If you don’t know the hyperfuturist post-anthropocene duo* MIRA新伝統 aka Honami Higuchi and Raphael Leray, you need to. But now for three bucks – $3!! – you can drop their absolutely addictive Max for Live mayhem into your Ableton Live set. Should you? You should.
*Fine fine I did toss those words in partly to annoy some friends and see if they’re listening. The music – see below – is important, though. Think creaking, ratcheting, metallic edges sharp enough to give your ears a papercut. I was already secretly a fan of the MIRA新伝統 duo, which is the kind of sound the club inside my brain would have. (The door policy? There is no door policy. If you come in and like it, you belong.) Raphael writes CDM to tell us that they’re now launching a sound design studio called Coriolis Lab.
But, my God, do I need another Max patch making a bunch of sounds?! “Yes, my child, you do.”
Raphael writes CDM:
HyperSplash is a plug-and-play Max for Live device that generates glitches and foley sounds through randomized functions. Use the [Chaos] button to create a continuous stream of sounds that you can edit afterward, or trigger individual sounds via MIDI notes. When you find a sound you like, save it as a preset and easily integrate it into a Drum Rack or other setups.
The instrument comes with 24 presets and cost only 3$It is particularly suited for producers looking for “plastic” aesthetics, organic yet cyber sounding sounds.
No, really – it’s so immediately fun. Here, listen:
HyperSplash is so much fun that I briefly thought about not telling people about it. But then if these glitchy percussive sounds can infect everyone’s music, we can take over club music. So spread it like it’s a new pandemic.
So you can run one instance and automate that. Or you can drop multiple instances in Drum Racks. Or… other things.
https://coriolislab.gumroad.com/l/hypersplash
Music
Here, have some more MIRA新伝統. I love this duo, so it’s worth mentioning not just the device but also the artists. Remember, uh, two years ago when we watched this stuff on FACT? Oh well – CDM is still here for you.
There was also a released organized around a “Discord server we created to gather people interested in the intersection of artistic practice, imaginaries, and theoretical discourse around post-anthropocene:”
And live: