Sergio Enciso

Boston January 31st from Sergio Enciso on Vimeo.

So 8 months ago I posted something And here are the results of it.  This was shot by photographer extraordinaire Matt Baldelli. And the Ghetto Beatz by Me. This was sort of a test to see if such thing was possible. The thing is we chose a very very cold day to do such testing.

Richard Lainhart performing a piece called Oraison, composed by Olivier Messiaen (original) in 1937 for six Ondes Martenot. He transcribed it for a Buchla 200e synthesizer and a Haken Continuum Fingerboard controller.

From the time I first touched the Haken Continuum, I’d wanted to use it to play a composition by Olivier Messiaen called “Oraison”. I first heard “Oraison” years ago as a student of electronic music, and had fallen in love with its simple, beautiful harmonies and profound sense of mystery.

My friend Juan came from Guadalajara as a birthday surprise to his dad Salvador. Lot’s of partying and family fun. I happen to be Compadres with Salvador as I’m his kid’s god father. Me, a godfather… now.. kiss my ring.

Attending the Telefon Tel Aviv concert yesterday motivated me to do a little electronic show of my own at coffee shop type venue. I’m nowhere close to figuring out what songs to play or how I’m going to play them. However I did come up with some things to say between songs.  Note: I these aren’t funny, that’s the point, Mr. point-out-obviousness-in-comic-book-guy’s-voice-kind-of-person.

Things to say between songs.

• I wasn’t supposed to play that song.
• Electronic music is an easy gig, just hit play on itunes and check your facebook while twirling a knob or two.
• Why isn’t anyone dancing?
• Stop clapping the song’s not over.
• Feel free to flash me
• If you don’t like my music please complain to the venue, they hired me and forced you to pay.
• If you do like my music you should seek counseling.
• I will be selling cupcakes in the back
• To the guys that are holding their girl in front of them so they don’t accidentally rub elbows with another guy: I would not worry about having your girl stolen by the guy next to you, you should actually be worried about holding your girl too close to my manliness, she might not come home with you.
• goodnight.

You can use these at your show if you’d like. Creative Commons and all that junk. Or you could make your own.

I’ll post something serious next time. Sorry about the photo Josh, you are very down to earth and make great music. AM-I-RITE?

Oso by maquina

This isn’t a song.

THE LONG STORY (skip down for the short)

Dear kind reader,

Twitter was started March 2006. I believe Reagan was in office and we were fighting some war against some country with brown people. A year later, after we landed on the moon, I signed up for my twitter account. You wouldn’t call me a pioneer; perhaps an early adopter? At first I brushed it off as a lame status notifier for my non-existent friends. But as months passed I grew to like it for various reasons. I’m a believer in the minimal, so the 140

THE SHORT STORY

1. I’m taking a hiatus from twitter.
2. I’m not deleting my account. I’m just not going to use it anymore.
3. There will probably auto posts from my blog on my twitter account
4. I will continue @popsiclez.
5. I will miss meeting new and great people on twitter.
6. Every mutual follower I have I consider a friend.
   1. This means you are already friends through other means, via facebook, or even on IM terms.
   2. I encourage you to keep up with me as I am also interested in your coolness.
7. I’m sick of spammers
8. I’m sick of sheep minded t.v lickers
9. I should be really focusing on producing content.
10. retweeting in an echo chamber just makes a lot of noise
11. Regis and Kelly
12. Other services are emerging.
13. Make something.

Expect updates from this blog.- X @sergioni.

UPDATE

Yeah, I’m back on twitter. HAHA.

If you leave, I’ll find a way to get up there with you.

, originally uploaded by sergioni.

eighty and I won’t stop
one hundred and I won’t stop
one twenty and I see it
one fifty and I don’t exist

nine hundred.

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p style=”text-align: left;”>I believe in minimalism not exactly in æsthetic terms but the way we live and the way we are

Nothing is louder than the piercing silence of what we don’t write.

– sergio