Name: Mojave Traces by kevin corcoran
Duration: 30 min 5 s
Description: Assemblage of field recordings made in the Mojave Desert in 2022.

I love this Kevin!  You made some excellent work for this class.  I appreciate your being such an integral member of the group.

If I could like this more than once, I would.

Field recording made for "Palimpsest" during a residency with Spencer Agoston at HiSAM (Hawaii State Art Museum). 

Noticing a pronounced 60Hz hum emanating from several of the pieces in the HiSAM sculpture garden, I touched a contact microphone to the support pillars of Carol Bennett's "Trigger Picasso Energy" (2011). Not only does the work resonate richly from the facility's nearby HVAC, it also appears to pick up radio transmissions (perhaps due to the photovoltaic cells embedded in the work)!

I really don't have a clear answer, but the sound is magical, ghostly and mysterious.

Accidental Radio Sculpture

fort mason 8/26/21

Vibration Speaker free improv & sound checking & mixing whatever.

Glass Vibration Tension

for two pianos and two percussion
live recording of dress rehearsal from BPP concert, at Konzerthaus in Berlin, on Jan 19 2022

Hinterland

As the cold winds are embraced around by all, they shepherd in feelings of hibernation, of withdrawing from the outside and into the warmth of our own cozy homes. As a companion through these changes, we look to Montreal based, producer, DJ, label co-founder and more, Artphorm. His Sundays mix contains a little bit of everything, something that we love here at Delayed with a flair for personal moments. Perfect for any morning, with a favorite cup of tea or coffee.

Track list:

porn sword tobacco - untitled A
priori - winged
map.ache - slow break (ft. frida bagö)
pedro goya - mtm
christina vantzou & john also bennett - rearview mirror
autechre - yulquen
rageh daoud - passacaglia
linkwood - solar panel
noha - today
spacetime continuum - fluresence
burial - uk
william orbit - ogive number 1
hamid al shaeri - esmy bashar
matthew dekay - patience please (für die liebe version)
hümeyra - merdiven (kaan duzarat rework)

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Sundays are for... Artphorm

Assemblage of field recordings made in the Mojave Desert in 2022.

Mojave Traces

Under the City, there is a Beach
Mixtape. 33 minutes.

Conversation with an audio repairman about getting my speakers fixed, in which I gave my phone number. The number has since been disconnected, 2021.
Birdsong from a tree by the ferry, 2020.
Barry Biggs’ “Love Come Down” (1983) pitched slow.
Dot matrix printer sounds, Pt. 1, 2021.
Lion Rock protest on September 13, 2019.
Anita Mui’s “交出我的心” (1983) pitched slow.
National Day fireworks in front of City Hall in Central, 2018.
Social distance announcement in Tamar Park in multiple languages, Pt. 1, 2021.
Barry Biggs’ “If Ever” (1982) pitched slow.
Dad on Chinese diaspora and being from Hong Kong, 2018.
Dot matrix printer sounds, Pt. 2, 2021.
Prince Edward teargas warnings; cop on loudspeaker, 2019.
Last June 4th protest in Victoria Park. Cicadas and protest chants, 2020.
Anita Mui’s “赤的疑惑” (1983) pitched slow.
June 12th protest. Asking ▇▇▇ and ▇▇ to translate Cantonese word for withdrawal, 2019.
Lamma Island musician singing “Glory to Hong Kong” on a hiking trail, 2019.
Social distance announcement in Tamar Park in multiple languages, Pt. 2, 2021.
(As Tears Go By), 2017.

Under The City, There Is A Beach

"散步" is a recording project during 2018 - 2019, in which I walked around in different cities and fields with my inductors, recording mind and sound fragments around me.
This track was recorded during residency in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, Japan hosted by Lijiang Studio with the fund of ACC. In this piece, I recorded while walking along the railway which runs across the small town. I particularly like the music from the radio which would play 1980s J-pops every afternoon around 5 o'clock.

Project "散步" - Walk Along The Railway, Sept 16, 2019, Hokkaido

‘弭’

Moss

A soundtrack for reading, cooking, relaxing and having sex.

Originally aired November 11, 2020 on Fault Radio for KTV. KTV is an AV mix series with the intention of facilitating collaborations between music selectors and visual artists to introduce a unique and immersive experience into viewers’ homes. At a time when club spaces and dance floors feel like intangible artifacts from a past life, KTV gives viewers a glimpse into a world where music and visual art come together with the purpose of not only entertaining, but also raising funds for causes that are locally influencing positive change. 

Donations during the live airing were made to Our Trans Home organization, a coalition working to address homelessness and housing instability impacting trans and non-binary people in the SF Bay Area. ourtranshomesf.org

Thank you to Kosmetik and Fault Radio for featuring me in this mix series. Special thank you to Steve Pi for his kaleidoscopic visuals.

@kosmetiksanfrancisco
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Home & Body Mix

kevin corcoran works with percussion, field recording and electronics.

based in san francisco, california, he improvises, arranges sounds and collaborates across disciplines and borders.

Mojave Traces

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