Liquid Architecture 10 Sydney is now over folks - We had a blast!! Thanks to everyone involved.
Here are some photos, more to come. Photography by Toby Grime.
Buttress O’Kneel is a sound artist from Melbourne, who has to date released 12 plunderphonic audio-documentaries (on topics such as globalisation, Harry Potter, war, oil, racism, humyn rights, 9/11, exorcisms, “Australian values”, and the Bilderberg Group), 13 albums of culture-jammed post-pop noncore metabreaks, and several other Special Projects, including live manipulations of mainstream CDs through a series of destructive guitar pedals, collaborations with various other folks (including a fully sick deconstruction of Led Zeppelin IV with Blue Mountains misanthrope, Lucas Darklord), and commissioned art-pieces for the ABC.
She has dedicated her life to fighting the reptilian mind-control agenda, whether or not it actually exists.
This Eleven Eleven Special is a surreal journey through time and space, where the listener can meet some of her friends, influences, idols, total strangers whose work she thinks totally rocks, and of course her good self. CONTAINS NO BREAKCORE.
Buttress O’Kneel will be performing in Sydney for the first time for Liquid Architecture 10 more details…
PLAYLIST
1. Christopher Penrose – American Jingo (excerpt 1) [American Jingo / Illegal Art]
2. Zappa And The Mothers – What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body [We’re Only In It For the Money (1984 mix) / Barking Pumpkin Records]
3. Naked City – Speedfreaks [Grand Guignol / Avant]
4. Dead Ants Rainbow – The Long Skins [Dead Ants Rainbow (live) / Rough Coffee Records]
5. Otomo Yoshihide / Christian Marclay – Deep Down Under [Moving Parts / Asphodel]
6. Aux Assembly – Sideways [Even Cowgirls Get Dementia / Sabbatical]
7. Buttress O’Kneel – Our Good Fortune Is Largely The Climate [Soldier EP / IWML]
8. Peril – Kiken [Peril / Dr Jim’s Records]
9. Christopher Penrose – American Jingo (excerpt 2) [American Jingo / Illegal Art]
10. Merzbow – Short Piece For Bondage CD ROM 2 [Music For Bondage Performance 2 / Extreme]
11. Otomo Yoshihide / Christian Marclay – Blood Eddy [Moving Parts / Asphodel]
12. Extracted from Negativland’s “Time Zones” (Escape From Noise, SST)
13. Christopher Penrose – American Jingo (excerpt 3) [American Jingo / Illegal Art]
14. Buttress O’Kneel – In Some Cases [Soldier EP / IWML]
15. Christopher Penrose – American Jingo (excerpt 4) [American Jingo / Illegal Art]
16. Buttress O’Kneel – Watchtower [LIVE 18 11 06 / unreleased]
17. Bogdan Raczynski – untitled track 3 [Boku Mo Wakaran / Rephlex]
18. Merge Into Stripes – L1 [To Mesmerise its Prey before Striking / IWML]
19. Negativland - The Bottom Line [Free / Seeland]
20. Zappa And The Mothers – What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body (reprise) [We’re Only In It For the Money (1984 mix) / Barking Pumpkin Records]
21. Peril – Left Of Centre [Peril / Dr Jim’s Records]
22. Christopher Penrose – American Jingo (excerpt 5) [American Jingo / Illegal Art]
23. Naked City – Gob of Spit [Grand Guignol / Avant]
Michael Beckett is kptmichigan, a musician and producer who loves guitars, totally dislikes programming and finds the term experimental somewhat dodgy. As kptmichigan, he has released 4 albums, the newest being the experimental 10 Self-Modulating Loops Made Whilst Fasting, released on the label MirrorWorldMusic that he and friend Schneider TM run.
About the podcast: This podcast features a bunch of stuff from friends to people that time has forgotten…The weird and the wonderful. I allowed myself to add random stuff to and between some of the tracks, even creating new music especially for this podcast. Listen loud / Listen deep.
Liquid Architecture 10: Festival of Sound Arts will be a landmark occasion for the festival and for sound culture in Australia. Celebrating its tenth consecutive year, the Liquid Architecture sound festival will be held across three city venues, The Performance Space, the University of Technology Sydney and Hermann’s Bar, presenting an exciting program of contemporary sound arts. With a decade of experience to draw upon the diverse program features live events and installations showcasing the highest quality sound work in an intense focused listening environment, privileging our most unsung sense: listening.
In Sydney, Liquid Architecture 10 will present a program of performances, installations and artist presentations. The breadth of diversity of artists and artistic practices includes meticulous recorded work, improvised instrumental performance, new sound for screen work, radical uses of digital technology, inventive self-made sound making devices and historically informed practices.
Jennifer Teo & Shannon O’Neill
Sydney Directors
LIQUID ARCHITECTURE
Randolf Reimann is a sound artist, musician from Bangalow, Northern NSW. Randolf started his musical journey as vocalist for the Sydney 80’s hardcore punk band Massappeal. See also http://last.fm/music/Massappeal. Recent group projects include electro-acoustic duo Kolliope, with singer /song writer Michelle Taylor, and experimental projects like Lawn Cigar with visual artist/musician Darren Porter. Solo, Randolf performs live electronics as Dolfazoid.
Randolf is also the artistic director and facilitator of Tra La La Blip, an artist collective based on the far north coast of New South Wales. Their first release, Soundbeam Sessions Volume 1, is a compilation CD. All the songs were created live during jam sessions at Multi Task Human Resource Foundation in Lismore NSW. The music is created using multiple midi controllers and instruments like the tenori-on, soundbeam, kaossilator, microkorg, a macbook running ableton live software and a microphone. The project provides people with disabilities access to new musical technologies, opportunities to collaborate with other musicians & artists and opportunities to record & produce original compositions. Randolf is currently in New York doing Tra La La Blip activities with disability services and the elderly. www.myspace.com/tralalablip
About the set: When I left Australia in October I purposely did not take any music with me, no mp3 player, no CD’s, no iTunes library. So this set is made up of music that has come to me on this extended stay in the USA, save for 1 kolliope tune and the TLLB songs. Most of the music I have received through connections made through TLLB on this trip . There are generations overlayed too, a grandmother talking over her grandson’s metal band. A mother singing with school children and her son (now in the metal band), and a father doing music with his son. This was not an intentional choice, nor is it entirely experimental, it’s just what has been presented to me since October 2008.
Playlist 1. Atom TM/ Weisses rauchen ester teil [Raster Noton]
2. Honey Dance / Anzac March [Tra La La Blip, Soundbeam Sessions Volume 1]
3. Schneider TM Und Lustfaust/ The girl who cried all the tears from her body [Und Lustfaust / MirrorWorldMusic]
4. In Hearts Wake feat. Amy Granieri/ Seclusion [In Hearts Wake]
5. Kolliope featuring children of Cape Byron steiner school/ No mind
6. Heil Spirits/ Venom [Sound and Fury]
7. Monophaser/ Alva Noto [Raster Noton]
8. The Langley schools music project/ God only knows
9. Venom cont/ Heil Spirits [Sound and Fury]
10. Ioannis Kalantzis/ Parastaseis A
11. Barry & Dianne/ Honey Dance (samchillian remix) [Tra La La Blip, Soundbeam Sessions Volume 1]
12. Jede Nacht/ Station 17 (kptmichigan remix)/ [MirrorWorldMusic]
13. Ray Nox/ Schneider TM & KPT.Michi.Gan
14. MSG/ Icecream Truck [Tra La La Blip, Soundbeam Sessions Volume 1]
15. KPT.Michi.Gan/ Transport [MirrorWorldMusic]
16. Ioannis Kalantzis/ Parastaseis B
17. Amy & Dolfazoid/ Snowman Disco Fort [Tra La La Blip, Soundbeam Sessions Volume 1]
18. KPT.Michi.Gan & Son0/ Chapaun [MirrorWorldMusic]
19. Prinzhorn Dance School, Hamworthy sports & leisure centre.
20. Pinchers/ Agony [VP Music Group]
21. Atom TM/ Funksignal [Raster Noton]
22. Ioannis Kalantzis/ Parastaseis C
23. Super Reverb/ Jack Potatoe [Mirrorworldmusic]
24. Schneider TM & KPT.Michi.Gan/Onnanoko [MirrorWorldMusic]
25. Wellen und felder II/ Atom TM [Raster Noton]
26. Ioannis Kalantzis/ Parastaseis D
27. Honey Dance/ Anzac March (inspired flight remix) [Tra La La Blip, Soundbeam Sessions Volume 1]
28. In Hearts Wake/ 11:11
Don’t Look Gallery
419 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill NSW
Opening night Wednesday 25 Feb. Exhibition 16 Feb - 7 Mar http://www.myspace.com/dontlookgallery
David O’Donoghue presents a rare live sound performance for Don’t Look Gallery. O’Donoghue will be playing back and manipulating field recordings extracted from the urban fabric of Sydney and Melbourne over the past four years. In combination with these field recordings a number of sound toys and custom circuits will be played/manipulated to create a live sound composition.
David O’Donoghue works across a number of creative platforms, including, however not limited to - sound/music/composition, installation, live art/micro-performance. He has more recently been developing work in the rubric of ‘invisible practices’ – which become manifest through the inhabitation of the repetitions of daily existence.
Happy New Year folks and welcome to the first show for 2009!!
Several new releases are featured this month including the opening track Untitled #175 by Francisco López & Lawrence English, from the album HB on French label Baskaru. Also new from Baskaru is Live Journeys, a selection of live performances by mixed-media band Symbiosis Orchestra.
The podcast title, Mistress of Ceremonies, is a track from the new Joe Frawley release Ritual Research. An extremely enjoyable listening experience, the album is available for free download through the Clinical Archives net label.
From our friends at The Agriculture we have two exciting new releases to look forward to in February. Rich Panciera under his Lloop moniker explores elements of dubstep, hip hop and drum & bass with the album 60 Hertz. Kacy Wiggins aka quiet personal electronics (aka qpe), releases the one true constant, a new album with a downtempo ambient hip hop groove. Also from qpe we hear a track from the album Boolean Logic, which I refer to as my all-time-favourite pre-cyclone music.
