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 This was a recording taken in mid-June of 2011. While recording parts of Washington Park, I was able to walk through a few picnics. This is what I heard. I thought this post would be appropriate for the MLK holiday weekend. Washington pk summer picnics by normanlong "> Washington pk summer picnics by normanlong

A recording taken 'round midnight January 1, 2012 from my window. I find this recording similar to the July 4 recording from 2009. I feel that this has a similar existential feel to as my neighbors can be heard ringing in the New Year with their fire-arms.   

Innacitymisfit house mix 2000 Mix was heavily influenced by Larry Levan. However, it was the encouragement from my friends at Tower Records in the mid-90's that got me started making mix-tapes in Chicago before I moved out west. Listening to it now, I enjoy the selection (partly because I had to sell most of those records), not so much the mixing due to the bargain basement gear and skill level. Dj'ng was and still is part of my creative practice. It keeps me sharp and inspired. And yes, like one of my colleagues said when I did a set at the SFAI grad studios ten years ago, "I am playing for myself". I do it because I love the music with hopes that you will too.

Jackpot++ Jackpot++ by normanlong Recording from the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN

electro-acoustic dubcology I.2: arboretum trail/pond/zucker shrubs These are recordings from the Cornell Plantations, Arboretum Trail, Pond and Zucker Shrubs. Summer of 2007. Originally I planned to heavily process the sounds and render them to a drone to accompany listeners as they walk about the arboretum. Sort of like a live field recording mash-up.

Gardening at Night (an ambiguous heterotopia) Pt. 1 Video shot by Norman W. Long and Kathleen Quillian in 2002 Soundtrack - Mixed and edited Field recording from San Franciscos Mission District and radio scanner. Sounds processed by Leafcutter John's Forester program.

Re:combinant Window 2002 from normanwlong on Vimeo . Re:Combinant Window 2002 site specific sound installation San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA  February 2002 This video is from an installation from 2002 at the San Francisco Arts Commission's Grove Street Galleries. I proposed a sound installation where I combined the history of the gallery and the present. Somewhat like a palimpsest with the stacked furniture, signage, etc and sound from a radio scanner picking up sounds from the area. Many Thanks to Kathleen, Julio and Natasha