SoundCurious

Submissions for SoundCurious #2 - Sounds in the Field

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We are currently seeking submissions of new work for the following sections of our programme:

Field of Vision: short video/film works exploring recording in the field in a purely visual way. No sound. Max. 3 minutes. Submit to address below.
Sound in Nature: short video/film works that utilise and emphasise natural sound. DVD only. Max. 30 minutes. Submit to address below.
Field Performers: musicians or acts specialising in performing in outdoor/public space, engaging with odd acoustic environments, live re-recording/looping/mixing, field recording specialists etc.
Send DVDs to SoundCurious, Coachwerks, 19 Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton, BN17HB. Performers should send details of their interests/myspaces/proposals for workshops etc to graeme.walker@werkshop.org.uk (max 500 words). For other info call 01273 275012.
We are aiming to pay all our participants, at least to cover expenses.

20 December 2009 : SoundCurious Presents a live investigation into tape culture

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WITH POLDR, PRESLAV LITERARY SCHOOL & JAMES EDMONDS

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TAPE WORKSHOP - 2PM

PERFORMANCES - 7PM

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COACHWERKS, 19 Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton, BN17HB
Bus Route 50a
info@soundcurious.org.uk
[01273 562 658]
TICKETS ON THE DOOR &
online
*press tickets & concessions available

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Tape Workshop
2pm £3

A workshop investigating cassette culture, obsolete technologies, lost performance techniques and underground artist networks.

Participants will have the chance to:

- learn how to make tape-loops using ordinary cassettes
- construct hand-held tape-readers
- collaborate with known experimental artists
- construct an original composition using the tape archive
- swap cassette materials and set-up tape-swap networks

The workshop is open to all individuals aged 18 and over and is free. No previous experience is required. The workshop will be particularly relevant to anyone interested in hands-on basic electronics, popular culture, DIY art or alternative music.

Performances
7pm £6

PRESLAV LITERARY SCHOOL (DE/UK)

Preslav Literary School (Adam Thomas) makes live tape collages using sounds drawn from an ever-growing archive of self-generated or discovered outsider noise, found sound and spoken word cassettes. A process of transference, overdubbing and live manipulation reworks these source materials into compelling, ambient broadcasts. Adam has released three albums, numerous live CDrs and played at venues and festivals throughout Europe.
Points of reference: William Basinski, Aki Onda, Emeralds.
http://www.preslavliteraryschool.co.uk

POLDR (DE/FR)

Since visual artist and experimental musician Poldr (Benjamin Laurent Aman) relocated from France to Berlin, he has become one of the rising stars of the capital's established underground scene, marking himself out as a performer who deals with texture, frequency and field recordings with a distinct and unafraid ear. Founder of the cult Razzle Dazzle label, Benjamin is also one half of the French/US improv-duo Crystal Plumage.
Points of reference: Growing, Yellow Swans, Machinefabriek
http://www.benjaminlaurentaman.com/

JAMES EDMONDS (UK/DE)*

The work of James Edmonds originates in the discourse between format and information, medium and message. Borne from a love of home recording on 4-track cassette, James invents soundtracks for imagined films on old
record players and walkmans, melding the mechanical and the analogue to create slowly transforming scores that evoke ideas of memory and chance.
Points of Reference: Philip Jeck, Skaters, The Fun Years.
http://www.myspace.com/jamesedmonds

10/11 October 2009 : SoundCurious #1

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Downloads

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We do not have anything for you to download yet.

Submissions

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We are looking for:

Performers - musicians, sound artists, vibration specialists
Lecturers & talkists - do you study a particular aspect of sound? Would you like to share it with us? We can help with your research in exchange for engaging demonstrations.
Workshoppers - we are interested to hear your proposals for unusual and intrueging sound exercises and workshops.

We can provide:

Technical support
PA
Loads of microphones and wires
Projectors
Screens
Workspace

Submissions:

Bands - send myspace/bandcamp/etc links & project ideas
Talkists/workshoppers - send proposals/supporting material/details
info[at]soundcurious.org.uk

About

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WHAT

SoundCurious is an ongoing series of curated performances, workshops, lectures and demonstrations on all aspects of sound and vibration.
We welcome and support new and innovative grassroots work within this field
We're always looking for participants & performers who are willing to push the limits of their practice
If you would like to participate/perform *click here* for the Submissions Page

WHERE

SoundCurious is based at Coachwerks, a dynamic community cowerking project in Brighton, UK
*click here* for the Coachwerks website

EXAMPLE OF THOUGHT PROGRESSION

Initially, we banned drums, because of the neighbours. But then we thought:
What happens when a band cannot use drums?
What happens if you muffle the drums?
Can we record the drums in a soundproof room?
What if we muffle all the instruments?
What if the band has to play completely different instruments?
Or a completely different kind of music?
Can drums be played loudly, without them being loud?
And now we want drums, lots of drums, but played in unusual ways. Site specific, sound specific drums.
The questions do not end. But what may have been initially seen as a problem, we're turning into a useful limitation which enables us to experiment, ask questions, invent solutions and investigate sound outside the world of loudness.

WHO WE'D LIKE TO MEET

Acoustic noisesmiths, lo-fi, electronical, exponents of quiet, humms & cliks, tape loopers, vocal artistes, experimental oddities, musical boxes, sound collectors, joyful folk field trips, brooding unearthly sub frequencies, momentary fragments & bursts, barbershop quartets & modern classicals, jazz jazz, bent bits of wire, jammers, instrument breakers and pluckers and caressers, those who like to listen, those who like to speak, supreme manipulators of audial visions, people with nothing to lose.