Kris Kaiser's guest appearances

Kris Kaiser

Art + Music + Technology

Data Cult Audio

Landscaper Road Fuel

LetsChatAboutCatsPodcast

Eric Schlappi

Todd Barton

Stephen McCaul

Chris Meyer

Ian Boddy

Tom Hall

Nathan Moody

Kim Bjørn

Philippe Petit

Bana Haffar

Anthony Baldino

Garth Paine

Jill Fraser

Peter Grenader

Christine Papania

OwlTail

Darren Gruner

Kris Kaiser _ Turf Mutt _ Darren Gruner 

About:Kris Kaiser fell back into the world of music only a few years ago. Currently she co-runs modular synth company Noise Engineering with her husband Stephen, but her musical background goes back to an early age.  She was born into a musical family: her grandmother was conservatory trained in piano and her grandfather was a professional jazz pianist.  Her father grew up playing piano and drums and she inherited that love of percussion…despite her parents refusing to get her the drum kit she wanted. They supplanted that with drum pads (Yamaha DD-5.  Quality stuff.). Shortly after that came the keyboard and she was hooked.A long series of events led her to choose biology over music and she fell into a bioacoustics hole for many years. All through school, she made no music, but rather traipsed through neotropical swamps listening to the love songs of frogs and broadcasting traffic noises in pristine forests: part of her dissertation and research as a biology professor examined the effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs.In 2017, she left academia behind to join Stephen in Noise Engineering full time. She is largely in charge of the hardware and dabbles in everything else. She makes music reasonably often, but rarely performs or releases it.  The majority of what she creates is highly percussive: the pulsatile and rhythmic nature of the frog choruses she spent so many years listening to remain an influence in most of the music she makes.Notes on this piece:At the beginning of June, we were fortunate to see an ensemble called red fish blue fish perform Michael Gordon’s (of Bang on a Can All-Stars) Timber.  The entire piece was performed on six 2x4s and it was the most incredible and inspiring thing I’d seen in I don’t know how long. And while I watched, I constructed this piece. I don't ever have a hope of being a percussionist capable of playing at that level, but I had a great time putting this together.Links:https://www.noiseengineering.us/

About: Kris Kaiser fell back into the world of music only a few years ago. Currently she co-runs modular synth company Noise Engineering with her husband Stephen, but her musical background goes back to an early age. She was born into a musical family: her grandmother was conservatory trained in piano and her grandfather was a professional jazz pianist. Her father grew up playing piano and drums and she inherited that love of percussion…despite her parents refusing to get her the drum kit she wanted. They supplanted that with drum pads (Yamaha DD-5. Quality stuff.). Shortly after that came the keyboard and she was hooked. A long series of events led her to choose biology over music and she fell into a bioacoustics hole for many years. All through school, she made no music, but rather traipsed through neotropical swamps listening to the love songs of frogs and broadcasting traffic noises in pristine forests: part of her dissertation and research as a biology professor examined the effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs. In 2017, she left academia behind to join Stephen in Noise Engineering full time. She is largely in charge of the hardware and dabbles in everything else. She makes music reasonably often, but rarely performs or releases it. The majority of what she creates is highly percussive: the pulsatile and rhythmic nature of the frog choruses she spent so many years listening to remain an influence in most of the music she makes. Notes on this piece: At the beginning of June, we were fortunate to see an ensemble called red fish blue fish perform Michael Gordon’s (of Bang on a Can All-Stars) Timber. The entire piece was performed on six 2x4s and it was the most incredible and inspiring thing I’d seen in I don’t know how long. And while I watched, I constructed this piece. I don't ever have a hope of being a percussionist capable of playing at that level, but I had a great time putting this together. Links: <a href="https://www.noiseengineering.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.noiseengineering.us/</a>

Data Cult Audio 0119 - Kris Kaiser

One of the things that I try to pay attention to is this: situations where people are doing or using a thing, but not necessarily talking about it. This is the case with Noise Engineering modules: it isn't necessarily the 'I built my case around...' thing, but it seems almost everyone sneaks an NE module into their systems. But when you dive into it a bit deeper, there is an extreme passion about those modules. With devices like the Basimilus Iteritas, you find people having that 'pry it from my cold, dead hands' reaction - many would consider it central to their recording/performance rig. And NE has been on a roll, and is on the way to being able to have a NE-only system; something that few modular companies can manage. It's cool that this hot, fast-moving company is run by two of the coolest people you'll ever meet. Kris and Stephen (with some help from WMD manufacturing) run the whole show, from design to support, and are as passionate about their modules as we are. They also have an interesting and unique background that really informs the design and implementation of the modules they create.  Enjoy the chat, and check out their modules: https://www.noiseengineering.us/. I think you'll get it...

One of the things that I try to pay attention to is this: situations where people are doing or using a thing, but not necessarily talking about it. This is the case with <a href="https://www.noiseengineering.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noise Engineering</a> modules: it isn't necessarily the 'I built my case around...' thing, but it seems almost everyone sneaks an NE module into their systems. But when you dive into it a bit deeper, there is an extreme passion about those modules. With devices like the Basimilus Iteritas, you find people having that 'pry it from my cold, dead hands' reaction - many would consider it central to their recording/performance rig. And NE has been on a roll, and is on the way to being able to have a NE-only system; something that few modular companies can manage. It's cool that this hot, fast-moving company is run by two of the coolest people you'll ever meet. Kris and Stephen (with some help from WMD manufacturing) run the whole show, from design to support, and are as passionate about their modules as we are. They also have an interesting and unique background that really informs the design and implementation of the modules they create.  Enjoy the chat, and check out their modules: <a href="https://www.noiseengineering.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.noiseengineering.us/</a>. I think you'll get it...

Podcast 176: Stephen McCaul and Kris Kaiser of Noise Engineering