What is nohrhythm?

Short answer: A repository for my miscellaneous pieces, projects & ideas in (but not exclusive to) the genre of microsound. A term I prefer to use for descriptive purposes, coined by Edgard Varese, is ‘organized sound’.

Longer answer: Notwithstanding the obvious pun, the term ‘Noh’ is one I was attracted to for the reason that, in my westernized and amateur understanding of the term, it represents a non-narrative, slowly evolving and introspective form which has many similarities to the sounds I create. The rhythmic aspect of much of my work is usually subtle, and often subsumed by the more obvious textural nature of it. Many of these pieces are in the form of meditations on sound – transformations of more familiar sounds into soundscapes, and in most cases improvised. This is also a nod to ‘Noh’, which is usually not rehearsed, and reflects on the transient nature of existence. It is ironic, however, that even as most of these pieces are improvised, they are also acousmatic, digitized, recorded pieces; destined to remain frozen in their current state until possibly modified, deconstructed, cut up and repurposed by the listener. Which, as they are all under Creative Commons License, I encourage.

- Gary R. Weisberg

This site is currently in the form of a non-linear sonic diary of sorts – not really a blog, since I am much too lazy – so I will be uploading new sounds as they become available. Check back…