CD || 2008 || afe recordings
“|Amongst the collection of CD’s currently inhabiting my players, is the now more familiar presence of John Hudak, whose work I last encountered on Japan’s Spekk label, and later in NVO’s EXTRACT book. Hudak turns in a classic and delightful series of recordings of doves on the aptly named Miss Dove, Mr |Dove. Hudak’s keen artistic ear picked up the sound of cooing doves whilst on a break in the Czech Republic, and realizing the auditory potential of the birdsong, |(...)
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CD || 2008 || Presto |!? Recordings
“|Inspired by the black-capped chickadee, which is a bird in case you wonder, which sang four notes, A to G, G to F, and the next day it only sang A and G which inspired Hudak to strum his guitar for a long time and then transferring it to midi information, in which the computer simplified the strumming. The resulting melody was then used to trigger the pitches of an instrument much like a dulcimer. A seventy minute piece is the result, which breathes the |(...)
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CD || 2004 || spekk recordings ...the sound originates in a recording of Hudak’s stream-of-consciousness speech. It isn’t specified whether the words are a part of the recorded monologue, but the impulse certainly forms the basis of a work that, through the alchemy of digital filtering, is transfigured into something magically penumbral. Room With Sky initially appears to be a twinkling near-constant, but every so often the key of its sound takes a downward step or pauses for less than an |(...) - read more ...
CD || 1999 || Alluvial Recordings
Completed in 1998, this is only the third full length composition from NY composer John Hudak to appear on CD. His work is primarily built on repetition and alteration, usually from single sound sources. With this composition, he has manipulated an answering machine recording of his mother’|s voice. The piece is shifting and complex. It is smooth and relaxed with the contradiction of extremely high, piercing frequencies. It is undoubtedly one of his most |(...)
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