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"...of
memory and dreams." live
performance at 2006 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
(2007) [released on 7hings Music]
tripartite
collision/feb 23rd (2006) [released on state
sanctioned
records]
august/september:
with brent fariss (2006) [released on spectral house]
 cdr
release available now! (2006)
untitled
(mcalpine) (2005) [released and available for download
on bremsstrahlung records]
mcalpine
construction site, footdee (2005) [released on autumn
leaves]
gates:
16 october 03 [released on spectral house]
...
from
aberdeen (2005) signed limited 3 inch cdr edition (20).
each individual cover is a unique pressing from one of
the artifacts found during the 8 hour soundwalk of
aberdeen and used as guitar preperations in this
work.
[sold out] [mp3]
five
improvisations on the destruction of opera
[released on ecolirecords 001]:
taking various records of opera, professor lofi records
himself slowly destroying each record (and the record
player) as they play. this was deftly accomplished via
fire, molten soldering wire, lighters, matches, screws,
nails, rubbing alcohol, hair spray, and various coins.
finally someone with the courage to do what we have all
wanted to do for years. [sold out] [mp3s 1
2 3
4 5
6 7]
gates:
first meeting
The Gates Ensemble - First Meeting [released on spectral
house 2001]
Bill Thompson - guitar,
electronics, percussion, flutes,
Brent Fariss - contrabass, electronics, CDs
David Drew - electronics
Jacob Green - oboe, organ
Josh Ronsen - prepared guitar, powerbook
[sold
out] [notes]
V
(1999)
Five
Gather
five objects, distinct from each other, found in nature;
gather five objects, also distinct from each other, that
are man-made.
From these objects, draw forth sounds.
Bill
Thompson (09/23/99)
[released
on ecolirecords 002][sold out] [mp3
excerpt]
19
one minute pieces
19 shore one minute pieces written for ven voisey's project,
somewhere/somewhere else. 19 one minute field recordings
by varous artists were made available as source material
for reinterpretation. one of my contributions was chosen
for the release but i enjoyed it so much i did all 19.
[sold out]
mu:
initially created as an installation, mu involved several
tracks of sine wave bass tones that were, for the most
part, below the pitch threshold of human hearing. the
sine waves were designed to randomly rise and fall in
frequency and were played by three cd players set at random.
the players were connected to speakers aimed at the underside
of a prepared grand piano. as the frequency of various
bass tones crossed and resonated with the strings of the
piano, sympathetic vibrations would occur causing the
piano to play arcs of sound rolling up and down the prepared
strings. the title mu is a japanese zen term roughly translated
to 'nothingness' or 'emptiness'. it does not translate
well since it implies that any linguistic expression limits
its true meaning. it was chosen as the title for that
reason, in that any other title for the installation seemed
to color/limit the experience of the piece.ared
piano resonated by subharmonic frequencies.
[released on spectral house 005][sold out][mp3
sample] [installation
pix]
untitled
bass piece no. 1 written
for and dedicated to brent fariss. [sold out] [fariss
mp3] [ragsdale version]
[score]
homage
(to the new york school)
Homage to New York was written in honor of the composers
of the New York School. It includes samples from the works
of John Cage, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, Morton Feldman,
and David Tudor. The samples from each composer are roughly
equal in combined length, and were all altered to a greater
or lesser degree, while still retaining their identity.
They were chosen in consideration of composer representation,
recognizability, level of homogeneity/contrast, and compositional
pliability. The alterations include various effects such
as pitch-shifting, panning, ring modulation, and other
editing techniques. Effects were chosen in light of the
possibilities of each track playing against itself and
other tracks. This work, of course, would not have been
possible without the music written by the New York School,
or their influence on me and modern music in general.
[released
on spectral house] [sold out]
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