From Australia, we hear a track from Rhythmic Movement Disorder (Room40), the long awaited debut solo release from Robbie Avenaim, a luminary figure in the Australian experimental and improvised music scene.
We also hear a golden oldie, That That Revolves, a Severed Heads track that features on the companion CD to a new book release entitled Experimental Music: Audio Explorations In Australia. Book chapters have been written by ‘artists, producers and participants in alternative music-making’ in Australia including contributions from Julian Knowles, Shannon O’Neill, Ian Andrews and Jim Denley, to mention a few, edited by Gail Priest. A definite must have for those interested in the history of experimental and electronic music in Australia. I was thrilled that Punos rated a mention (thanks Seb Chan). Enjoy!
Playlist
1. Francisco López & Lawrence English - Untitled #175 [ HB/Baskaru ]
2. Severed Heads - That That Revolves [ Experimental Music: Audio Explorations In Australia ]
3. Lloop - ODB Scripta Elegans [ 60 Hertz/The Agriculture ]
4. Benga - Go Tell Them [Diary Of An Afro Warrior/Tempa]
5. Benga - 26 Basslines [Diary Of An Afro Warrior/Tempa ]
6. qpe - Degrees of Freedom [ the one true constant/The Agriculture ]
7. Lloop - 22 Degrees (Sun Dogs) [ 60 Hertz/The Agriculture ]
8. Symbiosis Orchestra - Live At Fabbricaeuropa, Florence 1 [ Live Journeys/Baskaru ]
9. Joe Frawley - Mistress of Ceremonies [ Ritual Research/Clinical Archives ]
10. Robbie Avenaim - Bodyrocking [ Rhythmic Movement Disorder/Room40 ]
11. Joe Frawley - Inquiry [ Ritual Research/Clinical Archives ]
12. qpe - Fulcrum [ Boolean Logic/The Agriculture ]
13. Bai Tian - In [ Ya Ji/Kwan Yin Records ]
Carolyn Teo (aka Wun Thong) is an artist from Sydney, Australia, who works across media in photography, video, sound, textiles, performance and d.i.y electronics. Currently exploring the city of Montréal and enduring one of the coldest winters in the world, yet discovering a city abundant in culture and creativity. The D.I.Y approach in Montréal allows for creative freedom and expression which nurtures a healthy arts community. Healthy in the sense that artists self release CD’s that come to be works of art, each CD feels personalized and one of a kind.
This month’s “xmas special” is a collection of self released and independent experimental artists from Montréal, Canada. Sit back and enjoy bruits du nord!
Playlist
1. Hobo Divine - The Strangest Thing [ Néanmoins, various artists/ natacha's recordings, Montréal 2002 ]
2. .TM - A Very Mango Daquiri Christmas [Papa's Basement, Sydney, Xmas 2007]
3. Jacob Chelkowski - Babushka! Babushka!….ooooooh! [squint 00O, Montréal 2008]
4. Peter - Dans Nos Tiroirs Des Papillons [ Néanmoins, various artists/ natacha's recordings, Montréal 2002 ]
5. Carolyn Teo - Tempête de neige [Montréal 2008]
6. Emerald Cloud Cobra - Untitled [Two Pursuits (original version 2004)]
7. James Schidlowsky - Ringen III (rapid pyramid) [Ringen Again, Montréal 2005]
8. Alexandre St-Onge - Joseph Carey Merrick part 2
9. Cian Éthrie - Cymbal Licks [Cymbal Licks, Montréal]
10. Dynamo Coléoptera - memagurushi UTA [Dynamo Coléoptera, Montréal 2008]
11. Shapes And Sizes - Annihilator [Shapes And Sizes, Montréal}
12. Carolyn Teo - Meditating On A Wire Fence [Mudgee Recording, Sydney 2007]
13. Ernest & Ulrick - Prélude ["couc couc" various artists natacha's n:06, Montréal 2003]
14. Heavy Eye Of The Sun - Comme les ailes des libellules [Heavy Eye of the Sun II, Montréal 2006
15. Lucas - Deck The Halls [Lucas & Friends Discover A World Of Sounds, 1997]
Shannon O’Neill is an artist, academic and curator who works across music, radio, Internet, performance, text, video and installation. Shannon works as a lecturer in Media Arts at the University of Technology, Sydney and is currently completing a PhD in music at the University of Wollongong.
He has been a director of the Electrofringe festival (2001-02), the Disorientation series (2003), and the Sydney Liquid Architecture festival (2005-07) and is the founder of Alias Frequencies, an organisation that promotes and publishes music and media art.
This edition of ELEVENELEVEN features all Australian artists.
Playlist 1.Emma Russack - Death Heads
2. Atone - Cockroach [Brutalism / Shebeen/Basscode]
3. Loom - sss nail shell
4. DJ Do - Adolf a Carrot? [Mangled by the Tool of Satan]
5. Itch-E & Scratch-E - Bastards [Irritable / Volition]
6. The Process Void - Comfort Zone [Arcane Matter / Green Mutant]
7. New Waver - Life Force [The Defeated / Endearing]
8. Puzahki - Suffocating Matt Pt 2 [Smoking When Pregnant / Alias Frequencies]
9. Wheelsfalloff - Woman [Tough Titties / Goulburn Poultry Fanciers Society]
10. Go Back to your Precious Wife and Son - Monkey Machine [Shindii Shimae]
11. John Watermann - D5 - [Ambiguity / Night Shift]
12. Systematics - 245T [Rural / M Squared]
13. Lucas Darklord - How God Rapes (Literal Reading) [Bleaching All Life You Knew / Painfree Foundsound Institute]
14. Melds - Melds [Melds / Alias Frequencies]
15. Beardwagon - Never - [Poolside]
Mark Brown is a Sydney based sound, installation and photo media artist exploring the phenomenology of space, architecture and acoustic atmospherics. Brown’s practice has evolved into a poetic response to site, critiquing the history and function of architecture by documenting and making manifest unseen and unheard phenomena in space. This playlist maps a trajectory through strategies in the creation of sound composition and music derived from field recordings, sampling, artist made instruments and meta-generative techniques.
Minit’s samples of ‘absence’ recorded in the place where the Berlin wall used to be are layered into a subtle building wall of sound in Berlin Untitled. Wolfgang Voigt’s Pop 4 pulses through the black forest of reconstructed pop elasticity. Inside the white cube, a museum goods lift opening its doors to hear the ruminations of a disembodied forensic entity in Fontana Musee Incident. Einsturtzende Neubauten’s sound sculpture / instruments flail on the stage of Werner Schwab’s Faust. During the Acoustic Space Lab project in Irbene Latvia Zina Kaye & Mr Snow inhabit a decommissioned soviet satellite communications dish and distilled the unseen sonic particles it collects. Ian Andrew’s Dude Descending a Staircase traverses the static of radio waves and glitch frequencies in a Duchampian audio readymade. Echolocation is a recent collaboration with myself and Vincent and Vaughan O’Connor, the intention was to create a live sonic meteorology of field recordings and circuit bending.
Playlist
1. Minit - Berlin Untitled (zwischen alexandrin und alte Jacob strasse) [ Metaklang / RMIT Gallery Melbourne 2003 ]
2. Wolfgang Voigt aka GAS - Pop 4 [ Pop / Mille Plateaux ]
3. Mark Brown + Ion Pierce - Fontana Musee Incident [ ICAN Gallery Sydney 2008 ]
4. Einstertzende Neubauten - Das Orchestra [ Faustmusik / Rough Trade Records ]
5. Zina Kaye + Mr Snow - Firmament [ Acoustic Space Lab project / Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center Irbene Latvia 2001 - 3 ]
6. Ian Andrews - Dude Descending a Staircase [ Static Museum2 / Artspace Center for Contemporary Art Sydney 2001 ]
7. Mark Brown + Vincent & Vaughan O’Connor - Echolocation (Live) [ Paramatta amphitheatre, Sydney 2008 ]
DJ Olive is known for many sounds, from beats to sleep to avant-turntablism. In the early 90’s he was an active member of the infamous Williamsburg scene, producing ambient events throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. He was a founding member of We™, one of the most influential electronic acts to emerge from the U.S. scene in the ninties. As a joke, he gave birth to the term “illbient” and has been credited with founding the illbient movement. As an improvisor he has performed with thousands of world class musicians such as Luc Ferrari, Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Uri Caine, John Zorn, Christian Fennez, plus many more. He also co-heads the Agriculture record label.
DJ Olive has prepared a special podcast for ELEVENELEVEN, the TITICACA BBQ MIX, a fun radio piece with friends. Enjoy!
