Type Of Wound

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Podcast for Ibiza Sonica
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Hidã - Be Svendsen Feat. Sacha Nielsen
Xique Xique - Blake Mills - Tinariwen - Buffalo Skinners Mash-up
Chick 1 - Def Jaguar (Djuma Soundsystem disco dub)
Motions - Kerala Dust
Story At The Campfire - Noraj Cue 
Odyssey - Be Svendsen
Modulare Inkompetent - Acid Pauli (Be Svendsen Rework)
Xaxoeira - Xique Xique (Nicola Cruz remix)
Soma - Djuma Soundsystem 
Scarecrow - Be Svendsen & AYAWAKE
Burning Sun - MonoLink (Be Svendsen Remix)

..plus bits of this and that

Be Svendsen | Buffalo Skinners | @ Ibiza Sonica

Audioreolae is an interactive sound sculpture built for the 2010 Burning Man festival that uses collaborative looping as a vehicle to question dichotomies such as stage/audience, performer/observer, front/back, now/then, beginning/end.

The player stands under an arch containing speakers, where the loop creator is immersed in the sound of her loops, from above and below.  The participant’s figure is framed in a circular opening, a reference to the circular nature of the audio loop, and to the etymology of the words “areola” (diminutive form of the Greek word for “open space”) aureole (the traditional “halo” of light around sacred figures in Medieval art) and the literal “audio relay” that is being created as the user completes the audio/visual circuit. 

The audio environment is quad-sound tilted from horizontal to vertical array, and paired with ping-pong delays form “random surround sound.”  A tight sweet-spot is cast at the intersection of a four channel arrangement of the speakers to create what I like to call a TAAZ:  a Temporary Autonomous Audio Zone. When one is standing inside of it, it is very loud, but also almost inaudible from the perspective of bystanders. The loop-maker has the option to use a mic, a Gibson Explorer electric guitar and an E-bow.

The original, 120-watt sculpture was quite loud, but in 2016 I rebuilt the looper to collapse into itself, creating a battery-powered, 20kg golden triangle package that could fly with me across Europe. In this "audio-relay," the last loop is played first at the next site, connecting the recording sessions across both time and space.

The result is an audio piece that was created by dozens of people, across thousands of kilometers, from Esplanade park in Riga, Latvia, to a subterranean Mescal bar in Vilnius, Lithuania, to the desert of Spain, and all the way to Burning Man 2016 where the European loops were played. All participants in this recording gave consent to be a part of this project. If you were a part of this undertaking, please tag your moment in the track! (This track is mixed low for headphones, and the stereo field the users were crafting is lost on a mono playback device - like most phones.) Thanks to everyone who lent their voices to this project. Life is loops! More info: https://peninkandsong.com/2016/07/15/audioreolae-audio-relay-looping-people-cities-and-sounds-from-eastern-europe-to-the-western-us-summer-2016/

Audioreolae European Activations Summer 2016 (Mixed for Headphones)

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It was a true honor to open the Playalchemist's intricately crafted pyramid on its debut at Burning Man. 
This incredible structure held space for an improvised spontaneous musical journey which became a unique sacred moment between the three of us, and every single participant in the extremely high energy crowd.
Thank you! 

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Be Svendsen & Unders b2b - Ft. Seth Schwarz @ Playalchemist Pyramid | Burning Man 2017

Pen Ink & Song is a hybrid music/art studio in Wicker Park's storied Flatiron Arts Building. PI&S explores audio looping, guitar-based folk music, sequential art (comix and political cartooning) and the intersection of these art forms.

Audioreolae European Activations Summer 2016 (Mixed for Headphones)

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