The final elements are falling into place for the aodl 2CD, Redbox. The boxes that will house the CD's came in today. Chunky! A white vinyl box, 6-5/8 by 6-1/4 by 13/16" when closed, looking like an old betamax box (according to one person I showed it to). I expect there to be cassettes or a reel-to-reel, um, reel inside of it. Or film (which probably would go nicely inside). It's got a great tactile response that I think goes well with the material inside.
Much of that material, and the name Redbox, came from the initial plans to release this material as a collection of tapes. One plan was for each tape to be unique - either by having all new improvisational material on it, and/or by using "Recycled" tapes (a really cool series from RRR), copied over used tapes from thrift stores (ie - the 'Cocktail' soundtrack, etc), each having a unique time duration. The first two tracks of the first disc come entirely from those sessions [aka 'double live concrete']
Other pieces of material stem from earlier recordings, primarily from last summer, some of which were commissioned for an interactive installation piece, Sleep Experiments, by a long time friend. These are a bit more composed than the improvisational structure of this winters analog-focused sessions. Python even makes an appearance on the disc 2 opener, Quetzal Honeydew Fossil, running the rs'aodl algorithm which generated a work a few years ago (published under the Eucci name) that was the seed for the current aodl project.
Now, it's time to get to work on the cover art, which I hope will have a hand-touched element for each box. I picked up some red block printing ink on the way home, now it's time to start carving...