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reports/essays / Blasts of Silence

A subdued chord, and a subsequent quiet. A hovering drone, followed by a compelling absence of sound. Filaments & Voids is the title that Kenneth Kirschner gave to this collection of his music, four …

downstream / Two Found-Sound Christopher DeLaurenti Projects (MP3)

Sound artist and composer Christopher DeLaurenti is becoming the Studs Terkel of silence.

He’s best known for his recordings of symphony halls in between concert performances, when the musicians are tuning their instruments and, occasionally, playing brief melodic phrases either …

listen? / At Play in the Field: Found-Sound Mix

About Disquiet.com’s “Listen?”:

This is Disquiet.com’s streaming-audio service. The interface immediately below will stream in sequence a series of tracks, 18 total, by various musicians. What …

downstream / Serial Collaboration by Loscil, Pierre Bastien, Others (MP3)

The ongoing sound project “Relay” is neither a game of telephone nor a round of Exquisite Corpse, but it shares with both those formats a mode that emphasizes sequential sharing between individuals that leads to a kind of serial collaboration. …

field notes / Image of the Week: No Cycles

Sign outside the San Francisco offices of Cycling ’74, makers of the Max/MSP/Jitter audio-video-data software environment. Note the fine print:

More at cycling74.com.

In recent news, a Max/MSP environment for Ableton Live …

field notes / Quote of the Week: White Noise

One of the six parts of the Homeland Security Suite by composer Robert S. Cohen:

WHITE ALERT:

Solo Percussionist: Cuica (Lion’s Roar).

There is actually no “White Alert” in the Homeland Security Alert System. In …

downstream / Field-Studio Mix MP3s from Nimalan Yoganathan

The musical moniker of Montreal-based Nimalan Yoganathan isn’t going to do him much good at customs (it’s Shoebomber), even if the Banksy-style cover art gives the name a pop spin. But his Cantus in …