Quantum Spins sounded like a good alertnative sound arts podcast playlist title, at least for starters. I'd been thinking about how to re-present sounds, music, audio, ideas about sonic & vibrational phenomena that I had been listening to or thinking about seriously and now here it is. My aim is to expose listeners to items I've found particularly fertile, inspirational and essential either in that they back up or initialize my own catalytics or genuinely throw a spanner into overly aggregrated or pat systems of how music and information should be organized or presented. This is a depot for highly charged works of art, maybe even a museum but not a venue (I am not seeking submissions nor for what some algorithm deems to be similar nor to have more of the same, not at all). I put here certain works I might have wanted to make if I had had the means or situation to do so and/or things I could never have imagined before. Many thanks to the perhaps yet unwitting (and future unknown) contributors ;)  Leading image from Marta Zapparoli's track is a photo of her recording auroera borealis: photographer Alex Conu.

Quantum Spins (Selected by Jeff Gburek)

Kumo No Ueno Kumo Orch

Despite being essential to life on Earth, the magnetic field isn’t something we can actually see in itself, or ever hear. But, remarkably, scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have taken magnetic signals measured by ESA’s Swarm satellite mission and converted them into sound – and for something that protects us, the result is pretty scary.
Sound design & concept: Klaus Nielsen (https://soundcloud.com/maplepools) and Nikolai Linden-Vörnle (https://soundcloud.com/kamikaze_vildsvin)
Image by Crimson Sound (https://soundcloud.com/crimson-sound-483379629)
Read the full story: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/The_scary_sound_of_Earth_s_magnetic_field

The scary sound of Earth’s magnetic field

Posaune & Audiobearbeitung by Wolfram Schurack

Walfram

A new composition for ELKA organ, Bees and Flies processed.

You Are Never Alone But...

This is an Extract from the Premiere of my new solo performance "Interdimensional Generated Space", premiered in October 2022 at Panke Culture in Belin, as a part of the series (Von Antennenwäldern und Wellenozeanen) . 

A research-intensive piece focusing on the transcendental phenomenon of the Northern Lights. 
The planned performance uses the implement of self-made recordings from the Northern Lights, in combination with self-made crystal radio, plus light, detectors, and motors, to simulate a technological audio-visual version of Northern Lights in the performance space. “Interdimensional” specifically refers to the movement of energy between modes of perception. One part of this energy come from the composed mixture of “natural cosmic voices”; and another part is coming from the electromagnetic forces generated and captured in real time during the performance. The piece make full use of the contrasts of the invisible processes, to create a new experience of space, time, and human scale. 
This is an attempt to achieve a unique sonic dialogue 
between “Natural” and “Technological” world, a reflection on Nature that is imitated by technology in an anthropogenic age.

This project was kindly supported by Musikfonds & Neu Start Kulture
Photo credit : Alex Conu
Live recordings by : Roy Carroll

Interdimensional Generated Space_ Extract Live Premiere@Panke Culture, Berlin 2022

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Schaulust

composed , arranged , all engineered : Rieu

all productions assembled by 4 A.D.

:::: 4 ASIAN DOCUMENTS ::::

Uroboros (instrumental prototype ver.)

Released March 30th 2015 / Moderna Records

Mark Harris - The Things That Have Been Broken | mrs001

All music by Mark Harris

Mastering by Pierre Duchesne

Artwork by Amanda Elledge 

Buy/Download : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-things-that-have-been-broken

Mark Harris - The Things That Have Been Broken

From DIE FORM "The Visionary Garden" album and book

DIE FORM - The Visionary Garden

My Body Is The Forest, The Forest Is My Body is a sound track, which accompanies the video project(phot. Jacek Jaca Wisniewsky),  under the same title, shot in the endangered zone of Bialowieza Forest.
This project searches to understand better the interrelation between the body and the forest through the
similarities which connect both organisms and to make it present to a viewer, aiming at changing the sociopolitical distance between the body of the viewer and the forest bringing it closer together instigating a more intimate relation between the two.
Bialowieza is one of the last remaining parts of the primal forest that once stretched across the northern European lowlands and a designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is home to many rare and unique species of wildlife including being the only area, where the european bison still survives in the wild. It is currently under threat from increased logging, which is the policy of the new polish government. The policy is very controversial and subject to intense debate, which gives a context to this project.

