| Yazen Al Asli |
| Artist |
initially embarked on a career as a rapper during the teenage years, and for that honed the skills in audio engineering, later choosing to pursue it as a major in college.
An autodidactic, possesses a diverse range of skills and experiences in various professions, as well as artistic and cultural endeavors dating back to 2005, which have been showcased under various pseudonyms such as (Al Asli, YaKuzan, and YaKuv…).
Founder - mqr : a sole proprietorship.
mqr
A sole proprietorship strives to serve independent media makers and provides multiple services in the fields of audio and visual media, as well as developing tools for production and editing.
qbs
(domain: create, curate, research)
(role: developer, operator, designer)
qbs visual assets
digital resourcing is the current modern method while for decades of slitting and stitching reels and magnetic tapes, scratching vinyl or capture, the current market distribution and industries approach to profit of none-manufactured products (hints: maschine expansion, akai mpc kits, po pockets operators).
qbs is a distribution of selected material precisely to a sample standard, regenerated as an element of a production (istimrar, skind, more and else); the releases are compiled to launch on multiple software.
ct3
(domain: create, curate, research)
(role: developer, operator, designer)
a utility built on open source media player mpv to process material while preview.
phases of making;
| 0 | : | an implementation to trigger media split via bluetooth mic. |
| 1 | : | a combination of two software to play media files and mimic game controller strokes. |
| 2 | : | a standalone build of the open-source media player mpv with sdl protocol, configured to execute analytic and editorial operations. |
throughout the phases many editorial tasks were executed via the utility.
preview
re:generation is a recall of an amine's anthem on modern music.
01*
(domain: create, research)
(role: producer, engineer, designer)
01* visual assets
loops that define a repeat differ when merged, representing a dynamic state in a stati-k polarization.
for an interactive exhibition of the releases, the tracks are compiled in a mobile app with trigger, filter, morph controls.
fael (deluxe)
(domain: create, curate, research)
(role: rap, production, design)
cover
rap album highlights transitional phases throughout many relocations with focus on political, religious and social topics.
phases of making;0 : creating flow map from qbs files on mobile device. 1 : full production in a cross-platform environment. 2 : record, mix and master.
post to the production phases, the cover and title artworks were created along with a custom player to switch between instrumental and rap version.
fael : artwork
(domain: create, research)
(role: rap, production, design)
in collaboration as a contribution to the album by artist el feel and artist islam allam a series design for the album tracks resulted in an insight artworks reflects each track from multiple perspective.
rgn:re-generation
(domain: create, research)
(role: edit, process, direct)
a regeneration of childhood anthems on modern music, processing digital archives through multiple utilities made for the research (mip-mobility in production).
phases of making;0 : creating lrc file to sync lyrics with the selected music track. 1 : processing the archives via the utility ct3 to split the selected scenes for the timeline. 2 : applying storyboard and set the narration on the timeline with captions pre-made through the utility lrc2xml. 3 : digital processing of the regenerated anthem to apply coloring and glitchs.
sindbad - shab jdeed
qisas al anbyaa - al asli
*not all material went through same processors and preview material provided is not in the final form
r3.sh
(domain: create, research)
(role: developer, editor, designer)
phase∅
a bash code that integrates into the transcoding procedure and processes the images to tell the past and predict a future currently.
phases of making;0 : inspection of frame types and arrangements. 1 : processing images and create the core algorithm. 2 : motion inspection and define applicable preset.