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Peter Cusack - Sounds From Dangerous Places

Rer Megacorp [2CD + book], ISBN: 9780956018410, 80 pages, 2012, English
Peter Cusack has traveled to what he defines as "dangerous places", including sites that have suffered environmental devastation (think Chernobyl) and locations at the edges of military zones. In many such places it is the local population who suffer the most. The author engaged in field recording activities in ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 03:13 PM - Feb 26/2013
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Site Of Sound: Of Architecture And The Ear: Vol 2

edited by Brandon LaBelle, Claudia Martinho - Errant Bodies Press; Pap/Com [book + cd], ISBN: 9780982743904, 304 pages, 2011, English A historical displacement has radically changed our notions of "local" and "remote" through the embracing of digital networks in our daily life, which are socially - and more so politically - shaping how "we sense where we are". In this book this displacement is analyzed from the sound artist’s point of view, treated in many different ways ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 10:31 AM - Dec 28/2012
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Tristan Perich, 1-Bit Symphony

Cantaloupe Music, microchip in cd case, Ca21042, 2009-2010
Coming a few years after the first Perich's 1-Bit Music "circuit album", this 1-Bit Symphony never ceases to amaze. The first problem is: how to define such a musical product (electronics in a transparent jewelry box which "executes" music)? The only reference that quickly comes to mind is the Buddha Machine, but that was made on top of something already used for other purposes. Despite its familiar ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 12:14 PM - Jun 23/2011
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Francesco Brunotti/Various Authors - Nocturne

Persistencebit Records, Italy, 2009
This is a product in the Bitmedia series, developed by the eclectic label Persistencebit. It is devoted to the production of multimedia works related to the ambient and modern electronics scenes. It's a book of photographs by Francesco Brunotti properly entitled "Nocturne" that includes a cd album stuck to the ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 10:36 PM - Sep 1/2009
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