NOTE: This is a non-profit project. The cost of the physical CD covers manufacturing cost only, non including shipping. You can also download the CD in MP3 format by visiting the (CT) Collective web page for the project.

Project MRI is a collection of compositions based on a set of sample recordings of a MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine. The artists, all members of (CT) Collective, manipulated these sample recordings with various effects and audio software, using the output as their final compositions, or using it as a backdrop for adding additional recorded tracks from various instruments.

MP3 Samples

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1. Astrophonic Dreams in the Tube
2. Par le descendeur d'esprit
3. Mood
4. Magic Ride
5. Landing on Waters
6. Doppler
7. Avant Candy
8. May Resonance Increase

Copyright © 2007, by the (CT) Collective Artists represented in this work
http://www.ct-collective.com/

Credits

1. Krispen Hartung - "Astrophonic Dreams in the Tube"
   6-String mandolin, Lenovo ThinkPad T60p notebook computer (2.0GHz Intel core duo), Reaktor 5, Mobius live looping software, custom MAX/MSP generated VSTs
2. Adam Wimbush - "Par le descendeur d'esprit"
   MP3 players, Tascam mixer, EFX Units, "closed loop" monitoring/recording with Mac
3. Rizzia - "Mood"
4. Fastus - "Magic Ride"
   Akai S5000 sampler, Korg Electrib R MKII, Cubase on PC, VSTs from Smartelectronix
5. Fabio Anile - "Landing on Waters"
   Synth, real time looping, FXS on MRI sample
6. Tony K - "Doppler"
   Cut up samples with Sound Forge and reassembled in Sonar, FX by Waves, and free VSTs
7. Rick Williamson - "Avant Candy"
   iMac G3 400 mHz, MAX/MSP, Pluggo, Sound Hack, SonicWorx, Performer
8. Rick Walker - "May Resonance Increase"
   Mac G4 800mGHz laptop computer, Windows XP PC (P4 2.4 GHz) desktop computer, FLStudio Producers Edition 5.0 software, Bias Peak software, Cycling 74 Pluggo and Hipno VST effects suites

• Project coordination by Krispen Hartung
• CD cover artwork by Krispen Hartung
• CD production by Kunaki (www.kunaki.com)
• Special thanks to Michael Peters (www.michaelpeters.de) for maintaining (CT) Collective

All the songs on this CD were based on a set of sample recordings of a real MRI machine. The artists manipulated the samples with various effects and audio software, using the output as their final composition, or using it as a backdrop for adding additional recorded tracks from various instruments.

CD Themes

"I had a most exhilarating experience: my first MRI (on my lower back). This was amazing. I laid down on a sliding table, and they pushed me into a sarcophagus like tube with mere inches around my entire body. They put large, cold plastic headphones on my head, and then for the next 30 minutes I was eased into a seemingly euphoric and meditative state. What I heard were a series of fascinating sounds...from jackhammer-like hammering, to buzzing or vibrating cycles and bizarre sci-fi industrial like sounds, and so on. It was delightful. The MRI technician said it was a rarity for someone to actually enjoy that procedure. At one point in time, I was in a half waking/dream state and was wakened by my leg twitching. I could have stayed in there most of the day. And the amazing thing is that when I asked about the source of the sounds, the technician said they were not mechanically generated; rather, around my body, encased in metal, was a giant electrical coil surrounded by helium, chilled down to a cool minus 270 degrees. The sounds were a result of changes they were making in the electrical current and the resulting vibrations to the machine."

"Anyway, I started thinking, I would love to have that 30 minutes captured on a digital recorder so that I could use it for looping or as an ambient backdrop to my more experimental looping."

- Krispen Hartung, On the birth of ( CT) Project MRI

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