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In his book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, Mark Fisher wrote about the two notions: While the weird is something present where it doesn’t belong—something from outside found on the inside—the eerie has to do specifically with outside space. Something is eerie when there are unanswered questions about agency: Who or what is responsible for the abandonment of this zone? Who or what is crying out in the distance?

Katharina Schmidt’s 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, a single, longform track stretching to a near half hour, deftly captures this spatial sense of the eerie. The evolving drone is like coming upon a ruin, circling it, and being drawn inside. There are no surprises, no sudden horrors, just the strange pull of oscillating waveforms that paint a bleak yet soothing landscape.

In certain kinds of listeners, empty, abandoned spaces produce a pleasurable dejection. Maybe this is because spaces where human life is evacuated represent the end result of capital. (It seems to have withered away, but is in fact off to find another shell for its home.) What we’re left with is something new to inhabit, a new infrastructure for freedom. The subtle changes in Schmidt’s recording have less to do with melody and rhythm, more to do with accumulating color and texture of space. And so the half hour can feel like five minutes, or an eternity—time and scale exist differently here.

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After years of playing drums and piano in various bands, Katharina Schmidt's solo work is influenced by indie, experimental, and improvised music. Exploring interests in storytelling, sonic topographies, and generative techniques, her music uses electronics, field recordings, and self-built interfaces alongside acoustic instruments. From sonifications to lullabies, her work is poised between formal experimentation and narratives cued by literature and pop culture, and can be heard in installations, film music, and radiophonic pieces, as well as releases on labels such as Flag Day Recordings, Slaapwel Records, and Focused Silence.

Katharina holds a master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts and hosts resident shows at Cashmere Radio and SVS Radio.

katharina-schmidt.net
katharinaschmidt.bandcamp.com  

artwork by Stefan Lingg
audio finalized by Glyn Maier

all proceeds to The Homeless Period Project (Greenville, SC, US) - www.homelessperiodproject.org

Tennis Courts in the Half Light

Katharina Schmidt - Tennis Courts In The Half Light [Excerpt] (ENMD03)

копса

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Ecotone Festival w/ Léa Roger & Lucie Gresil @ Kiosk Radio 06.05.2022

release on 16 September 2022 : https://wabi-sabi-tapes.bandcamp.com/album/visage-zyg-ne
@roxanem-tayer

Roxane Métayer is a French sound and visual artist now living in Brussels. She composes with the violin, primary wind instruments (ocarina and various flutes), archaic percussion and field recordings, fragmenting and reassembling them with synthetic effects. Nature becomes the backdrop of these wild soundscapes, populated by a phantasmagorical bestiary and an exuberant flora.

Artwork by Coline Llobet
Mastering by Adrien Lambert

Roxane Métayer - Sur Les Ailes, Huit Tâches

Live sessions recorded at Recyclart (Brussels) for the Kitten Rhetorics party, and at the Chinois (Paris) during the Kikkogal night.

https://lyl.live/episode/micro-moistur-5

MICRO MOISTUR w/ Catherine Danger [Live Session]

1. 'Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse Prelude' by Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, & Yoshinori Sasaki 00:00–01:45
2. 'Love Trip' by Takako Mamiya 01:45–03:40 
3. 'Regan Theme' by Ennio Morricone 03:40–06:09 
4. '1000 Knives' by Ryuichi Sakamoto 06:09–13:50 
5. 'Lost Spirits' by Joe Hisaishi 13:50–16:00 
6. 'Day Select' by Asuka Hayazaki, Atsuko Asahi, & Hajime Wakai 16:00–16:44 
7. 'Running on Empty Theme' by Tony Mottola 16:44–19:23 
8. 'Danger Theme' by Tony Mottola 19:23–22:19 
9. 'Sealed Temple' by Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota & Takeshi Hama 22:19–25:04 
10. 'Kulning' by Jonna Jinton 24:45–25:04 
11. 'Venus' by Logic System 25:04–29:22 
12. 'untitled' by Brad Buxer 29:22–29:32 
13. 'Vapor Trail' by Yumi Arai 29:32–32:33 
14. 'Fossil of Flame' by Haroumi Hosono 32:33–38:05 
15. 'E Mama E' by Bill Stafford 38:05–39:40 
16. 'Try a Little Tenderness' arr. by Laurie Johnson 39:40–41:31 
17. 'Cave' by Asuka Hayazaki, Atsuko Asahi & Hajime Wakai 41:31–43:05 
18. 'The Last Waltz' by Robbie Robertson 43:05–46:20 
19. 'Bluesette' by Toots Thielemans 46:20–49:14

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