    Explanation of the book remix album by エerintseeker

    The original idea of this work was to create another version that faithfully reflects the sound of "Life Without Dreams" from over 10 years ago, and reconstruct it based on the ambience it creates. But the Erintseeker quickly came up with a more interesting approach.

    It is through the creative perspectives of other artists, transforming, revitalizing and creative reinterpretations of former albums.

    This collection of remixes sprinkles elements from the original track as if seeing refracted light through shattered broken glass.

    Reconstructed to a new shape. Sometimes pursuing minimalism, sometimes layering,

    Each artist carefully craft their sound and rhythm.

    This work is a mirror reflecting the world that Erintseeker built in "Life Without Dreams." As the sound transforms into memory and gradually fades, becoming a thing of the digitized past, a new breath is given. How about getting lost in a liminal space where music and memories meet?

    リミキサー ： aus, Daisuke Tanabe, Distra, Ella Zweitnig, FourColor, The New Honey Shade, Tsudio Studio, Will Long

    A huge thank you to the remixers for taking part in this remix album.

The New Honey Shade - den​·​dri​·​forms

A collection of plant music original pieces generated via biosonification with live plants translated to midi and triggered through Ableton Live VSTs. Plant performances from snake plant, passion flower, and aloe vera. Highlighted themes were captured and looped, others are long form, raw and unedited data directly captured from the plants themselves.

credits

released May 17, 2024

Concurrent
2021

An evening of dance and biorhythms curated by Alicia Chesser featuring bio feedback musical performance by The New Honey Shade

*Live performance at Liggett Studio | March 26 + 27 2021