The Art of Noise: Soundscapes of the Italian Futurists
The Technological and Mechanical Innovations that began in the age of the Industrial Revolution have exponentially, infiltrated every aspect of the human experience. Our modern methods of consumption, construction and conception are all “machine aided” and modern methods of Transportation and communication have made possible the notion of a Global Village. As we enter what might be termed the third age of industrialisation, however, many … Continue reading The Art of Noise: Soundscapes of the Italian Futurists
Review: Anthology of Contemporary Music From Africa Continent – The Unexplained Sounds Group
The evolution of Electonic Music, in many ways, exists on a parrel timeline to the birth of a post-colonial Africa; both beginning as they do in the years that followed the First World War and flourishing in the decades that followed the Second. They are both narratives of modernity too, of technology, identity and Cultural heritage. Yet as Africa continues to break down those Social, … Continue reading Review: Anthology of Contemporary Music From Africa Continent – The Unexplained Sounds Group
Profile: EMS and The English Synthesiser Revolution
Oscillations The History of Electronic Music, when taken as a whole, consists of parallel strands of evolution; with notable schools of composition and technological innovation germinating in climates unique to their respective cultural and literal geographies. To this, we might add a level of discourse that groups these disparate narratives together through the techniques and equipment employed. The use of magnetic Tape in composition, for … Continue reading Profile: EMS and The English Synthesiser Revolution
Review: Ufology – Grey Frequency
All of us are Possessed with two strands of memory, the personal and the collective. The former creates our narratives, the latter our Histories. And in the Liminal space between these records of our past, exists the gap into which promised futures fall. For those of us who grew up in the bleak, austere Britain of Callaghan and Thatcher this dichotomy of memory is exemplified … Continue reading Review: Ufology – Grey Frequency
Sonus – An Online Jukebox of Contemporary Electroacoustic Music
An ongoing project from the Canadian Electroacoustic Comunity, Sonus features nearly 3000 works from over 1000 composers currently working in the fields of Electroacoustic, Musique concrete and other experimental sound practices. Tracks can be browsed via a conveniently embedded player and each composer has a Biography with links to his or her other works. Create an account and gain access to the playlist function and, … Continue reading Sonus – An Online Jukebox of Contemporary Electroacoustic Music
Profile: Johanna Beyer – Enigmatic Modernist
The accepted timeline of Twentieth Century experimental music is one dominated by White men; with female composers emerging only after the cultural revolutions of the ’50s and ’60s. And whilst this is no doubt a product of contemporary institutionalized sexism that simply didn’t afford women the same opportunities as Men; thought, as they were, better left to “light music” and whimsical chamber works or perceived … Continue reading Profile: Johanna Beyer – Enigmatic Modernist
Film: I Dream of Wires – the Story of Modular Synthesis
The debut project of Toronto based production company Waveshaper Media. I Dream of Wires traces the history of the modular synthesis from its birth in the competing designs of Moog and Buchla, through its nadir in the digital age and up to the current Eurorack- led resurgence. The story is told through fascinating interviews, from pioneers such as Morton Subotnick and Ramon Sender; eighties masters … Continue reading Film: I Dream of Wires – the Story of Modular Synthesis
Review: Variations, a Podcast looking at the history of the Audio collage
Variations is one of the many Podcasts produced as part of the Barcelona Museum of Modern Art’s Radio Web Project, about which more information can be found here. Part of the Curatorial strand of Programming Variations is the work of American Experimental Musician Jon Leidecker; himself a major figure in the world of audio montage. Originally made available in 2009 and consisting of seven instalments, … Continue reading Review: Variations, a Podcast looking at the history of the Audio collage
Radio: Phantom Circuit, Strange and Wonderful Sound Waves.
The world of Phantom Circuit is one not easily defined from the usual reference points of genre or Style; with the only real commonality between works featured being the use of Electronics in production Continue reading Radio: Phantom Circuit, Strange and Wonderful Sound Waves.
Profile: The Trautonium – Forgotten Sounds from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds
One of the many things that make 1963 classic The Birds so chilling is the lack of any incidental music or conventional soundtrack. It is perhaps a testament to the faith that Universal Pictures placed in Hitchcock as an auteur that such a move was sanctioned. The prevailing wisdom being that audiences were incapable of responding properly to the emotions present in a scene if … Continue reading Profile: The Trautonium – Forgotten Sounds from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds
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