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[</b><b>1</b><b>] Fire and Frost Pattern by </b><b>Andreas Bick<br>
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</b><b>[2</b><b>] Mumbai Diary by Bettina Wenzel<br>
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</b><b>[</b><b>3</b><b>] kdi dctb 146 [e] by Cédric Peyronnet<br>
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</b><b>[</b><b>4</b><b>] Playing with Words : </b><b>an audio
compilation</b><b> by Various Artists<br>
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</b><b>[5</b><b>] </b><b>Playing with Words : Live</b><b> by
Various Artists</b><br>
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Fire and Frost Pattern by </b><b>Andreas Bick</b><br>
Field Recording Series<br>
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Reading Andreas Bick’s fascinating technical descriptions of his twin
compositions Frost Pattern and Fire Pattern, one could be forgiven for
believing these were sound recordings made as part of a scientific
research project. In an earlier piece entitled Windscapes
(Deutschlandradio Kultur, 2001), he used the natural phenomenon of
“singing dunes” – recorded in the Namibian desert. But Klangkunst, the
weekly hour-long programme on Deutschlandradio Kultur for which all
these pieces were produced, is not about science. It offers plenty to
listen to, but there is little talk or explanation.<br>
People often ask who is served by scientific research. In this (rare)
case, since the composer Andreas Bick uses the results of scientific
research, as well as produces recordings under essentially scientific
conditions himself, one may answer that science serves art, the art of
sound composition. A curious listener scanning Bick’s pieces for the
sounds of natural phenomena like “singing flames,” “singing icebergs,”
“ice sizzle” or the eruption of volcanoes and geysers, will certainly
be fascinated. But such a listener will only hear the skeleton of the
composition, not the composition itself (like someone using Messiaen’s
Oiseaux exotiques to identify bird calls). Although Bick is sparing in
his use of sound-processing techniques, the composition is an
“alchemical” process of transformation. As a result, the mighty bass
sounds of calving icebergs or volcanic eruptions take on a mythical
quality fitting for a work on the primal elements (and primal fears) of
humanity. The artistic process here is concerned primarily with making
audible the “secret” sounds hidden in nature, liberating the music held
in fire and ice. (Götz Naleppa)<br>
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</b><b>Gruenrekorder / Germany / 2010 / Gruen 074 / LC 09488 / GEMA<br>
With kind support of Deutschlandradio Kultur, Fielax & Alfred
Wegener Institute.<br>
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[2</b><b>] Mumbai Diary by Bettina Wenzel</b><br>
Soundscape Series<br>
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VOICE as Instrument of Affection<br>
Sound diaries have their seductive appeal. Unlike written memoirs,
sketches, cartoons and photo journals they share a common feature with
film documentaries – the temporal sound-image. Deprived of visual
information (and of predominance of sight), sound-image attracts
listeners’ ears, penetrates their bodies, permeates through their
minds, initiating the process of imagination and articulating lived as
well as imagined experiences. No escape; intrusive meanings are always
present. In contrast to moving images that reduce space and vision to
the surface and depth of a screen, sound-images are capable of not only
extending the listeners’ universe but also making them aware of and
signifying the impulses within their bodies. If combined with
appropriate musical expression, as in the case of Bettina Wenzel’s
Mumbai Diary, the ambition to represent the unique artistic intention
in correlation with genius loci and intimacy of a place where one finds
oneself in a particular moment succeeds in producing
interaction.....(Jozef Cseres)<br>
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<b>Soundscape Series by Gruenrekorder<br>
Gruenrekorder / Germany / 2010 / Gruen 086 / LC 09488 / GEMA<br>
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<b>[</b><b>3</b><b>] kdi dctb 146 [e] by Cédric Peyronnet</b><br>
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This work is one of the results of three years of sound recording
around the sound Valley Taurion / Thaurion (France); it could be seen,
in a way, as an immersion in the sound world of this valley: rhythms
and textures of water, sound events that marks the time.An underlying
theme of "kdi dctb 146" is to question the apparent banality of such a
sound environment and finally the unsuspected depth of an "active
listening act" of such a place. Ultimately, it would be like,
throughout this kind of fictitious soundwalk, to be « ŕ la recherche du
Presque rien » (in the search for almost nothing).<br>
