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Johnnie Valentino: 8 Shorts in Search of David Lynch
by AAJ Staff
By Ken Waxman
Sort of a modern day Thomas Alva Edison, Los Angeles-based guitarist Johnnie Valentino takes a practical approach to the somewhat esoteric concept of sound design. True to the functional philosophy of the Wizard of Melo Park, Valentino mostly uses manipulated sounds in his day job, scoring and providing sonic textures for animated TV shows and feature films.
8 Shorts is another matter, however. It's a high art application of his collection of found ...
read moreJohnnie Valentino: 8 Shorts in Search of David Lynch
by Rex Butters
Guitarist Johnnie Valentino lists “sound designer on his resume, and his Eight Shorts in Search of David Lynch demonstrates the craft. Valentino designs “sound beds, manipulated found sound environments with which the improvisers interact. Each captures a mood, with ambient dream world synergies seeping in, a la Lynch. The worlds spun by these musicians materialize before the mind's eye, each an original sound vignette.
Large throbbing tones, with processed spider guitar running on snare webs, open “Ambiguity. Erik ...
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