TITICACA BBQ MIX
Playlist
“intro” _illstyle live
“lambuna” omar yusuf turaybi _tihama north yemen
“titicaca dawn” _multipolyomni
“animus 1″ _jacob druckman
“siiriri” _kenya
“bukusu” _kenya
“apple au genie” _cambodia
“lets make the most of a beautiful thing” _nancy wilson
“song & dance” _nigeria
“sleep” excerpt _dj olive
“olson” _boards of canada
3 min mini cdr _toshio kajiwara & tim barnes
“conversation” _south america
“if they see” _We™
“nya-be” & “yo bon maa” tumi _upper volta africa
“ziyara al ahamsi” _tihama north yemen
“the click” arieni _south africa
“alegria” _bolivia
“kontakte” _karlheinz stockhausen
“big bambu” _cheach y chong
intro _marlene sai
“lullaby” _upper volta africa
“visions of a new world (phase 1)” _lonnie liston smith & the cosmic echoes
“billy gean” _mathieu boogaerts
“burial dub” _bunny wailer
spanish 7″ battle sound fx record
“poem electronique” _edgar varese
“children and god” _tony schwartz
“coconut song” lamu _kenya
“open the light” _boards of canada
“kwahahalu” _indians of brazil
“ihaha” _indians of brazil
“nefisa(electronique)” _earthling
“evelution of the beast” _autechre mix
“taos hoop dance” _sw native american
“volodya” _angola
“tam pysiambo” _coastal amerindians of guyana
“tea house in tuhayta” _tihama north yemen
“urua” _south america
“legende de chinvong” _cambodia
“english as a second language” talking package
“bone” _once11
“sloop a” jon tye
“i dont sweat” _dave alvin
“aku aku” -south america
“nyatiti” _kenya
“umo one” _khan
“funeral dance” _kenya
“disco love” _ian pooley
“roza” vermeila _brazil
“tonaha” _coastal amerindians of guyana
“ufolo” _angola
“come wi goh dung deh” _linton kwesi johnson
“bamileke bafang” _musiques du cameroun
“giulietta degli spiriti” nino rota
“standing here at the present time” _tony schwartz
“fugi isa” _coastal amerindians of guyana
two intros _marlene sai
bennink / brotzmann fmp
“hemcin trios danses” _turquie
“goodbye my friend” _coastal amerindians of guyana
Hotel Hollywood
2 Foster St Surry Hills 8pm til 2am | $10
DJ Olive (USA)
DJ Olive is known for many sounds, from beats to sleep to avant-turntablism. In the early 90’s he was an active member of the infamous Williamsburg scene, producing ambient events throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. He was a founding member of We™, one of the most influential electronic acts to emerge from the U.S. scene in the ninties. As a joke, he gave birth to the term “illbient” and has been credited with founding the illbient movement. As an improvisor he has performed with thousands of world class musicians such as Luc Ferrari, Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Uri Caine, John Zorn, Christian Fennez, plus many more. In 1999, he co-founded the Agriculture record label, releasing roof music, “beats in the backyard sunrise kinda vibe“, on which he has released solo albums Bodega and Heaps As. More recently DJ Olive has been releasing ambient sleep albums that he calls “Sleeping Pills“,Buoy and Sleep are both available on Room40. Performing at the Hollywood on Thursday night, DJ Olive will be on turntables and live electronics.
Panoptique Electrical - ‘Let the Darkness At You’ CD Launch
‘Let The Darkness At You’ collects instrumental pieces recorded by Sweeney for film, animated film, and theatre performances, in various towns and cities including Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Albury, and Wagga Wagga in Australia, Banff (Canada), Los Angeles (USA), Glasgow (Scotland), and Brussels (Belgium), between 1998 and 2008. In early 2008, Jason set to re-working and re-contextualizing these pieces to create ‘Let The Darkness At You’ (Sensory Projects).
Presented by Plum Industries & Sound of Failure Festival.
DJ Olive provides us with the next radio show, cleverly crafted with friends.
DJ Olive is known for many sounds, from beats to sleep to avant-turntablism. In the early 90’s he was an active member of the infamous Williamsburg scene, producing ambient events throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. He was a founding member of We™, one of the most influential electronic acts to emerge from the U.S. scene in the ninties. As a joke, he gave birth to the term “illbient” and has been credited with founding the illbient movement. As an improvisor he has performed with thousands of world class musicians such as Luc Ferrari, Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Uri Caine, John Zorn, Christian Fennez, plus many more.
DJ Olive will be performing on Thursday 4 September at Hotel Hollywood, 2 Foster St Surry Hills 8pm - 2am. The official closing party of the Sound of Failure festival.
Question/Answer… Interruption UTS performance space
Bon Marche building, Corner of Broadway and Harris St
August 27, 6pm – FREE
This unique performance will explore and disrupt the notion that music should be as symmetrical as a ‘perfect’ human face. Participants will be invited to perform in this collaborative work aimed at investigating notions of rhythm, structure, form, space and time. These performances will make use of the snazzy new facilities (which include a 9.1 surround sound system) in this UTS space. Performers include: Peter Newman, Shannon O’Neill, Jessica Tyrrell & Chris Caines, and Roger Mills.
Sound of Failure Festival, main performance night
Factory Theatre, 105 Victoria Rd, Enmore
August 30, 7pm (sharp!), $20 (+booking fee)
Book NOW online at http://factorytheatre.com.au
Internationally renowned torturers of electronic toys, Toydeath, will unleash their circuit bent mayhem on the Factory Theatre along with 15 other acts that include everything from the burlesque cabaret of Dianne’s Dollhouse and the endurance karaoke of Samuel Bruce, to the uninhibited, primordial yowls of Lectre Macabre & Triangle. Other performers include: Ian Andrews, catfingers, Greg Chatonsky (Canada), Cleaning Lady (Vic), Jacob Craig, Delirium Tremens, Est Et Non, Tom Hall (Brisbane), Hiske with Psychic Date & VJ Jax, Sari TM Kavinen, Marquis de Sound, Glenn Remington, and Jessica Tyrrell & Chris Caines.
Before the performance evening at the Factory there will be an Audio Picnic in Enmore Park at 3pm. Bring your food and noisemakers for this impromptu, unofficial, romp in the park!
Sound of Failure (Main Exhibition) Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Pidcock St, Camperdown Opening August 19, 6pm (FREE), August 20-September 7 Curated by Jennifer Teo
The Chrissie Cotter Group Show Exhibition hosts a diverse range of audio, and audio-visual installations. Artists featured include US based sound experimenter, Subscape Annex, who has used the potentially explosive technique of combining electricity and water in a work that involves sound from dripping water across the contact of an instrument cable jack. The result ‘The Water Method’ is a sublime ambient work that is hypnotically compelling.
Norie Neumark and Maria Miranda dissect and interrogate the iconic Aussie cop drama, ‘Homicide’ (said to be the most important and popular television drama series ever produced in the country) in ‘Homicide Rumours’ — a sound slash fiction. Like old episodes of Doctor Who, these Homicide mashups conjure sensations of familiarity and sentimentality, as well as disappointment and even embarrassment. Our memories live in the original – past – moment; our hazy dream is shattered by the harsh reality of the now.
Other artists include Peter Newman, Jordana Maisie, Vienna Parreno, Monperro (Spain), David O’Donoghue, Krzysztof Osinski, Ashley Scott, Greg Shapley, Cara-Ann Simpson, and the 2203 Collective.
The opening will feature a performance by renowned theatre artists Leisa Shelton and Jethro Woodward.
Rococo Vortex
by Wade Marynowsky
Don’t Look Gallery, 419 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill
Opening August 20, 6pm (FREE), August 21-30
Wade Marynowsky’s stunning solo exhibition at Don’t Look Gallery, ‘Rococo Vortex’. This exhibition explores 18th century European notions of the automaton, elegance, decadence and how these have filtered down into contemporary Australian kitsch culture.
In the gallery shop front are two spinning Rococo styled and robotic crinolines. The robotic stands spin as if they are in continual dance. The spin position coordinates are sent wirelessly to a computer which translates this movement into audio and video. The work questions Australia’s, and other countries, continuous obsession with identity, antiquity, and bourgeoisie society.
Other Festival Events
The main performance night for Sound of Failure (which includes over 15 acts with Toy Death headlining) is on at the Factory Theatre, August 30, 7pm (bookings at http://factorytheatre.com.au). You can also find sound art hiding between the junk in Reverse Garbage, as well as a spellbinding performance, ‘Question/Answer… Interruption’ at the snazzy new UTS performance space.
Festival details: Visit www.soundoffailure.com for a complete list of events and venues details.
The Sound of Failure festival is supported by Marrickville Council, the Centre for Media Arts Innovation (University of Technology, Sydney), Reverse Garbage, the Factory Theatre and Don’t Look Gallery.
Nick Wishart is a Sydney based sound artist, musician and chronic circuit bender. He creates interactive multi-media installations and circuit bent instruments that form the basis of the all toy band Toydeath. The MIDI controlled pneumatic orchestra CeLL, developed in collaboration with Miles van Dorssen, is also a big part of his life.
Nick Wishart will be performing with Toy Death on 30th August at the Sound of Failure (main event), and as part of the Sound of Re-use (group show) opening 3rd September.
Sound of Failure 2008
The Sound of Failure is sound art festival based in Sydney, begun in 2007, that explores notions of organised and indeterminate music/sound/noise as conceived and experienced in this, our post-digital era. It is both an inclusive and critical exploration of a broad spectrum of audio experience that includes everything from experimental cabaret, to granular synthesis-derived microsound. This year, the Sound of Failure is a multi-sited event centred around the main performance night at the Factory Theatre in Enmore, which will include some big names and some exciting emerging performers.
Playlist
1. Toy Death - Vtech
2. Nick Wishart - Cleared For Landing
3. Nick Wishart - Sine Stab
4. Nick Wishart - Starbase
5. Nick Wishart - Big Stab Comp
6. Nick Wishart - Snowy Mountains Scheme
7. Nick Wishart - Frog Intro
8. Nick Wishart - Iron Lung
9. Pyrolator - Cassiopeia [Ausland / Ata Tak]
10. Nick Wishart - Low
11. Pyrolator - Bacano Brothercito [Ausland / Ata Tak]
12. CeLL - Super Rattle Mastered
13. Nick Wishart - Bubble Stab 2
14. Nick Wishart - C011
15. Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time [Soothing Sounds For Baby / Basta]
16. Raymond Scott - Domino [Manhattan Research Inc. / Basta]
17. Mark Mothersbaugh - Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op [Original Soundtrack The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou / Hollywood Records]
18. Nick Wishart - Huge Noise
19. Casionova - a - d This Is Not The Future
20. Horror Horse - Toy Death remixed by Horror Horse
21. Nick Wishart - Huge Crack
22. CeLL - Red Rattler
Liquid Architecture 9: Festival of Sound Arts
Sydney 11 –12 July 2008
@ The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Rd, Enmore
TICKETS: $12 (including booking fee)
From The Factory Theatre box office (02) 9550 3666 or online at www.factorytheatre.com.au
Liquid Architecture, Australia’s premier national sound-arts festival celebrates its ninth year with live performances, surround sound presentations, audio-visuals and recorded work, screenings and installations, featuring our most imaginative musicians, composers, sound designers and media artists in a sense-specific feast for the ears.
