The point of joy at the end of the world
The Point of Joy at the End of the World is a collection of sound experiments and compositions using amplified modified sewing machines and a drum machine. The album is set for release on Friday November 3, 2023.
The full album is available for download here along with high resolution images.
The album will be available for sale at jenkutler.bandcamp.com on limited edition CD and digital download. Additionally, a virtual sewing machine sample set and Kontakt library will be available for purchase with the album at the same location.
Thank you for your interest!
All tracks and album art by Jen Kutler. Mixed and mastered by Jen Kutler at Baba Yagi.
About The Virtual Instrument:
Sewn is a high quality sample library of the two modified sewing machines used to make this record. The library includes both direct inputs from the onboard instrument pickups and acoustic recordings in the studio space. The Kontakt instrument has attack and release controls (something the sewing machines do not have which is why you won’t hear any of these effects on the album).
For musicians using other samplers, the full set of samples are included as .wav files to be imported to any sampler you’d like to use.
Sewn for Kontakt 7 and Sewn6 for Kontakt 6 require a full version of Kontakt, 6.5 or higher. It will not run in the free Kontakt Player.
About Jen Kutler:
Jen Kutler is a multidisciplinary artist and performer based in Central New York State. She modifies found objects that are cultural signifiers of power, gender, queerness and intimacy to create atypical instruments and sculptures. Her performances feature many of her instruments incorporated with immersive field recordings to explore common and discrepant experiences of familiar social tones in immersive sound and media environments.