"Crossing the equator implies a change of rotation described by the Coriolis effect. In the upside-down world everything is inverted but masked by gravity.  There too, there are imposed and plutocratic rules. But there are a few singular people who swim upstream, avoiding the turns or simply strangling them; they know how to swim much faster, surrounded by the ocean. And they know how to break the rules."

David Chesworth (@david-chesworth) is known for his distinctive and diverse explorations of high and low brow themes via synth wave, electronics, ensemble music, experimental opera, installations, video artworks. Performances at BAM Next Wave, Bang on a Can Marathon, Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, Sydney Biennale. Co-founder of post-punk group Essendon Airport. Early solo albums recorded for Innocent Records in late 70s early 80s.

https://davidchesworth.bandcamp.com/

HOCast #64 - David Chesworth

Hanna Tuulikki - Seals'kin

In a vague tangential way, this composition began in consideration of the beautiful aural strategies of the great French experimental composer Eliane Radigue.


We begin in everyday life on temple grounds in Kyoto, 2014 -
distinctive sounds of Japanese birds and people chatting.


from somewhere
that is nowhere
drifting low liquid tones and
thin high threads
like notes of a glass harmonica
tease for attention

a passenger jet doppler shifts
crossing the sky

electromagnetic frequencies gathered
with a special microphone
that hears and transfers silent emanations…
here, from an art school printing machine

pulses of prepared piano
drop a name
full of ideas
into mind

insect-like voices of electronic synthesis
call from the digital undertow

broken bass rumbles fold in
a drooping rhythm

a distant machine turns

art students consider
their morning creations
while
algorithms wrestle recordings
slow-stretch, speed-press

stochastic stutter stitches time
built from a simple recording
of a simple kinetic sculpture
spinning

stochastic stutter stitches time
built from a simple recording
of drawing circles
one after another after another after another

in conclusion
settling
on the there and then
of a suburban banal
a day like many others
buildings being built
or being torn down
vehicles 
urban birds
wind in the trees…

over time
out of time
falling into time

Sonic Sketchbooks 62 - It Is a Microphone

62 SONIC SKETCHBOOKS - It Is a Microphone

Public Program with José Roca, moderated by Maria Fernanda Cardoso

Public Program | José Roca

sonic sketchbooks is a podcast series about sound art, art music and field recording hosted by sydney-based artist gary warner

62 SONIC SKETCHBOOKS - It Is a Microphone

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