Each original recording, often very minimalist in form, may seem at
first glance trivial or very stereotypical. They even includes a
certain amount of confusion, linked to the context of the on site
recording, and I did not sought to erase what is generally perceived as
a disturbing external signal (aircraft, road traffic ..) but my idea
was in most of the cases to reveal it. (Cédric Peyronnet)<br>
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Field Recording Series by Gruenrekorder<br>
Gruenrekorder / Germany / 2010 / Gr 078 / LC 09488 / SACEM<br>
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[</b><b>4</b><b>] Playing with Words : </b><b>an audio compilation</b><b>
by Various Artists<br>
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Contributors include: abAna/David Toop, Tomomi Adachi, Caroline
Bergvall, Ansuman Biswas, Jaap Blonk, Lars-Gunnar Bodin, Alessandro
Bosetti, Brownsierra, Angus Carlyle, Viv Corringham, Lawrence Upton
& John Levack Drever, Thomas Gardner, Iris Garrelfs, Sten Hanson,
Dirk HuelsTrunk, Sianed Jones, Mikhail Karikis, Brandon LaBelle, Leigh
Landy, Cathy Lane, Language Removal Services, Paul Lansky, Lina
Lapelyte, Majena Mafe, Ellen Moffat, Ekrem Mülayim, Katharine Norman,
Julien Ottavi, Nye Parry, jörg piringer, Amanda Stewart, Imogen
Stidworthy, Barry Truax, Michael Vincent, Salomé Voegelin, Julian
Weaver, Claudia Wegener, Charlotte White, Trevor Wishart, John Wynne
and Pamela Z.<br>
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The work on this audio compilation is part of an intermittent ongoing
tradition of artistic investigation of spoken language. The pieces
included here negotiate potential oppositions such as semantic play and
abstraction, musical and narrative structures, speech and song, one
voice and many. Influences have been drawn from many sources including
poetry, music, song, theatre, typography and graphic art, philosophy,
radio, performance art, linguistics, fine art, literature and of course
the keen observation and experience of the very many varieties of human
communication that we all encounter and participate in every day.<br>
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The concerns of these contemporary artists in many cases relate back to
their historical antecedents such as the poets, performers and other
artists working with sound in the early part of the twentieth century,
including the Futurists, Zaum poets, Dadaists and Lettristes who sought
to invent new languages and new words in order to express their vision
of reality and to deconstruct and reduce the power of language. Other
featured artists are examining and revealing the experiences and
complexities of contemporary society by engaging with how spoken
language works and manifests itself. These works reflect more recent
developments in linguistics and the psychology and philosophy of
language revealing how meaning is negotiated and transmitted between
individuals and groups, across cultures and through languages and their
translations.<br>
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<b>Sound Art Series by Gruenrekorder<br>
Gruenrekorder / Germany / 2010 / Gruen 065 / LC 09488<br>
Funded by the AHRC</b><b><br>
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[5</b><b>] </b><b>Playing with Words : Live</b><b> by Various Artists<br>
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Kulturnetz Frankfurt e.V. presents: International SoundArtFestival<br>
Gallus-Theater, Frankfurt am Main 2009 / A film by Bernhard Bauser<br>
Joerg Piringer (A), Ansuman Biswas (GB), Dirk Huelstrunk (G), Sianed
Jones (GB), Nye Parry (GB), Jaap Blonk (NL)<br>
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The festival “Playing with Words – Live” presents six internationally
renowned artists who put voice and spoken word into the center of their
performance. Listen to sound poetry, Celtic world music, electronically
processed voices, or hear about the fascinating Indian rhythm language
“Konnakol”.<br>
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All artists create interdisciplinary work between poetry, music, dance,
visual arts and science. They also use their diverse cultural
backgrounds to connect ancient traditions with the newest technical
innovations, or to mix Eastern and Western philosophical concepts. <br>
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“Playing with words: the spoken word in artistic practice” is also the
title of an anthology of works from over forty leading contemporary
sound artists and composers who use words, particularly spoken words,
as their material and inspiration.<br>
The book is edited by Cathy Lane and published by CRiSAP, London. <b><br>
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<b>Sound Art Series by Gruenrekorder</b><br>
<b>Gruenrekorder / Germany / 2010 / Gruen 083 / LC 09488<br>
Kindly supported by: Department of Culture, Frankfurt/ Main<br>
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