SYDNEY PROGRAM
Friday 11 July – 7:30pm
$12
TOY.BIZARRE (Bellac)
ROBERT NORMANDEAU (Montreal)
LAWRENCE ENGLISH (Brisbane)
NAT (Melbourne)
JACQUES SODDELL (Bendigo)
KUSUM NORMOYLE
Saturday 12 July - 7.30pm
$12
ANDREW PEKLER (Berlin)
MARCUS SCHMICKLER (Köln)
METALOG (Sydney/Melbourne)
KAZUMICHI GRIME
NICK WISHART + HIROFUMI UCHINO
HEIL SPIRITS
IVAN LISYAK
TOECUTTER
An international screening program featuring new A/V works. Plus an installation program exclusive to Sydney, featuring:
CÉDRIC PEYRONNET (Bellac)
JODI ROSE
RENE CHRISTEN
MELISSA HUNT
MARK BROWN
JASON SWEENEY
JESSICA TYRRELL
The first TEN people through the door each night will receive an ERIKM cd - Stéme (Room40). Giveaways courtesy of Room40 .
GIVEAWAYS Listen to 2SER to win a double pass to both nights plus a festival cd.
Pre-Liquid Architecture Listening Party @405
Wednesday July 9, 9pm
Hybernian House
405/342 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills
$10 donation
Sydney siders have a chance to catch our German guests Andrew Pekler and Marcus Schmickler in one-off duo sets with locals in an intimate pre-festival setting and meet them face-to-face. Lyndon Pike will spin some tunes before and after.
Adrian Klumpes (leaf) + Andrew Pekler (kranky / staubgold / scape) + Kusum Normoyle (LA9) + Marcus Schmickler (A-Musik, editions Mego, Häpna)
+ DJ Lyndon Pike
“A totally improvised radio piece dealing with the relationships I can draw between some of the works I’ve done these last 10 years. I revisit the archives 1998-2008. My work is always “site” based: a place is explored, recorded, played, then becomes a matter for the studio work; a piece is always about a place, and is always composed only with sound material gathered in - a really very important point to me. It is never a ‘phonography’ of the place but an interpretation of the place.” ~ Cédric Peyronnet
Cédric Peyronnet (aka toy.bizarre / ingeos) is a sound artist working since 1990 with phonography and soundscapes, using the principles of concrete, acousmatic, electroacoustic music. Peyronnet’s practice of “sound mapping”, the exploration of places by sound recording, listening and sound sculpting, take form in compositions and sound pieces, concerts, sound screenings and sound installations.
Cédric Peyronnet is performing at Liquid Architecture 9, Australia’ s premier sound-arts festival throughout July 2008.
Liquid Architecture , Australia’s premier sound-arts festival, celebrates its ninth consecutive year with concerts, surround sound presentations, audio-visual and recorded work, exhibitions and installations. Featuring our most imaginative musicians, composers, sound designers and media artists in a sense-specific feast for the ears.
International highlights include Robert Normandeau (Canada) , world renowned electro acoustic composer, in Australia also for the Australian Computer Music Association conference;Cedric Peyronnet / toy.bizarre (France) whose works focus on phonography and field recordings, and who will spend time mapping on location prior to performing; Marcus Schmickler (Germany) who will present experimental and electronic compositions from his Altars of Science release 2007; and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Pekler (Germany) , well known for his atmospheric soundscapes.
Festival Dates
| BRISBANE | Friday 4th - Saturday 5th July 2008
| SYDNEY | Friday 11th - Saturday 12th July 2008
| BENDIGO | Tuesday 15th July 2008
| MELBOURNE | Wednesday 16th - Saturday 19th July 2008
“A totally improvised radio piece dealing with the relationships I can draw between some of the works I’ve done these last 10 years. I revisit the archives 1998-2008.”
~ Cédric Peyronnet
Cédric Peyronnet (aka toy.bizarre / ingeos) is a sound artist working since 1990 with phonography and soundscapes, using the principles of concrete, acousmatic, electroacoustic music. Peyronnet’s practice of “sound mapping”, the exploration of places by sound recording, listening and sound sculpting, take form in compositions and sound pieces, concerts, sound screenings and sound installations.
Cédric Peyronnet is performing at Liquid Architecture 9, Australia’s premier sound-arts festival throughout July 2008. Full program details visit www.liquidarchitecture.org.au .
Guest Programmer
Kazumichi Grime (Sydney) www.kazumichi.com
Kazumichi Grime is a Sydney based sound and visual artist. Recently he has been incorporating video art into his live sets which have been performed at events such as The Big Day Out, eScapes, Disorientation, The MCA and Liquid Architecture. The focus of the video imagery is often of intense studies of simple concepts that work in collaboration with the sound to create a resolve. Dense textural drones are drawn from field recordings, analogue synthesis and acoustic recordings.
He has released numerous recordings since 1994 on cd, vinyl and online and has performed extensively. As well as his own solo practice, Grime has collaborated on a number of projects with artists such as Kim Cascone, Gary Bradbury, Anthony Guerra, Andy Polaine and has also developed a number of pieces as a sound artist for video artist Shaun Gladwell, including the 2007 Venice Biennial piece, ‘Storm Sequence’
About this playlist. The music I have chosen is music and sounds that I find engaging and beautiful. It also happens to be all of Australian artists whom I have followed for some time over the years and have found their music an inspiration (though I did sneak a new track of mine in as well as a remix I did). Having grown up on a diet of Severed Heads in the 80s, I naturally find Bradbury’s work wonderful, unexpected and humorous. I have always enjoyed releases by Ambarchi, Minut and lesser known artists like Daniel Whiting whose track here is a cdr he handed to me one night and is heard here in its entirety, quite an epic. Enjoy.
Kazumichi Grime will be performing at Liquid Architecture 9 Sydney
Festival of Sound Arts 11-12 July 2008. www.liquidarchitecture.org.au
Playlist
1. Ben Frost - Theory of Machines [Bedroom Community]
2. Size - 1000 Bambis [Actual Size / Zonar recordings]
3. Severed Heads - A Relic of the Empire [Since the Accident]
4. Pretty Boy Crossover - Mystery Sentence (remix by Kazumichi Grime) [Clan Analogue]
5. Kazumichi Grime - Parlour [Liquid Architecture 9 Festival CD]
6. Minut - Winged Life [Jukebox Buddha compilation]
7. Bradbury - Theatre tracks [unlisted / cdr]
8. Bradbury - Theatre tracks [unlisted / cdr]
9. Daniel Whiting - What becomes of the wooden hearted [cdr]
10. Oren Ambarchi - Stactedit [Variable Resistance compilation / 23FIVE]
Jeph Jerman is a musician, improviser and sound-maker from the US. Jerman first began recording and performing in 1986, under the name Hands To . Most of his early sound work was sampler and tape loop based. Over the course of ten years Jerman’s music evolved into environmental recordings, with very little to no manipulation or electronic processing. In 1996, Jerman embarked upon a weekly series of concerts in Seattle at Anomalous Records , which brought him into contact with the city’s improvised music community. During this time he began performing solo, using only natural found objects (stones, shells, bones, driftwood, pine cones, etc) as sound-makers, a practice which continues today. In 1999, the Animist Orchestra was founded, original members are Jeph Jerman, Eleanor Gallagher, Dave Knott, Mike Shannon, Jeffery Taylor and Robert Millis.
Most of Jerman’s previous work could be interpreted as being ‘idea-based’. He finds that most of his work nowadays is sound-based, and believes it is due to his growing interest in listening, in what happens when one listens, and his concomitant disinterest in contextualizing sound
“…most of my previous work could be interpreted as being ‘idea-based’. i find that most of my work nowadays is sound-based. i believe this is due to my growing interest in listening, in what happens when one listens, and my concomitant disinterest in contextualizing sound…” ~jeph jerman
MusSck is London-based artist Valence Drakes. For this fortnights playlist, MusSck has prepared the Glitch Hop Warrior mix, made up mostly of original tunes but also featuring Australian cult band Toydeath. MusSck has re-mixed a number of Toydeath tracks, some of which can be heard on his myspace.
MusSck is the creator of sounds that illustrate an evolution of a new wave thoughts and style, his sounds promise a journey into surreal and unknown, with melodies that drag you out of your routine and generate curiosity and beats that let you get comfy then demand that you keep up this trip down the rabbit hole, wonderland styles!!! (Word by Oracle)
MusSck would like to acknowledge the following groups - Compose Purpose; Global Vortex; Hypnotic Melodies.
Playlist 1. Monster ft. Toydeath
2. Every Sin Leaves A Mark
3. The Other World
4. Heart Of Gold
5. The Last Name
6. The Town Of Slaughter
7. 9 Feet Under
8. The Man With No Name
9. Writing A Love Letter
10. Worship The Beast
11. The Devil’s Own
12. City Of Angels
13. Friends Become Strangers
14. Kiss By A Angel
15. Remember Tomorrow ft. Newspeak Rasta
16. A Beautiful Feeling
17. Goddess Of Love
18. Everyday Life
19. Fatherless Child: Dedicated to MusSck Father (R.I.P.)
20. A Sign Of Weakness
21. Ask Yourself Why (Exclusive)
22. Squall Rmx ft. Rural Psychedelia
Last week Melbourne, this week Sydney. Much has happened.
Highlights from the Melbourne International Biennale of Exploratory Music
Night 1. @The TOTE - Daniel Menche is someone to experience, totally wild; Valerio Tricoli & Sean Baxter make for a great duo. Night 2. @ABC Studios - Chris Abrahams solo performance was by far my favourite experience for the evening. Night 3. @The TOFF - Jérôme Noetinger (I TOTALLY LOVE THIS GUY!!) what more can i say really; Lukas Simonis is fun and quite a gestural performer; Post were very entertaining as well providing some comic relief and a quirky country music vibe - a lot of fun. I was feeling rather tired by Night 4… such a great festival Fox & Pateras - Nice one!
Sydney highlight - Chris Abrahams and Mike Cooper @The Seymour Centre
Two musicians I really admire coming together in a duo. Such great improvisers. Their performance takes you on a journey. Their CD Oceanic Feeling-Like is available on Room40.
