Music collage from Prague-based duo produced for Radia on behalf of Resonance FM. Selection of works combine voice, loops, and layered sounds.
The Tape-beatles formed in Iowa City, USA in 1987 and have been based in Prague since 2000, when Lloyd Dunn joined John Heck there. Some works in the program were created during the production of the CD and film Good Times, but were not included. ‘Stolen Bicycle’ was created for a uncompleted compilation of works based on DJ Spooky samples. The later portion includes the most recent work, completed June 2007. Go to http://pwp.detritus.net for information on Tape-beatles, discography, and live performed cinema.
Show 118: Svirachinja
“Svirachinja” – new group of young artists that started hosting program on kanal 103… artistic group consisted of sculptors, painters, writers..
svirachinja is new group of young artists that started hosting program on kanal 103 couple months ago. artistic group consisted of sculptors, painters, writers.. but they r also making music as a band under the name svirachinja.. making various art performances, movies/video art.. and at the end making art programs on radio.. this is one of their sound experiments/programs broadcasted live. pure example of their way of work. chaotic mix of sound, music, live performance with various strange instruments in the studio, inteviews where questions are on different lenguage than the answer, reading poetry, realtime edditing, manipulating pre recorded material, playing chess in the studio… art on radio or radio art?
Show 117: Two turntables to make one landscape by Pedro Lopes
From all the possible outcomes this is just one of them. Two turntables to make one landscape.
The turntables has a companion history with radio. For a long time, before the advent of clean and sanitized studios and the contact with the physical record was abstracted to bits and bites, the needle jumped on the groove and squided through the spiral of sound. Pedro Lopes paired two of these old tools of work and made them talk to each other. From all the possible outcomes this is just one of them. Two turntables to make one landscape.
Show 116: Bxl: on air by Vincent Matyn
The electronic piece is made in the french acousmatic tradition from archives of the french radio. While the radio broadcasted to the french colonies in East and in the Maghreb, Pierre Schaeffer has founded “Groupe de recherche musicale” in 1949 after he met John Cage. It was originally produced for theatrical issue in 2002 around testimonies of Harkis fighters and ex-french soldiers.
The project was aborted but in the meanwhile there were produced. Four years later, this piece can be heard for themselves.
Show 115: BriefVision by Lale Rodgarkia-Dara
BriefVision is the acoustic output of Lale Rodgarkia-Dara ‘s residency in St.Petersburg, Russia, at the art centre Pushkinskaya 10.
“During my stay I construct one shortfilm every two to three weeks. They are small letters from St.Petersburg and Vienna; a construction and product of rewriting St.Petersburg and the life in Vienna, I miss during the six months residency.”
BriefVision (Brief=letter in German) and PismoVidenie in the German and Russian meaning are the antithesis to TeleVision. Though, a letter itself can be read and is mostly read several times. A letter refers to a different reception of repetition, slowness, and even solitude.
The acoustic track of these small prose-shortfilms is representing the Viennese life. This audiopart is presented in a soundinstallation at the artcentre Pushkinskaya 10 at St.Petersburg.
Whereas the video track, representing the rewritten city of St.Petersburg, is shown at a video-installation in Vienna at the Museumsquartier (0-port).
The full lenght films of BriefVision can only be seen on the virtual bridge between these two European cities, the internet (click on the TV-set on www.speis.net and choose a channel).
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?
Show 112: The HASUER-birdmen by Ralf Wendt
I am searching for years and years the HASUER- birdmen. The aim is not to catch him, more to learn that strange language of no sense but beauty
made by Ralf Wendt- at Radio CORAX in Halle – E. Germany
Show 111: Untitled Sit for Your Aetheric Body by Michelle Nagai
Long Distance Sitting Piece
Untitled Sit for Your Aetheric Body by Michelle Nagai.
This work is one in a series of sitting pieces. A collection of (usually live) performance works, these sitting pieces share several common themes, one of which is the presence of the performer and the listener in one “space” together. This broadcast’s subtitle, Untitled Sit, is the generic label for a series of compositions originally devised for live performance in private homes. Each work, created and performed by the composer, is centered around the presence of a still and silent seated figure in close physical proximity to the audience. Variations on the basic form are permitted, and in all cases, a free-form exchange of sensory information is encouraged between performer, viewer and environment. This is an interactive radio broadcast.
Show 110: Kirkegaard/Grzinich workshop
Kirkegaard/Grzinich workshop
Recordings and comments on a workshop
A workshop led by Danish sound artist Jakob Kirkegaard and US Estonian sound artist John Grzinich is documenting the feedback of the event and its revocation.
In February 2007 Jakob Kirkegaard and John Grzinich did a sound workshop in Prague. The recording was later edited by John Grzinich and re played by Milos Vojtechovsky to students of the foreign program on Prague Film Academy FAMU. They commented on what they heard.. and what was still in their memmory on the sound walk with Kirkegaard and Grzinich.
Language: English