Sumburst

This video was made during Karl Klomp and my preparation for a series of performances back in 2006. Karl klomp used 1 of his circuitbent videomixers. Sound Christian Toonk.

map~2

The result of Bas and I rehearsing for a performance in BAK, Utrecht, NL, 2005. Video Bas van Koolwijk, sound Christian Toonk.

Kraakgeluiden

Live recording from 2006 made at Kraakgeluiden, DNK, Amsterdam, NL. Collaboration with AV-artist Bas van Koolwijk. A nice slow paced noise improv piece.
Download: Kraakgeluiden.mp3

uef / live

7 live tracks.
First and last track are rehearsal tracks for a livecinema tour back in 2006 with visual artist Karl Klomp. The other tracks are short pieces sliced out of 24h of recordings made at the urban explorers festival in dordrecht (NL), where i was doing an installation work.
Download: Uef/live.zip

Room

Recording made back in 2006, the 11th of june to be precise. I mixed a live feed from outside, with sine tones run through my fender guitar amp with lot's of reverb. You can hear soft summer rain coming in and out. All in all this has become quite a moody track.
Download: Room.mp3

Tone Mapping

4 track comp.
The fourth track, Polkolor was previously released on the cd-r RGB, a collaboration with Bas van Koolwijk. The first 3 tracks where made around the same time, and therefor match quite well with Polkolor. As a whole these 4 track make for a pretty dark ride.
Layers of low frequency sine tones interweave and create ghostly overtones. (2005)
Download: Tonemapping.zip

Envelope

Released on the netlabel clinicalarchives.com
A clean and uncompromising soundtrack that represents just modulation, no fx’s added. These 4 tracks are created solely by modifying the envelope of modulating frequencies, creating glimmering patterns. (sept2008)
Download: Envelope.zip

Piezein

Released on the netlabel patternsound.com
2 tracks based on the principle of fm-synthesis. The timbre of sinewaves is disturbed by altering the envelope of the modulating frequency, resulting in complex and grainy soundtextures. The greek word piezein meaning "to press tight", is meant as a metaphor for squeezing the curve of soundwaves, which have been the case for these 2 tracks. (sept2007)
Download: Piezein.zip

Unison

Released on the netlabel con-v.org
The basic idea for unison is the phenomenon of binaural tones. When the distance between congruence frequencies is changed, pulsations occur.
Here, dutch artist Christian Toonk uses a self build instrument based on sinewave oscillators and feedback loops. The output is rewired to the input and provides a somewhat unpredictable datastream, by means of creating an opponent to interact to as in collaboration. Unison is an improvisation with sinewaves. Although a technical approach, an emotive quality is pursued. (nov2005)
Download: Unison.zip

First Post

Hi,
My initial plan for this blog is to post some of my music.
I'm a sound artist from the Netherlands.
Inspired by sound phenomena and sound theory in general, I use digital techniques in order to create tonal improvisations. The sounds are assembled from custom made software, based on feedback processes and sine wave manipulation.
Please feel free to download my music..