1. Shelley Hirsch - So Tender! [The Far In, Far Out Worlds of Shelley Hirsch / Tzadik]
2. The Chadbournes - Pitter Patter Panther [Hallelujah, Anyway - Remembering Tom Cora / Tzadik]
3. Von Südenfed - The Young The Faceless And The Codes [Tromatic Reflexxions / Domino Recording Company Ltd]
4. Bruce Haack - Haackula 4 [Haackula / Omni Recording]
5. Von Südenfed - Jbak Lois Lane [Tromatic Reflexxions / Domino Recording Company Ltd]
6. Pimmon - Tener a Mar Callado [Orquesta Del Arrurruz / Staalplaat]*
7. (etre) - Naturalist Tokyo 3.0 [A Post-Fordist Parade In The Strike Of Events / Baskaru]
8. Alva Noto - Bit [Transspray / Raster-Noton]
9. Phonem - Mainframe (1040 ste) [Hydro Electric / Morr Music]
10. (etre) - What Are We Doing Here? [A Post-Fordist Parade In The Strike Of Events / Baskaru]
11. Chris Abrahams & Mike Cooper - Memory Of Water [Oceanic Feeling-Like / Room40]*
12. Sonmi451 - Pearl Jet [A Phosphorus Spot / U-Cover Transparente]
13. Mileece - Tridi [Formations / Lo Recordings]
Anthony Pateras is a musician living and working in Melbourne, Australia. His core long term projects are the Pateras/Baxter/Brown trio, an electronics duo with Robin Fox and solo prepared piano performance. He also writes for ensembles, orchestras and film.
Recent performance highlights through 2006-07 include the ICA (London) Ad Libitum Festival (Warsaw), Festival Trama (Porto), Sydney Opera House (Sydney), Hamer Hall (Melbourne), Ballhaus Naunynstrasse (Berlin), Arnolfini Auditorium (Bristol), Musique Action (Nancy), Musica Genera (Szczecin), Neia Musik (Mulhouse), Alternativa Festival (Prague), L’Usine (Geneva), Theatro Foundameta Nuove (Venice), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Gaudeamus Music Week (Amsterdam), Skopsko Leto (Skopje) and the Melbourne International Arts Festival. He was also recently featured on ABC TV’s Set program, presenting works to a national audience across Australia.
His work has received performances from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, Melbourne Symphony, Dutch Radio Kammerorkest, Flux String Quartet and Slave Pianos. He has collaborated with conductors such as James McMillan, Brett Dean and Markus Stenz, and often performs as a soloist in his own compositions.
Described by the Los Angeles Times as a “remarkable new voice”, he is in high demand as a composer and currently holds commissions for Ensemble Integrales (Hamburg), The Song Company (Sydney), Speak Percussion (Melbourne) and Vanessa Tomlinson (Brisbane). Continuously active as an improvisor a alongside his compositional output, spontaneous collaborations have included performances with Lucas Abela, Oren Ambarchi, Natasha Anderson, Jurg Bariletti, Johannes Bauer, Tony Buck, Anthony Burr, Pedro Carniero, Xavier Charles, Will Guthrie, Jeff Henderson, Max Kohane (Agents of Abhorrence), Thomas Lehn, Paul Lovens, Martin Ng, Jérome Nôetinger and Clayton Thomas.
He has published numerous albums, releasing on Editions Mego, Tzadik, Sirr, Synaesthesia and Quecksilber to critical acclaim. He is also the co-artistic director of the Melbourne International Biennale of Exploratory Music.
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF EXPLORATORY MUSIC (MIBEM)
March 28 - April 2, 2008
MIBEM is a six-day exploration of new musical possibilities taking place in various Melbourne music venues from March 28 to April 2, 2008. The lineup of the inaugural MIBEM features an expansive variety of contemporary music forms including improvisation, audio-visual works, composition, electronica, surround sound works and free jazz, noise rock and classical ensemble configurations. Curated by noted local artists/composers, Anthony Pateras and Robin Fox, the Biennale will bring over 50 international and Australian musicians from the cutting and far edges of contemporary music together for a series of inspired and boundary-expanding sonic explorations.
LIQUID ARCHITECTURE (SYDNEY) is calling for submissions for sound-based installation works and video-based short screen works to be presented at Liquid Architecture 9, Sydney 2008.
Liquid Architecture is Australia’s premier sound-arts festival that celebrates the diverse methods of sound making and sound theory. Occurring annually since 2000, Liquid Architecture is a sense specific festival that focuses upon sound practice in all its manifestations. Due to the cross disciplinary potential of sound, the artistic content of the festival encompasses many art practices, presented in the form of live performances, exhibitions, installations, AV presentations and recorded works. A key objective of the festival is the promotion of artists practicing on the periphery of music and sound culture, particularly those with an experimental aesthetic and a critical approach to media cultures. Liquid Architecture is held annually in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and features performances and works by Australian and international artists.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
1. Installations
Liquid Architecture Sydney is calling for submissions for sound-based installations. We are seeking discrete sound works that are “over-spill” sensitive or that utilise headphones. Installation sounds should be brief, soft or otherwise non-competitive with other installations. The selected art works will be presented in a medium size room alongside the main performance space, over two nights during Liquid Architecture 9 (Sydney) 11-12 July 2008. Submissions are due by 1st April, 2008.
2. Screen Works
Liquid Architecture Sydney will be screening a curated reel of short video works in 2008. We are seeking works that explore intrinsic sound and video relations. These can be narrative, abstract or anything in-between but must include sound as an element front and centre. Submissions are due by 1st May, 2008.
This fortnights show begins with avant-rock, mutant guitar virtuoso Buckethead, followed by Nurse With Wound and two tracks by The Lappetites. We also hear three intense tracks by Defektro from the album Destructive Reconstruction. Self-described as a “three human, many machine noize unit,” Defekro are Hirofumi Uchino (Japan), Ayako Honda (Japan) and Laura Oyaizu (Australia). Hirofumi Uchino, who currently resides in Sydney, is the creator of the noise machines used in Defektro.From Australia, we hear from Machine Death(Ben Byrne / Ivan Lisyak) with the track You Ruin Everything, and two tracks by Ivan Lisyak, Sleepless and Afterdark, from the album Traces. Music by these artists can be found on the Alias Frequencies netlabel. From a CD released as part of the Sounds Unusual festival 2007 (Northern Territory) we hear from Sydney-based artist Sumugan Sivanesan with the track Mono Is The New Black. We end the show with some delectable sounds from Lawrence English & Ai Yamamoto with their track Longing from the album Plateau.
Playlist
1. Buckethead - The Slunk, The Gutter, And The Candlestick Maker [ Kaleidoscalp / Tzadik ]
2. Nurse With Wound - Man is the Animal [ A Sucked Orange / United Dairies ]
3. The Lappetites - Avoiding shopping [ Before the Libretto / Quecksilber ]
4. The Lappetites - Tzungentwist [ Before the Libretto / Quecksilber ]
5. Defektro - Running Water Doesn’t Stagnate [ Destructive Reconstruction / Lastgasp Art Laboratories ]
6. Windfahnenamt - NF 69-1 b [ Listen To Something Different / Ars Macabre ]
7. Nurse With Wound - Musical Bovine Spongiform (The Mad Cow Two-Step) [ A Sucked Orange / United Dairies ]
8. SPK - The Doctrine Of Eternal Ice [ Zamia Lehmanni / Side Effects ]*
9. Lapsed & Non Non - Z Crazy Eyes [ Adnoiseam 2001-2006 (CD 2) / Ad Noiseam ]
10. Von Südenfed - Family Feud [ Tromatic Reflexxions / Domino ]
11. Defektro - System Conflict System [ Destructive Reconstruction / Lastgasp Art Laboratories ]
12. Machine Death - You Ruin Everything [ Alias Frequencies ]*
13. Ivan Lisyak - Afterdark [ Traces / Alias Frequencies ]*
14. Defektro - War For Peace? [ Destructive Reconstruction / Lastgasp Art Laboratories ]
15. Sumugan Sivanesan - Mono Is The New Black [ Sounds Unusual ]*
16. Ivan Lisyak - Sleepless [ Traces / Alias Frequencies ]*
17. Death Ambient - Synaesthesia [ Synæsthesia / Tzadik ]
18. Lawrence English & Ai Yamamoto - Longing [ Plateau / Phonostatique]*
A few from the vintage vaults this fortnight including the first track Bicycle Built For Two (1961) by computer music pioneer Max Mathews. Also, Concret PH (1958) by Iannis Xenakis, Musique Concrète (1959) by Jan Boerman, and the delightful Silver Apples Of The Moon (1967) by Morton Subotnick.
A couple of people of interest to me at the moment are Asmus Tietchens and AGF, more will be revealed about this interest at a later date. We hear the track Die Liebe, Ohne Ralf by Asmus Tiechens from the compilation Listen To Something Different (Ars Macabre, 2007) and from AGF we hear Zwangsam Schwierig from her album Head Slash Bauch (Orthlorng Musork). Stay tuned…
Playlist
1. Max Mathews - Bicycle Built For Two [Early Modulations Vintage Volts / Caipirinha Productions]
2. John Watermann - Rip Off [The Denial of Cricket / Alias Frequencies]*
3. Wake Up and Listen - White Spines [Dislocations / Zónar Recordings]*
4. Time Being - Mental End [Viva [section] / Alias Frequencies]*
5. Asmus Tietchens - Die Liebe, Ohne Ralf [Listen To Something Different / Ars Macabre]
6. Hideous In Strength - Nun With A Gun [Nun With A Gun / Inner-X-Musick]
7. O.H.M. - Put Me On - Crooklyn Dub Consortium [Certified Dope Vol. 2 / WordSound]
8. Jan Boerman - Musique Concrète [Anthology Of Dutch Electronic Tape Music: Vol. 1 (1955-1966) / Creel Pone]
9. Shannon O’Neill - Trepan Nation [Minimal/Liminal / Alias Frequencies]*
10. John Watermann - Except for This [To Be Taken Seriously It Has To Be Long / Alias Frequencies]*
11. Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples Of The Moon [Early Modulations Vintage Volts / Caipirinha Productions]
12. AGF - Zwangsam Schwierig [Head Slash Bauch / Orthlorng Musork]
13. Iannis Xenakis - Concret PH [Early Modulations Vintage Volts / Caipirinha Productions]
14. Kazumichi Grime - Pinnae [Dislocations / Zónar Recordings]*
This show is a collection of music and sounds that Brisbane artist Tom Hall was touched, inspired or provoked by throughout 2007. Included in the playlist are two tracks from Hall’s forthcoming album Cross on Canberra label hellosQuare. Enjoy! Playlist
1. Ben Frost - Theory Of Machines [ Theory Of Machines / Bedroom Community ]*
2. Taylor Deupree - Untitled 1 [ Landing - Room40* ]
3. Lawrence English - Adrift [ Happiness Will Befall - Cronica ]*
4. Tom Hall - Many Reflections [ Cross - hellosQuare ]*
5. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Angels Standing Guard ‘Round the Side of Your Bed [ He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms - Constellation ]
6. Colleen - Bubbles Which On The Water Swim [ The Golden Morning Breaks - The Leaf Label ]
7. Tim Hecker - Rainbow Blood [ Harmony in Ultraviolet - Kranky ]
8. Tim Hecker - Stags, Aircraft, Kings And Secretaries [ Harmony in Ultraviolet - Kranky ]
9. Tom Hall - From Years [ Cross - hellosQuare ]*
10. PJ Harvey - The Devil [ White Chalk - Island ]
11. Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle [ Please Don't Feed the Ego - Eternal Yip Eye Music ]
Welcome folks to the new radio series ELEVENELEVEN.
