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March 2008 Shinkei | Biostatics All living organisms emit electrical signals which can be recorded with a process similar to human ECG or EEG. These tiny voltages are outside the human range of hearing, but can be rendered audible through the process of audification. Firstly bioelectrical signals are digitized into EDF (European Data Format) files which can be easily stored and exchanged. Then the signals contained in EDF recordings maybe extracted into wav files with custom made software. Bioelectrical files are the sound source of these compositions. A quiet listening environment or headphones recommended. "Shinkei likes to play with the perception of sound, moving on the edge of audibility, exploring the empty spaces between sounds. Usually a new project is developed with each release to experiment with different, unusual sound sources: computer simulated brainwaves, recordings of biological signals, or the snow falling over a microphone... Shinkei compositions are best listened to on headphones, or in a quiet dark space."
February 2008 Asher + Ubeboet | A Map of the Ocean What is that noise?' [t.s.eliot - the waste land] recorded in somerville and madrid, june 2006 through november 2007. m.a. tolosa: field recordings, bowed lap steel guitar, structuring and editing. field recordings taken in south boston [usa], santiago de compostela and madrid [spain]
January 2008 Duane Pitre | A Circle and the Sound that Fills It Arranged by a 2.038 inch circle and the equation; radius squared x pi = area = 3.26 inches / 2 [area left & right] = 1.63 inches = 1.63 minutes = 97.8 seconds. [1 duration unit] x 12 [units] = 1173.6 seconds - .6 seconds [round down] = 1,173 seconds x 2 [area left & right] = 2,345 seconds = 39 minutes 6 seconds = sound area of a 2.038 inch circle.
July 2007 S.I.R.S.I.T. | Colorblind Cycle SIRSIT is the improvised electronics ensemble consisting of Rick Reed, Cory Allen, Brent Fariss and Josh Russell. This is their first studio recording. Rick Reed: Cory Allen: Brent Fariss: Mastered by Cory Allen here
June 2007 We are pleased to announce our first physical CDR. TRANS001 Spellewauerynsherde, Interpretations Various & Sundry Utilizing source material taken from found reel to reel recordings of Icelandic a capella lament songs made in the late 1960's or early 1970's 10 sound artists interpret these haunting sounds in their compositions. A CD LP by Akira Rabelais based on this source material can be found at Samadhi Sound. Reworkers include Fennesz, Kit Clayton, Taylor Deupree, Steve Roden, Stephen Mathieu, I8U and others. The packaging includes a self-latching CD case created from a custom die-cut and the cover is hand stamped. It is a limited edition of 100 and will not be reissued. The CDRs themselves are labeled via the heat transfer process rather than inkjet printing to ensure text durability. The CDRs are silver on both sides.
February 2007 John Hudak | Sunday It is our pleasure to bring to you two of John Hudak's receint works. One with two compositons based on the theme of "Sunday" and one collaboration with New York based video artist Shimpei Takeda. Artist Statement "Growing up, Sunday was always a day associated with the particular feeling of the end of something. During meals the family was together mostly: silent meetings leaning towards meditation. The TV was constantly on in the recreation room, creating a background noise that occasionally approached meaning. Homework was done on the comfy sofa in the living room, where sleep would fall around page two. When evening came, Tinkerbell would fly around the castle, ending her flight with a touch of her magic wand." j.h. Bios John Hudak has been interested in sound and music from the age of four when he began to play a variety of instruments. At the University of Delaware (BA, English 1981) and Naropa Institute for the Arts (1979), he studied video, photography, creative writing and dance. He then began to create taped soundtracks for his solo performance-art/dance pieces that later developed into sound-only pieces. In recent years, he has concentrated solely on sound, particularly natural sounds. Hudak’s current work focuses on the rhythms and melodies that exist in our daily aural environments. These sounds usually remain hidden, as we tend to overlook their musical qualities, or their musical qualities are obscured through mixture with other sounds. In simplified terms, what he is doing could be considered "re-framing what is already there so that it can be admired." Shimpei Takeda Shimpei Takeda (b.1982, Japan) is an artist who works in the discipline of: photography, video and performance.
