about
This is human | machine, a musical solo project by Dominik Jain.
The project is essentially a channel for musical reflections of my state of mind.
The name is threefold.
First, it refers to a machine with human-like qualities, the utopian goal of my former field of research, artificial intelligence.
Second, it conversely refers to the phenomenon of humans becoming more and more machine-like – functioning like mere cogs in a clockwork – as result of the heteronomy that is inherent in today's civilized society.
Third, it refers to the human-machine interaction that underlies the production of my music, for the sound of a full band is not achievable without the interaction with
my most familiar machine, the personal computer.
If I had to provide classification, I would most adequately describe my music as a blend of grunge, indie rock and britpop. Relevant influences include
Radiohead, Nirvana, The Breeders, Pearl Jam, Pavement, Elliott Smith and Oasis.
music
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a scent of daffodils
written 05/2014 by Dominik Jain
recorded 05/2014
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within the shell
written 04/2011 by Dominik Jain
recorded 04/2011, 03/2013
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superhuman
written 05/2009 by Dominik Jain
recorded 05/2009, 03/2013
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touched
written 07/2009 by Dominik Jain
recorded 07/2009
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utopian dream (demo)
written 04/2013 by Dominik Jain
recorded 04/2013, 03/2014
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surfing
written 09/2009 by Tanja Prade and Dominik Jain
recorded 09/2009
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gear
Since I am very much a gear-head, who is always interested in the equipment used to produce music, here is my current gear.
guitars
- Fender Mustang Special, 2011, lake placid blue, dual Fender Enforcer splittable humbuckers
- Fender TexMex Stratocaster, 1998, black, neck/middle Fender TexMex SCs, bridge Seymour Duncan JB jr
- Custom Telecaster, 2007, black, dual Duncan-designed P90s
- Squier Jagmaster Vista Series, 1996, sonic blue, bridge Dimarzio AirZone, neck GFS Mean 90
- Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster SH, 2009, black, bridge Duncan-designed stacked SC, neck Duncan-designed Jazz Humbucker
- Hagstrom Viking IIP, 2008, black, dual Hagstrom H90s
- Takamine EF341SC, 2012, black
- Squier Precision Bass Special, 2008, antique burst
amplification
- Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4 Pro (virtual)
- Vox Pathfinder 15
- Fender Champion 500
- Marshall VS102R
microphones
- Neumann TLM-102
- Audio Technica AT3035
- Shure SM58
software
other (virtual) instruments
- Rayzoon Jamstix 2/3
- Native Instruments Abbey Road 60s/70s/Modern Drums
- Native Instruments Maschine Mikro
- Native Instruments Kontakt 5
- Sonic Couture Hang
- Kirk Hunter Ruby Orchestra
- Imperfect Samples Fazioli Concert Grand
- Native Instruments Absynth 5
- Camel Audio Alchemy
- GSi VB3
copyright notice
The content found on this website is free for personal use only.
Redistribution of any content found on the site is prohibited.
All rights are reserved.
acknowledgements
This website was designed by Dominik Jain. Quite a few resources for its creation were generously provided
by fellow artists and programmers on the web.
Some design elements were created using art brushes created by deviantART members
C130,
corelila,
Hest1a,
QuizRens and
Sajja, as well as brushes created by
Dave Seipp.
The audio player on this website is based on the Circle Player extension of jPlayer.
