Douglas Jarvis: "djarvis_crapthatshardwork.mp3" (15KB)
Review: Filling a whole sentence into 1 second is indeed hard work. There goes the myth that making a bit is easy and relies solely on plug-ins and effects. This is also the first reviewed bit that is both spoken word and a Nubit (originally produced). However, the source is still recognizable and also counts as "found sound" as it is believed to be an excerpt from a recording session outtake. So, it is not a Nubit in the pure sense of the word. I am wondering if Doug Jarvis actually spoke that sentence within a single second. Did he practice? Was it coincidentally 1 second? Did he originally take longer to say the sentence and then compressed his words with a wavefile editor? Ahhh..the mysteries of digital media composition. Crap! This review is hard work! (Jeremy)

Douglas Jarvis: "djarvis_salmy_anchor.MP3" (28KB)
Review: Wow! This wobbly and wavy bit caught me by surprise. If I were to title it, I might call it "Brave New Wave" or "permlette". Sounds more like a Nubit than a Classicbit. Sounds like Stochhausen's favourite biotech aquapet (very hip). What I like about this bit is both its anthropomorphic and animistic amoebic nature and how conceptually, this salmy anchor supports the empirical observation that a bit is both a wave and a particle. One really hears the wavelength durationally speaking yet it is cropped close enough to still be seen as a very long bit (yet still within the 1 second limit). This one should climb high up the charts if I have any influence behind the voting decisions. Are you brave enough to ride the wave? (Jeremy)

Douglas Jarvis: "djarvis_stroke.MP3" (28KB)
Review: Would this bit be considered to be Jarvis' MasterStroke? One can only vote on this issue. This bit has a very dark and garbled timbre which suggests that it was highly compressed. However, it still passes as a great bit and has similar characteristics to his "salmy anchor" (see above). I quite enjoy listening to this bit. Certainly a bit worthy of at least a mild stroke of aesthetic affection. (Jeremy)

Jeremy Turner & Janne Vanhanen 2004