September 2006 Toy Bizarre | Dale Lloyd blung005 PRESS RELEASE With over 30 years of experience with field recordings between them these artists created immaculately produced sound-scapes centered on the theme of childhood. Toy.bizarre composed with sounds recorded from a well behind his childhood home in Pommier, France and Dale Lloyd created his pieces with sounds and moods extracted from a trip made to pay last respects to his grandmother in Alabama, USA. Both artists apply their unique signature to the themed material offering alternatively dense and delicate audio for the adventurous listener. More than just the abstract manipulation of sounds these pieces carry the weight of remembrance. Bio Dale Lloyd (here)
August 2005 New Release Bill Thompson | Untitled (McAlpine) "Chance favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur This work of stunning beauty presents itself more like a masterwork
of compositional restraint and focused exploration of timbre than
the enhanced field recording it is. Thompson's prepared mind allowed
him to capture one of the most moving pieces of sound you are likely
to experience this year. It must be heard to be believed… Artist Statement This piece uses sounds drawn from a field recording made only a few meters from my home off the north sea in the small Scottish fishing village of Footdee. Wind blowing through the unfinished structure of the new harbor tower created an aeolian harp that resonated across the village. Isolating these sounds from the gusts of wind and sea, I tried to create a piece that flowed as pure and natural as the original recording. hints of wind and sea are still evident, but now with a slightly removed, alien timbre. Extreme noise reduction and equalization were used on the sounds, but otherwise no additional processing was employed. Bio
August 2005 New Release Cory Allen | Gesemi Tropisms
July 2005 New Release Rick Reed | Hidden Voices [For Herman Nitsch] An active sound-artist for the past 20 years Reed has released several LP’s on labels such as Ecstatic Peace, Beta Lactam Ring, Pale Disc Japan, and Elevator Bath. His latest projects have been providing the soundtrack for New York film maker Ken Jacobs’s latest work “Mountaineer Spinning” and creating a sound installation for Herman Nitsch’s latest gallery exhibit “The Orgies Mysteries Theater” in Houston Texas. For this release Reed has composed with the sound sources used for the Nitsch installation to create a dynamic and hypnotizing 39-minute sound work. With masterful control of his Moog, World War II era sine-wave generators, short-wave radio, and assorted hardware [no computers here] Reed pulls the listener ever deeper into their Id. When we first listened to this work it functioned as a kind of audio Rorschach test conjuring up images of rutting wild sheep charging forth with ecstatic intensity which then, bruised and exhausted, wedge their way back into their mothers' wombs in an attempt to melt back into what was there before they were. Listen with caution.
June 2005 New Release Golden | Various Wide-ranging interpretations of the Golden Mean. The Golden Mean is perhaps the best known ratio in the world. If one produces a series by adding two consecutive terms to arrive at the next term (0,1,2,3,5,8,13...etc.) then as the numbers increase the factor each term is larger than the previous term approaches it's limit; 1.6180339887... It is this limit that is often called the "Divine Proportion,” and it and its reciprocal have been widely drawn upon for inspiration and explanation in the natural sciences, architecture, engineering, art and music. Numerous classical and modern composers have works interpreting this natural phenomenon. Proven itself to provide direction to so many we decided to ask some current sound-artists to consider producing a work inspired by this math. Far from sounding similar and formulaic these works are wide-ranging taking the listener through 11 distinct sound-worlds.
February 2005 Website About As the sole sponsor of this quest we will do what we can to ensure that work of raising awareness on noise pollution in national parks can continue. Currently Gordon is currently looking to conduct an acoustic survey to locate feasible one-inch sites in the ten national parks on the UNESCO World Heritage List. TRANS>PARENT RADIATION: Each TRANS>PARENT RADIATION release will be made available for a limited time as high quality (192kbs) downloadable MP3 audio and then later issued as professionally duplicated, silk-screened CDRs with professionally printed handmade packaging. The edition runs will be small (50 – 100), hand numbered, and NOT reissued. TRANS>PARENT RADITAION was started out of the idea to bypass the commercial aspect of a recording label and just share audio we find compelling. Therefore we are interested in who we are sharing with. It would be a great service to us if you would take the time to sign up for our mailing list by clicking the link below.
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