Benjamin Geyer – Techno Across America

Classes

Runaway University

College of the Arts

Cage Conservatory of Music

Graduate Seminar

MUSIC 691A: Techno Across America
Instructor: Benjamin Geyer

Teaching Assistant: Chiara Guatelli
Crew: Alejandro Arteaga, Chris, David Perez, Louie Perez, Raul Perez
Mastering Engineer: Tiki Brown

Syllabus

In this travel-based workshop Prof. Geyer will lead an around-America exploration of vernacular musical cultures. Stops will include a number of California cities, other West-Coast cities, New York, and particularly Detroit. For each place that Prof. Geyer stays he will record site-specific sounds to be used in a track for that location. The complete American collection of tracks will comprise Prof. Geyer’s forthcoming album.

Benjamin Geyer in the faculty residence at RULA
7:58 am, Saturday, 3 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer sleeping on an air mattress donated to RULA by Alexis, Yulia, Marta & Samuel
Tiki Brown on the veranda at Runaway University, Los Angeles
9:23 am, Saturday, 3 August 2019, Tiki Brown
Chiara Guatelli takes a morning swim at Runaway University, Los Angeles
9:40 am, Saturday, 3 August 2019, Chiara Guatelli
Chiara Guatelli does yoga on the veranda at the Runaway University aquatic center
9:47 am, Saturday, 3 August 2019, Chiara Guatelli
David Perez, Beni Geyer & Raul Perez eating lunch at the RULA Cafateria
3:43 pm, Saturday, 3 August 2019, David Perez, Beni Geyer, Raul Perez
late night on the veranda
11:12 pm, Saturday, 3 August 2019, Chris, Chiara Guatelli, Alejandro Arteaga
Benjamin Geyer plays and records piano music at RULA's Cage Conservatory of Music
11:07 am, Sunday, 4 August 2019, Chiara Guatelli & Benjamin Geyer
Benjamin Geyer playing piano
11:14 am, Sunday, 4 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
Tiki Brown listens as Benjamin Geyer plays piano
11:26 am, Sunday, 4 August 2019, Tiki Brown & Benjamin Geyer
Benjamin Geyer playing piano
11:31 am, Sunday, 4 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
Benjamin Geyer playing piano
11:32 am, Sunday, 4 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
Benjamin Geyer viewing Xu Zhen's In Just a Blink of an Eye at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
4:52 pm, Sunday, 4 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer viewing Xu Zhen’s In Just a Blink of an Eye at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Benjamin Geyer recording sounds in a pool with a hydrophone
11:43:03 am, Monday 5 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
Benjamin Geyer recording sounds in a pool with a hydrophone
11:43:40 am, Monday 5 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
Benjamin Geyer recording sounds in a pool with a hydrophone
11:44:23 am, Monday 5 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer recording sounds with an Aquarian H2A-XLR Hydrophone
Benjamin Geyer recording sounds in a pool with a hydrophone
11:44:56 am, Monday 5 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
Mastering Engineer Tiki Brown listens critically to a sound recording by Beni Geyer
11:55 am, Monday 5 August 2019, Tiki Brown
Benjamin Geyer
12:03 pm, Monday, 5 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
12:31 pm, Monday, 5 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer
Benjamin Geyer
1:49 pm, Monday, 5 August 2019, Benjamin Geyer

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