ELEVENELEVEN is a radio show that explores sound art in its various forms.
Experimental, avant-garde, improvised, noise, electronic, headphone music.
Supporting Australian Sound Art through featured playlists and guest programming.
Presented by Plum Industries.
Double Numbers is the first show of the ELEVENELEVEN series. First up we hear a collaboration between Faust & Nurse With Wound with “Lass Mich”, a 13 minute audio collage from the album Disconnected (2007), followed by “Dead Air” a track by Bloodclot, a one-off collaboration between Controlled Bleeding & Noizeclot in 1985. With that we also hear a Nurse With Wound track from the album The Musty Odour of Pierced Rectums, nice. Next, the enigmatic Netochka Nezvanova (2007). Download music here.
From Australia, we have Puzahkiwith “I’ve Seen Enough” from the album Smoking When Pregnant. This album, plus much much more, has been made graciously available for download from Alias Frequencies, plenty of interesting music from Australia to read about and listen to here, visit their netlabel. A new release by French label Baskaru, M.B + E.D.A. with the album Regolelettroniche. Soft, drone-based music. M.B + E.D.A are Italian duo Maurizio Bianchi and Emanuela De Angelis. 20 years between them, Bianchi hails from the Italian avant-garde scene and has been musically active since 1979, whilst De Angelis made her debut in 1994 as lead singer and guitarist in the noise band Joyce Whore Not. This album was mastered by Lawrence English (Room40).
Finally, we hear a recording of Sydney-based improvised music ensemble The Splinter Orchestra. First Play is one of five recordings the group made at Studio 301 in late 2006. Various members of the Splinter Orchestra will also be performing at the upcoming Now Now Festival of improvised music. Visit their site for all the details www.thenownow.net. The festival takes place over 3 nights at the Wentworth Falls School of Arts in the Blue Mountains (Sydney). If you’re driving up from Sydney you will see the old building on your right. Also, for spontaneous collaborations visit the Akemi performance space in Medlow Bath (the Now Now Festival club). It’s only a short drive up the hill from Wentworth Falls, on the highway on the left after the Hydro Majestic, they have an amazing view of the mountains.
Playlist
1. Faust & Nurse With Wound - Lass Mich [Disconnected / Art-errorist]
2. Bloodclot - Dead Air [Bloodclot / Inner-X-Musick]
3. Nurse With Wound - Untitled [The Musty Odour of Pierced Rectums / Beta-lactam Ring Records]
4. Netochka Nezvanova - Kr0p3r0m-A9ff_Trk-38.0.5 [Netochka Nezvanova / BIN]
5. Puzahki - I’ve Seen Enough [Smoking When Pregnant / Alias Frequencies]*
6. Shenggy - Shenggy Is Space Girl [www.myspace.com/noiselady]
7. Otto von Schirach - Menstrual Dolphin Communication [Maxipad Detention / Ipecac]
8. OOIOO - Uma [Taiga / Thrill Jockey]
9. Nurse With Wound - Untitled [The Musty Odour of Pierced Rectums / Beta-lactam Ring Records]
10. Rapoon - A Time Before [Listen To Something Different / Ars Macabre]
11. Women Of The SS - Feelings Ov Purity [The Call To All Women... / Inner-X-Musick]
12. M.B + E.D.A - Electronic Rules [Regolelettroniche / Baskaru]
13. The Splinter Orchestra - First Play [www.splitrec.com]*
Grand Departure is the last show of the Resonant Tapestry series. As the year comes to a close we would like to thank to all our friends, listeners and supporters of the show. In the new year Plum Industries will be launching a new radio show & podcast called eleveneleven, so watch out for it…See you in the new year folks!!!
Compose/Compost
Crossbay Gallery at the Fountain at Kings Cross presents a new exhibition
17 Dec ‘07 - 12 Jan ‘08.
‘Compose/Compost’ includes four Sydney artists, representing a variety of ages, cultural backgrounds, personal attitudes, art philosophies and practices:
Cecile Pauly (Painting, Mixed Media) Anastasia Flanagan (Traditionally-based Creative Painting, Book Illustration and Batik Techniques) Susan Laurent (Conceptual Ceramics and painting) Carolyn Teo(Photography, Electronic Sound, Mixed Media) Wun Thong (A Sydney cultural and sound media phenomena)
Anastasia Flanagan’s exploration of the topography of Cooks River area pre-colonial and current time produced richly coloured oil paintings and batik hangings which were exhibited in ‘Enviro-flections’ exhibition for World Environment Day, at Kirribilli in 2006. She learned batik artwork while living at Lightening Ridge for many years, and the colours of the area including opals have strongly influenced her. Some of her work for this exhibition contains personally imaginative, emotive and mythological images of birds/humans.
Susan Laurent’s conceptual ceramic work, dating from Sydney Collage education, has in recent years extended into illustration and painting. Her work tends to be well informed, minimalist, subtle and elegant.
Cecile Pauly has recently focussed on paintings motivated by environment/health and uses some script/drawing as well as abstraction including plant imagery.
Carolyn Teo’s studies in Photography at Sydney College of Arts were followed by a year in Canada studying electronic media and sound. Her recent participation in ‘Sounds of Failure’ in Sydney included a successful presentation with ‘Wun Thong’, of her electronic and mixed media work.
Aspects of physical, emotional and cultural health in our environment are foundations / motivations behind much of the work.
In ‘Compose/Compost’, the environmental interests of the four artists are reflected directly in the subject matter of vegetation/gardens, of humans/birds; and indirectly in the use of electronic sound and ‘found’/recycled’ objects. Environmental interest is a consideration in the motivation for a subtle, formally-based ceramic work which immediately requires focussed contemplation, while two paintings relate to experienced physical/emotional stress.
The four artists share common interest in environmental concerns, and in full lives have been involved in related studies and practices around their artwork, ranging from bush regeneration (Carolyn Teo), to teaching batik with natural dyes (Anastasia Flanagan), to involvement with arts and crafts classes for ‘the elderly’ (Cecile Pauly), teaching ceramics (Susan Laurent), and natural health practice (Susan Laurent).
From the Deep North (Qld) landscape of bush, banana’s and sugar cane, comes a mix of sounds from this regions body corporate of kooky sounds, The House Of Falcon. Led by the elusive Falcon Krest, The House Of Falcon presents the first of the GangaVale Sessions, a diverse journey through electronica, beats, sound art, field recordings and upbeat mixes from the stable of artists under the THOF banner.
1. File_Error - Legacy [The House Of Falcon]*
2. The Colour Consultant - Sumden [The House Of Falcon]*
3. The Exit-Stencilist - BonnoSix05 [The House Of Falcon]*
4. The Exit-Stencilist – Chinkin [The House Of Falcon]*
5. The Colour Consultant - Day is Night [The House Of Falcon]*
6. The Exit-Stencilist - UPornMYPorn [The House Of Falcon]*
7. DJ No_Request - TimeFly’s (fly boy mix) [The House Of Falcon]*
8. The Exit-Stencilist - db_usiness2 [The House Of Falcon]*
9. A Gender - Squirrels [The House Of Falcon]*
10. The Colour Consultant - Dero 1 [The House Of Falcon]*
11. File_Error - Flamin’ Hell [The House Of Falcon]*
12. File_Error - Walks_2 [The House Of Falcon]*
This is the Kidipads setup for a music making workshop Accessible Arts Western Sydney are running for people with disabilities, as part of a series of creative workshops for Bankstown City Council on 7 November 2007. Kidipads is an interactive system that allows the user to trigger sounds and music samples using switches. Up to 8 sounds can be played at the same time.
Jen & Carolyn are house minding at the moment for the lovely Natalie & Sean. Thanks guys!! We’re enjoying the kitchen and to celebrate Francois birthday Caz baked an amazing French flour-less chocolate cake.
Panel summary: “Interactive and immersive digital artforms offer an enormous potential as inclusive and accessible practices. This panel of artists and facilitators will explore these ideas and look at accessibility issues in the field of electronic arts” (Electrofringe 2007). Jennifer Teo (Accessible Arts, Strategic Initiatives Coordinator)
Jen talked about Accessible Arts and set the context for the panel by providing a definition of disability as stated in the Disability Discrimination Act 1972. Jen described the change in societies perception of disability in history as represented in the Medical and Social models of disability. New Media Arts and new technologies create new pathways for access and offer exciting new potential for people with disabilities to participate and engage in the arts. New media and electronic arts is recognised by Accessible Arts as a field with great potential.
Alex White (Electrofringe Director / Panel facilitator)
Alex declared Electrofringe’s interest and commitment to accessibility. Moving beyond the aesthetics of new media Alex suggested that it is time to start talking about how new media can be more useful and meaningful to people and benefit the community at large. Alex discussed the enormous potential for electronic arts and new media work in the field of accessibility, highlighting that multimedia works in their nature are multi-sensory by having video, audio, vibration, movement and tactile components, immediately broadening audience access.
