Session V

Dear all,

after a long absence I have uploaded a mix with some very interesting staff I listened to in 2011 and some more recent such as Julia Holter's "Eksastis" new album. Enjoy and take care!

Session V from kingofalldeserts on 8tracks.

Politics and Music

The video attached below is a discussion about music and politics, between Mark Fisher and Green Gartside of last year's festival "Off the Page". The following part is taken from the Wire Magazine: website. " Wire contributor and author of Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher discusses politics and music with Scritti Politti founder Green Gartside at the 2011 edition of Off The Page festival, which took place 11–13 February at The Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable."

I will not comment on the video because I think it is better to see it on your own. Also for more information about this year's festival press here.

Green Gartside and Mark Fisher on politics and music from Sound and Music on Vimeo.

Flicker

About a month ago I had the chance to enjoy a performance by Tony Conrad at Cafe Oto in London, which was a memorable experience. Unfortunately, I don't have any video or pictures to share with you. However, I have added an excerpts video of his experimental film "Flicker", and an other sample video with La Monte Young, Maria Zazeela, and Angus MacLise of the masterpiece "Inside the Dream House". Enjoy!

Here is the "Flicker"

And here is the "Inside the Dream House

Session IV

After some time I have posted some tracks mainly in the ambient, experimental, and electro-acoustic spectrum. Two of the tracks are from the latest Tim Hecker's album "Ravedeath, 1972" under the title "In the Air" and I thought it would be better to add them all so as to provide a more comprehensive picture. However, part I is missing because I couldn't upload it. Hope you enjoy!

Soundwalkers

Below I have posted a documentary filmed by the Portuguese video director and sound researcher Raquel Castro. It is a very interesting documentary with many references in every day sounds, the public space, urbanism, ecology, but I think the most characteristic part of this particular of this documentary are the statements of common people about how the sound interferes with their lives, their activities and the society as a whole.
However, there are also short interviews with artists, musicians, composers architects, professors such as Christoph Cox, Janek Schaefer and many many others, who describe how important it is to notice the sounds we hear in our lives.

Soundwalkers from raquel castro on Vimeo.

Should We Teach Experimental Music to Children?

A few months ago I uploaded some information about the Dis-Patch festival and the workshop on "Kids and electronic music". In relation to my previous post, I have included some stuff from the record label and on-line magazine Intransitive that is dedicated to electronic, experimental and electro-acoustic music that has initiated a conversation with four artists asking if "Should we teach experimental music to children?". The artists who answered to this question are: Jon Mueller - drummer and percussionist, David Dove - bass player and music teacher in new exploration methods in music, composer Lionel Marchetti, and Vic Rawlings - musician and teacher.
By clicking on the names above you can see the conversation on this topic of each of these artists and teachers.

Series III

I know I didn't renew my anti-radiophonic series for a very a long time, but I have added some very interesting stuff that I am sure you'll enjoy. With no further information you can listen to the tracks by pressing play to the above tracker.