My Body Is The Forest The Forest Is My Body

DSI Sequencial prophet-6 demo by myself. no external effects and no preset sounds. lovely poly-mod!

DSI Sequential Prophet - 6 Demo by Sunao Inami

Cony Mic

We welcome Chris Carter from Throbbing Gristle in our 25th Anniversary slot, an influential group for Jon More from Coldcut and in his own words;

"Its 1977 I was 20 & at art college in High Wycombe, 1976 had been a good year….the Sex Pistols had gate crashed our end of year party & The Clash played at the Student Union bar…  The Nags Head Pub had given me an education in all things punk, then Throbbing Gristle played and everything changed. (See a less than complementary review from the local paper on the Solid Steel Facebook page http://on.fb.me/XDa11m )

I could not understand why everyone got so upset…. After this initiation i started going up to London to buy records from Rough Trade…I had to wait until November & then as I walked into the shop - the last moments of Second Annual Report were playing… I think it was Maggot Death-recorded live in Brighton… pretty much a recording of the local dj insulting the band after they have left the stage… i bought the album, wrote about them for Stabmental Fanzine, put on a gig on at Goldsmiths College… went to about 12 of TG's gigs all over the country.. bought all the records… still have the flyers… a fan.
Throbbing Gristle was such an influence from the Industrial Records hyper branding to the sonic assault of their live shows… Still the deepest bass I have ever felt was at a TG's gig at Centro Iberico in London.. 

So we at Solid Steel are proud to have a mix from Chris Carter founder member of Throbbing Gristle and member of Chris & Cosi undoubtedly a major influence on todays electronic music..."


PART 3  +  4    - Chris Carter from Throbbing Gristle
	
https://twitter.com/chris_carter_      
https://twitter.com/ThrobbingGrstle
				
The Haxan Cloak	_	Hounfour (Temple)	_	Aurora Borealis
Andy Stott	_	Bad Wires	_	Modern Love
Roj	_	You Are Here	_	Ghost Box
Moon Wiring Club	_	The Edwardians Begin...	_	Gecophonic Audio Systems
Belbury Poly	_	Your Stories	_	Ghost Box
Tangerine Dream	_	Rubycon	_	Virgin
Emeralds	_	Double Helix	_	Editions Mego
SND	_	3	_	Unknown
Demdike Stare	_	Mnemosyne	_	Modern Love
Emika	_	The Long Goodbye	_	Ninja Tune
Porn Sword Tobacco	_	Thank You	_	City Centre Offices
Jon Brooks	_	Neap Tide	_	Clay Pipe
Ectoplasm Girls	_	Before It's Too Late	_	Ideal
Rework	_	Anyway I Know You	_	Playhouse
Vapourspace	_	Steam	_	Knob 
The Fall	_	Dr Bucks Letter	_	Castle Music
Amon Düül II	_	Archangel Thunderbird	_	Liberty

Solid Steel Radio Show 15/2/2013 Part 3 + 4 - Chris Carter from Throbbing Gristle

Ambient/experimental piece composed as a contribution to a collection of pieces inspired by the planets. I only just rediscovered this piece (April 2013). I had completely forgotten about it. It was entirely composed in MetaSynth. I find the ending especially lovely. 

Mars

listeners will find here the most recent edge of my research as well as album samples and one-offs from the last 10 years of my solo work, from official, upcoming releases, unreleased oddities, works in-progress, & experiments, all music by jeff gburek and collaborators, as noted. support directly via paypal: jeff.gburek@gmail.com or buy albums via https://jeffgburekprojects.bandcamp.com/

Japanese electronic musician. 
electr-ohm label founder.

https://linktr.ee/sunaoinami

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Sunao Inami

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