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Sonic Topographies of the South
Sonic Topographies of the South: Rural Futurity as Resonance and Dissonance One of my earliest sonic memories is of the altar bells at Sunday Mass, which as a child I mistook for a literal manifestation of divine presence. And so, the discovery that this joyous sound was performed by those sneaky altar boys is one…
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Sound Propositions 09: Kate Carr
Originally published at acloserlisten.com Sound Propositions is an ongoing, semi-regular series of conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Rather than writing copy that can just as easily have come from a press release…
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UN PAESE VUOL DIRE Mix by (Gianmarco del Re)
Originally posted at A CLOSER LISTEN Un Paese Vuol Dire Mix by Lostchildrennetlabel on Mixcloud I’ve been really pleased with the mixes that have been produced for this series, as they often break the mold by doing something more creative than just throwing together a bunch of tracks. “Un Paese Vuol Dire…” is this special…
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Sound Propositions 06: Giuseppe Ielasi
[Originally published at acloserlisten.com] Our friends at Experimedia are currently doing a Spotlight feature on Giuseppe Ielasi. Head over to their site to check out 28 Ielasi-related albums, and check out this playlist highlighting the many sides of this very singular talent. I know this will appear very simplistic, but I think that choosing to…
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Sound Propositions 04: Steve Roden
Originally published by A Closer Listen a big circle drawn with little hands was created from a box of things sent to me by sylvain, who runs the ini itu label. the box contained everything from newspapers, coins, wooden toys, pamphlets, plastic objects, plastic bags, broken airline headphones, notes, a bottle opener, a noise maker…
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Sound Propositions 03: Leonardo Rosado
Originally published at ACL http://acloserlisten.com/2013/02/04/sound-propositions-03-leonardo-rosado/ photo: Davide Lonardi Listen to an exclusive excerpt of Leonardo Rosado’s The conscious illusion: homage to Bergman The avant-garde of the 20th century radically expanded the potential of sonic arts in at least two important ways. With the advent of sound recording technologies, figures such as Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre…
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Sound Propositions 01: Machinefabriek
First published at A Closer Listen Joseph Sannicandro interviews Rutger Zuydervelt, akaMachinefabriek, in the first installment of an ongoing series exploring the creative process and a non-fetishization of equipment. “A rather poor instrument,… but how wonderfully they use it.” In this quote, James Joyce is referring to the French language, but at its heart…
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