Alex presented the idea of broadening ways you can engage by expanding interface systems so that they are multi-modal. Perhaps an interface system that becomes a new medium in itself, opening up art making to a whole new sector of people. As an example Alex described a wand-type tool fitted with a motion tracking system that could allow the artist to draw or create works on a large screen. The benefit of this being the ability to independently control and change your environment.
Dan Kojta (New Media Artist)
Daniel introduced himself as a practicing new media artist who uses interactive technology, video and audio in his works. To begin the presentation Dan showed a video work that he completed in 2002 depicting the notion of disability from a different perspective.
Dan told how he picked up on the original story whilst travelling, he heard the story on the radio. A ‘paraplegic man’ had been mugged and was left hanging upside down on a fence. The muggers were reported to have taken the mans wallet, mobile phone and wheelchair. The video later reveals the deception involved in the crime where the so-called victim turned out to be a fraud. Video footage was taken of the man walking around in his flat, exposing his fraudulent claim of being a victim of crime and having a disability. The man was never sentenced or held accountable in any way for his actions.
As an artist Dan’s practice has never focused on the notion of disability as an individual subject or looked at it as part of himself. It has only been a recent move for Dan to consider disability in his arts practice and through his art works and in particular using new media technology in order to manipulate the idea of ‘being disabled’ and the ‘notion of healing’. Dan talks about his experiences as an artist and his perspective on disability as it relates to his personal identity and art works.
Dan highlights the need for a greater focus on grants and residencies that are more accessible to people with a disability and reinforces the enormous benefits of collaborations with other artists.
Tess O’Brien (Researcher / Teacher for Australian Signing Choir)
Tess delivered an inspirational presentation and spoke about the experience of music for a person who is deaf. Tess firstly explained to the audience that she is deaf and that ’sign’ is her first language. As a listener Tess has perfect speech but it has only been through hard work that Tess has learned how to speak.
Tess introduced Dancing Hands Sing, a music program she has been developing that enables deaf people to access music through the implementation of alternate teaching and learning strategies.“For a deaf child to be able to access the same educational, social and therapeutic benefits of music as their hearing peers alternate teaching strategies need to be available and implemented.”
The program is designed to help deaf people access music and learn to sing, particularly deaf children in their learning years. A deaf student is a very visual learner and takes in information through observation and vibration. The Dancing Hands Sing music program takes a multi-modal approach to teaching by integrating the use of vibration, tactile support, recording and interpretation of visual sound waves to assist with learning as well as hands-on peer support.
Over the past 4 years Tess has been involved in the development of a computer program specifically designed “to teach deaf children to sing with their hearing peers”. The program has been designed so that it is simple to use with a child friendly interface and that is memory efficient to allow greater accessibility to the ‘average home computer user’. The development is still ongoing. Tess foresees the music program as being available in future as an educational package including the music software, instructional CD-ROM, and syllabus teaching notes.
Tess played an audio recording of a deaf student at different stages of learning to sing using the music program over an 8 month period. An amazing transition can be heard in the development of the child’s singing voice and musicality.
Tess ended the presentation by providing a practical demonstration on ‘learning how to sing through vibration’ with a group of people from the audience. To demonstrate how singing voices harmonise a solo voice was heard first followed by two voices singing together. The two voices harmonised and the original solo voice had changed tempo. A group of people selected from the audience were asked to stand in a circle and sing “Jingle Bells” together. The group was then asked to stand in the circle with their heads together, cheek-to-cheek with the persons next to them. They were asked to sing “Jingle Bells” together again. A significant difference in sound could be heard as the voices began to harmonise, quite powerful and beautiful.
Love, Harmony, Light.I needed a release this week and these first 3 tracks helped me do just that - 99 Red Love Balloons by Nena, then The Ramones with I Wanna Be Sedated, followed by some noise from Cornelius with I Hate Hate. September has been a wonderful month of festivals and good times in Australia. A few events I managed to get along to include Sounds Unusual Festival (Alice Springs), This Is Not Art Festival (Newcastle) and Sau_Rang in residence at the Australian Institute of Music (Sydney). This fortnights play list features some of the artists that performed at these great festivals.
8 Sept Surrealestate (as part of the Sounds Unusual Festival), Alice Springs. New and experimental music in the desert. Undoolya Creek was the venue for this fantastic event with performances by Robin Fox, Rob Curgenven, Sumugan Sivanesan, Anthony Magen and J9 Stanton. When I heard of this event taking place I booked myself a ticket to Alice Springs, I just had to be a part of the experience. It was certainly worth the trip.
27 Sept - 1 Oct 2007 This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle. I now feel quite inspired from a most stimulating weekend at TINA. I met a lot of amazing people at the festival that made the whole experience a lot of fun and extremely memorable. Dr Fox - you’re wicked and thanks for ‘getting it’. Good vibes!! As part of Electrofringe I heard William Lane & Sebastien Rouxperform in quadraphonic sound…superb! The viola made my heart sing, just what I needed for a Sunday morning. Roux’s soundscapes reminded me of some Luc Ferrari pieces, beautiful.
5 Oct - Sau_Rang in residence at the Australian Institute of Music, Sydney. I had to get along to another performance by William Lane & Sebastien Roux. Again, a lovely show, although I did miss the surround sound experience. Another good vibes human is Leafcutter John. I just can’t wait for the performance of Bohemian Rhapsody by Leafcutter John with Sebastien Roux on vocals…wt!?
21 / 22 Oct Laurie Anderson Homelands at Sydney Opera House. I’ll be there!! Thank you to all the people who have sent music and CDs over the last month, you know who you are!!
1. Nena - 99 Red Love Balloons - Epic
2. The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated [ Road To Ruin / Rhino Records ]
3. Cornelius - I Hate Hate [ Point / Matador ]
4. Robin Fox - V-Event [ Sounds Unusual 2007 ]*
5. Lucas Darklord - Track 03 [ Bleaching All Life You Knew ]*
6. Machine Aux Rock - An Ending For The Beginning Part 1 [Single]*
7. Sebastien Roux - Etude Pour Songs [Tsuku Boshi / Tsuku Boshi]
8. Rob Curgenven (with Derek Holzer) - Untitled 2 [Sounds Unusual 2007]*
9. Laurie Anderson - The Stranger [ United States Live / Warner]
10. Robin Fox - Voltaic Pile [ Sounds Unusual 2007 ]*
11. Laurie Anderson - Born, Never Asked [ You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With / Giorno Poetry Systems ]
12. Leafcutter John - In The Morning [ The Forest and The Sea / Staubgold ]
13. The Books - Be Good To Them Always [ Lost And Safe / Tomlab ]
14. Sugarcubes - Birthday [ Coldsweat / Elektra ]
15. Leafcutter John - Dream III [ The Forest and The Sea / Staubgold ]
16. Rob Curgenven - Silent Landscapes No. 2 [ Sounds Unusual 2007 ]*
17. Laurie Anderson - O Superman [ Big Science / Warner ]
Anytime Soon (something big is about to happen!!) a track from our feature album this fortnight Maverick Mouth by Kingfisherg available from Carte Postale. For those with an ear for strangeness we have included tracks by word jazz master Ken Nordine, the fabulous Luc Ferrari, some interesting artists from Al Reves, Retreat Syndrome from Melbourne, plus Brisbane artist Tom Hall.
Tom Hall will be performing in Sydney on the following dates: 24 August Akemi, Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains - 8pm 25 August The Sound Of Failure, Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney - 6pm 26 August Sedition, 275 Victoria St, Kings Cross - 6pm
Coming up on Saturday 25th August is an experimental music night, The Sound Of Failure presented by Don’t Look Gallery. Make sure you come along and check it all out…guaranteed it will be a little crazy.
1. Kingfisherg - Old Years [Maverick Mouth / Carte Postale]
2. Nara - Auto Auto [Assemblage Sessions 2 / Abandon Buildings]
3. Kingfisherg - Anytime Soon [Maverick Mouth - Carte Postale]
4. Fennesz - Chateau Rouge [Venice / Digital Narcis Corporation]
5. Kingfisherg - Miles Away From Fear [Maverick Mouth / Carte Postale]
6. Retreat Syndrome - Hidden From The World [Limit Of Separation / Solitary Sound]*
7. Uessels - Amlac Ares [Al Reves / alreves.org]
8. Kingfisherg - Rubicon [Maverick Mouth / Carte Postale]
9. Scrlk - Acobrar 1999 [Al Revés / alreves.org]
10. Kingfisherg - Tender Post Dawn [Maverick Mouth / Carte Postale]
11. Ken Nordine - Cigars [Wink / Asphodel]
12. Renaldo And The Loaf - Brittle People [Play Struve And Sneff / T.E.C. Tones]
13. Eric Satie - Cinema (Musique du film Entr’acte de Rene Clair, 1924) [Dada et la Musique]
14. Richard Huelsenbeck - Der Abend naht, die Lammer ziehen heim, Chorus sanctus (1916) [Dada et la Musique]
15. Kim Gordon, DJ Olive & Ikue Mori - Fried Mushroom [SYR 5 / Sonic Youth Records]
16. Tom Hall - Silanif End [Fluere / Nightrider Records]*
17. Luc Ferrari - Pt.4 [Danses Organiques / Elica]
18. Bruno Hiss - Before You Realize It You’re Not Walking Out The Front Door [Marionnette / alreves.org]
19. Uessels - Resf [Al Revés / alreves.org]
20. Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien No.1 [Deutsche Grammophon]
Conversations In My Head is the name of this episode, the title speaks for itself really. A special thank you to the lovely Lloyd Barrett for his CD Mise en Scene available for your listening pleasure on Room40 and to Abandon Buildings for all the great music. Enjoy the show.
