Category Archives: #12

Show 114: Lament for the London Olympic Site by Stephen Cornford

A site-specific field recording composition.
In 2012 the Olympics will come to London. The site, situated in north east London between Stratford, Hackney Wick and Pudding Mill Lane, currently a hotchpotch of industrial estates, disused waterways, railway sidings, traveller ‘s homes and allotments will soon be the biggest building site in Europe. In just over five years the entire area will be cleared, it’s map re-drawn ; transformed firstly into state of the art sports facilities, then re-regenerated to provide more homes yet another shopping centre and eventually re-sold to the public. The same public who, through government compulsory purchase order, have just bought the land once and will of course foot all the bills in the meantime. The latest leap in the budget for the whole project will likely cost the arts council 35% of its annual government subsidy.

Show 113: R(H)umeur collective, part 2 / Relax! (we are a democracy)

This program is composed of 2 pieces : R(H)umeur collective, part 2, Maki’s contributive project, and Relax! (we are a democracy) by Floriane Pochon and Etienne Noiseau.

R(H)umeur collective is based on a call for participation which Maki opened to artists and friends around the world, asking 1 minute audio pieces he then mixed all together.

The first part of R(h)umeur collective was broadcast on the Radia network on March 2007. The second one is composed of contributions from :
– Krafia (France) – Choose
– Ben Owen (USA) – Ans-mac 1999e
– Iris Garrelfs (England) – Guide
– David Fenech (France) – Melodica Paste
– Dinahbird (France) – Pigcrescendo
– Lucie Prod’homme (France) – Rouge
– eRikm (France) – Blécut
– Stéphane Possamai (France) – RioTorto
– Pauline Oliveros (USA) – Maki’s Minute
– Étienne Noiseau (France) – Chatouilles
– Andrew Sharpley (England) – Grapefruit
– Samuel Lartisien (France) – Cordida2
– David Gamper (USA) – Silver Bell
– Sarah Washington (England) – New Year Wind
– Mathieu Hours (France) – Waiting in NYC opus 12
– Soël Lymphini (France) – Jeu en Cage, d’escalier
– Tomonari Higaki (Japan) – Impro caoutchouteuse
– Ricardo Reis (Portugal) – Viagem de elevador
– Zol (France) – Stonn
– Collectif TRI (France) – Robots
– Francis Dhomont (France) – L’électro (Jalons – IMED 0365)
– Noël Akchoté (France) – Untitled wrong folk – Take #5
– Maki (France) – Untitled

Relax! (we are a democracy) is a piece by Floriane Pochon and Etienne Noiseau, composed with joy, drowsiness, disgust and worry.

Enjoy?