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</em>Synesthesia Recordings is pleased to announce a '<b>Call for electroacoustic works - 2009</b>'.<br><br>
All presented music works should fit one of the following categories:<br><br>
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<b>Works for recorded media alone
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Works for recorded media and instrumental solo
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Works should be produced using any conceivable analog device processing
tools (pedals, no input mixers, analog synthesizers, custom built
devices).<div><br>
The use of computer or any digital device (except a DAW for the tracking/mixing) is <u>not allowed</u>.<br>
The use of working techniques and hardware should be documented with a
detailed document in <b>PDF</b> format to be included within the work
submission.<br></div>
A description of the composition poetics and aesthetic goals should be included for release purposes as well.<div><br>
The produced work should be rendered as a stereo <i>44.1 kHz</i>, <i>24 bit</i>, <i>WAV (or any Quicktime-compatible)</i> sound file.<br>
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The use of instrumental soloist is limited to one of the following instruments:<br>
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<i>Violin</i>, <i>Violoncello</i>, <i>Double bass</i>, <i>Flute</i>, <i>Clarinet in B</i>, <i>Bass Clarinet</i>, <i>Soprano</i> and <i>Alto Saxophone</i>.<br>
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The score should be submitted together with the recording in one of the following formats: <b>.sib</b> or <b>PDF</b>.<br>
If the soloist is not available at the moment of the recording session,
a quick render via a virtual instrument is allowed and welcome.<div><br>
In this case, please send us two different sound files, one including
the simulated solo performance and a “clean” copy of the
electroacoustic work.<br></div>
Synesthesia Recordings will provide the required soloist for the final Recording, Mix, and Mastering sessions.<div>
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The production will take place at <b>Millenium Audio Recording Studios</b> in Rome, Italy.<br>
Compositions should last around 15-20 minutes ca.<br></div>
A personal <b>BIO</b> of around 100 words is requested as well.<div><br>
The deadline for submissions is the <b>31st October 2009</b>.<br>
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The <i>reading panel</i> will be announced during the second half
of May 2009. Winners will be announced in December 2009. The selected
works will be published by Synesthesia Recordings during the first
quarter of 2010.<br>
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For any more questions contact us at <i>submissions at synesthesiarecordings dot com<br></i><br><a href="http://www.synesthesiarecordings.com/docs/Call_for_electroacoustic_works_2009.pdf">http://www.synesthesiarecordings.com/docs/Call_for_electroacoustic_works_2009.pdf</a><i><br>
<br><br></i><font style="font-style: italic;">“Synesthesia is a crossing of the senses.”</font><br><b style="font-style: italic;"><br></b><b style="font-style: italic;">This label is to be intended as a repository of live improvised electroacoustic works.</b><font style="font-style: italic;"> The main goal is to retrieve the late Renaissance praxis of </font><b style="font-style: italic;">“Ricercare”</b><font style="font-style: italic;"> intended as exploration of a technical device playing it, subverting it in different ways. So this kind of </font><b style="font-style: italic;">“Musica Ricercata”</b><font style="font-style: italic;">
should be affected by individual approaches to improvisation with sound
materials of any kind, samples, electronic devices, pure sine
generators, transducers. The local and momentary gesture generates a
relational sequenced processes that defines the sonic path from start
to the end. This recordings have to be intended as a “document” or </font><b style="font-style: italic;">Simulacra</b><font style="font-style: italic;">
of a solo or collective performance but not as the performance itself
(which is affected by causality relationships and other environmental
and statistical phenomena). The Project is maintained, supervised by </font><b style="font-style: italic;">U.S.O Project</b><font style="font-style: italic;"> in collaboration with many other audio-visual artists.</font><br>