1. Radio Free Europe - Adada [Laughoncue / Hedonics Record]
2. Allan Revich - Tapping My Fingernails While Reading Portrait of the Artist [Fluxus Podcast]
3. Pan Sonic - Arvio [Aaltopiiri / Mute]
4. Menagerie - Beau [Menagerie / Al Reves]
5. Bacanal Intruder - The Bride Of The Monster [Assemblage Sessions 2 / Abandon Buildings]
6. D’marro - Ot [Assemblage Sessions 1 / Abandon Buildings]
7. Matmos - Last Delicious Cigarette [The West / Deluxe Records]
8. Helen Kane - I’d Do Anything for You [Boop-Boop-A-Doop / Living Era]
9. Allan Revich - PoPo PiPi [Fluxus Podcast]
10. Infant Dust Moth - Clutoaral [Polymer / Psykodelik Noise]
11. Infant Dust Moth - Ichneumon Fly [Polymer / Psykodelik Noise]
12. Jukka-Pekka Kervinen - Ad [Fluxus / Podcast]
13. Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien Avec Filles [Presque Rien / INA-GRM]
14. Lloyd Barrett - A Silhouette For Balance [Mise en Scene / Room40]*
15. Mum - Ruxpin Remix 2 [Mum Remixed / TMT]
16. Steinbrückel & O.Blaat - Duplex [Evening At Room40 / Room40]*
17. Robin Fox & Clayton Thomas - Bird Song [Evening At Room40 / Room40]*
18. Soutine - Shining On The Riverside [Portrat / Tri Postal]
19. Terre Thaemlitz - D.c. d.o.a. [Rough Trade Shops Electronic 01 / Mute]
20. Steve McLaughlin - Them Frogs [Fluxus Podcast]
21. Tim Hecker - The Work Of Art In The Age Of Cultural Overproduction [Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again / Substractif]
22. People Press Play Always Wrong [People Press Play / Morr Music]
23. Eue - p [mstr0710 / Al Reves]
24. Bruno Hiss - The Conversations We Have In My Head Every Night [Marionnette / Al Reves]
20 -30 June 2007
Don’t Look Gallery
Dulwich Hill
Sydney, Australia
Solo exhibition, sound installations by Jennifer Teo. Built in a day, the exhibition pieces together old analogue technology plus whatever junk we could find in the gallery stores.
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Last year Dave O’Donoghue was invited into Don’t Look Gallery and given eight hours to create an interactive audio monster from the stockpile of analogue equipment out the back. He successfully made a fragile, but amazing machine that relied on the interdependence of its components for continued existence.This year, sound artist Jen Teo has been invited to do her interpretation of a sonic Frankenstein. Morphing reel-to-reel tape recorders, fluorescent lights, timers, record players, movie projectors, old television sets, radios, amps, speakers a variety of circuitry and numerous doo-dads, and wochamacallits, Teo will make a truly awe-inspiring rhizomic creation. A physical web of circuitry, Teo’s monster will encompass the audience, turning passive observers into vital components. Just like O’Donoghue, Teo will be making both a profound statement about obsolescence, and a captivating spectacle that will play on our minds long after the puzzle pieces have been severed from the collective and returned from whence they came.
Floating
This cute old record player magically floats in the centre of the room…
Aurora
The rotating motion of the colour wheel moves a small suspended rod. A mercury switch attached to the rod turns a speaker on and off. A small radio tuned to classic fm which is run through an effect pedal is hooked up to an amp and then the speaker. Moving perspex rods reflect the light from the pin spot…this is the test, it looks better with the lights off.
Fishing Rod
The turntable powers the see-saw motion of the fishing rod. A mercury switch is attached to each end of the rod causing the speakers to turn on and off. Instead of paper we now have rice in the speakers that jumps about each time the speaker is turned on…just a bit of silliness.
Glue Loop
A little blob of glue causes this old record to loop…don’t you love it - Click Go The Shears sung in Japanese…a floor mat size switch turns the speaker on and off.
Reel-Two-Reel
One tape, Two reel-to-reels, two sets of speakers…
This episode Migration of the Snails celebrates the coming of Australia’s premier sound-arts festival Liquid Architecture, now in its eighth year. Liquid Architecture 8 promises to be an exciting festival of “live performances, audio-visuals, aktions & installations in a sense-specific feast for the ears. International guests include the shudder inducing French audiovisual performance group Cellule d’Intervention Metamkine, Swiss aktionist performance artists Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock and Dave Phillips, and renowned US composer Pauline Oliveros”.
SYDNEY, Thursday June 28 - Saturday June 30
BRISBANE, Friday July 6 - Saturday July 7
MELBOURNE, Wednesday July 11 - Saturday July 14
A special thanks to Shannon O’Neill and Ben Byrne of Alias Frequencies for organising the Sydney LA8 shows. This playlist features some artists from their net release Pink Sheets - Edition One
1. William Burroughs & Laurie Anderson - Sharkey’s Night [ Mister Heartbreak / Warner Bros. Records]
2. Deerhoof - Believe E.S.P. [ Friend Opportunity / Tomlab]
3. Cardiacs - R.E.S. [ A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window / Alphabet Business Concern]
4. Laurie Anderson - Walk The Dog [ O Superman / Warner Bros. Records]
5. Yello - The Race [ Essential Yello - Mercury]
6. Eat Static - Monda A Go-Go! [ Crash and Burn / Mesmobeat]
7. Rik Rue - Yes I’m There [ Pink Sheets Edition One / Alias Frequencies]*
8. Melodic Energy Commission - Migration of the Snails [ Migration of the Snails ]
9. Abject Leader - Phermone Wings [ Liquid Architecture 8]*
10. Pauline Oliveros - Bye Bye Butterfly [ Electronic Works / Paradigm Discs]
11. Dave Phillips - For The Tasmanian Devils (edit) [ Liquid Architecture 8]
12. Shannon O’Neill - Heaven Tonight [ Pink Sheets Edition One / Alias Frequencies]*
13. Jacob Cats - Cadens I [ Anthology Of Dutch Electronic Tape Music: Vol. 2 (1966-1977) / Creel Pone]
14. Runzelstirn and Gurgelstøck Vor Die Hunde und Zum Teufel (edit) - [ Liquid Architecture 8]
15. NON - Out Out Out [ Rise / Mute]
16. Shelley Hirsch - Blue Moon [ The Far In, Far Out / Tzadik]
17. Natasha Anderson - Hindsight Refracted [ Pink Sheets Edition One]*
18. Elph vs Coil - Ended [ Worship The Glitch / ArsNova]
This fortnights show Bubble and Squeak has been prepared by special guest programmer Greg Shapley. Greg runs an experimental new media art gallery in Dulwich Hill NSW. Check out Don’t Look Gallery.
The shows title refers to the method of selection and organisation rather than the overall sound. I have chosen some of the more interesting stuff I had lying around, added a bit of pepper and a handful of cheese (thank you Simon and Garfunkel) and then fried till golden brown. The first few tracks are just to shake out the cobwebs. The chaotic rantings of Captain Beefheart and Darth Vegas’ schizoid genre jumping accomplish this. I’ve thrown in my working mix of 3 Eyes and Eagles (a band that I’m sure you’ll be hearing more from in the future) as well as an experimental work from an installation that I have yet to conceive of.
Now dim the lights coz we’re getting serious. Phil Niblock’s ‘Held Tones’ a long, uber-minimalist work introduces, and provides backing for, my gentle reinterpretation of the classic Beat poem ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg. Mirroring this deep epic, is Steve Reich’s Violin Phase. This to me is the essential phase minimalist piece (along with Reich’s Come Out To Show Them’ and some of La Monte Young’s compositions). A lot of his later works are just too ‘neo-classical’ for my liking (the ‘genius artist’ should remain hidden me thinks).
After The Residents is a snippet that I found on my hard drive while putting this mix together. I think it may have been created by opening the text for James Joyce’s Ulysses into a sound program. The piece ‘Untitled’ is also derived from this snippet. Webern should be included in every mix everywhere seeing he’s inspired everyone from Stockhausen to Bjork. Varese wrote Ionisation in 1931 and was pretty much crucified for it and amazingly enough it still sounds pretty out-there today. It is normally listed as a work for 13 percussionists, but I’m adding another performer - the record player. ‘Made in Hong Kong’ by the guitarist, Fennesz, has become a glitchy minimalist classic (in the true spirit of glitch I have remixed this track so it’s a little less ’90s).
‘Mechanical Butterfly’ is a work I originally wrote for 6 flautists. The name refers to its subtle evolution from consonance to dissonance. Finally Simon and Garfunkel serenade us with their version of xmas schmultz. There is, however, a chilling twist. Hope you enjoy!!
1. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Brickbats [ Doc At The Radar Station / Virgin]
2. Darth Vegas - Cha Cha Cha [ Darth Vegas / Valve]*
3. Shapley Mix - Three Eyes and Eagles*
4. Shapley - Directory Assistance*
5. Allen Ginsberg - Howl (A Hymn Of Defeat, A Hell Of Despair) [ www.archive.org]
6. Phil Niblock - Held Tones [ Young Persons Guide to Phil Niblock / The Orchard]
7. Steve Reich - Violin Phase [ Music for a Large Ensemble / EMC]
8. The Residents - Smelly Tongues [ Meet the Residents / Ralph]
9. Shapley’s Computer - Something I found at the back of my hard drive*
10. Webern - Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: IV Sehr langsam [ Webern - Complete Works for String Quartet and String Trio / IODA]
11. Edgard Varese – Ionisation [ Varese: Arcana, Integrales, Ionisation / Decca]
12. Shapley - Untitled*
13. Fennesz - Made in Hong Kong [ Endless Summer / Kudos Limited]
14. Shapley - Mechanical Butterfly*
15. Simon and Garfunkel – 7 O’Clock News/Silent Night [ Tales From New York / Columbia]
Liquid Architecture 8: Festival Of Sound Arts 28 - 30th June 2007 (Sydney)
Alias Frequencies and Performance Space present Liquid Architecture 8 at the CarriageWorks from Thursday June 28 to Saturday June 30 2007. The festival will this year feature three nights of groundbreaking performances from local and international artists as well as an installation program staged in the unique environs of the Carriageworks wonderful original architecture. International guests include the shudder inducing French audiovisual performance group Cellule Intervention Metamkine and Swiss aktionist performance artists Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, and Dave Phillips.
Liquid Architecture 9: Festival of Sound Arts
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