WPRB-FM GALLERY 2
Live concert broadcast on WPRB-FM 103.3, 10pm, Friday night, February 14, 2003
--Doctor Cosmo's "Nocturnal Transmissions" program--
...In which the band tries something completely different:
ambient space music mixed with spoken word, unusual mental phenomena and Valentine's Day musings.
MP3s of the whole show available here
Brainstatik presents Neural Apophenia Cluster
A spontaneous exploration of white noise, dark matter, deep space and inner mind.
Ken Palmer (iBook, MIDI controller, Karma)
Rob Burger (guitar/synth guitar)
Doctor Cosmo (sounds, readings)
Also, the debut performance of "interpretive videogame addict music" by
Meat Cookies
Kyle Palmer (synths, loops)
Charlie Wybierala (electric guitar, synths)
--More info on MC here--
--Inspiration for the evening's performance:
Apophenia
"Apophenia" is the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena.
"The propensity to see connections between seemingly unrelated objects or ideas most closely links psychosis to creativity ... apophenia and creativity may even be seen as two sides of the same coin."
--Peter Brugger, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Zurich.
In statistics, apophenia is called a "Type One Error," seeing patterns where none, in fact, exist. It is highly probable that the apparent significance of many unusual experiences and phenomena are due to apophenia.
--From The Skeptic's Dictionary
Interesting related apophenia "spirit voice" recording experiment here.
Pre-show photos by Ken:
No Brainstatik concert would be complete without the "tangle of cables" shot.
Rob warms up the e-bow...
...while Ken's new toys await their sonic debut.
Dr. Cosmo suddenly morphed up from the carpet to snap a few digital photos.
Ken captured this rare glimpse (unretouched photo above) of the Doctor in his true form, as he aimed some kind of image capture device right back at Ken in self defense.
See more pix from the other side of the Doctor's lens here in the Nocturnal Transmissions archives.