dissociate

Psychic Liberation presents the "Sonic Encyclopedia Series", an eclectic batch of short run tapes aiming to explore and document a wide cross section of aural content around the world. Specialization and confines of genre are antithetical to the direction of this nebulous encyclopedia of tapes. The artists chosen are curated by Nick Klein, with design and illustrations provided by Scott Goodman.

Eric Schmid is based in Chicago, Illinois where he works on math, philosophy, and curates exhibitions in his home space and abroad. After listening to his podcast for the Anomia label, it was decided to be in touch would be an interesting endeavor. Here, Schmid attempts to connect dots between Vanity Records, Bunker Records, and Psychic Liberation. This cassette is an endurance effort for the non-listener listener.

Homage To Junko Tange

Homage To Junko Tange (Excerpt)

Psychic Liberation $

PLIB SES 002 - Eric Schmid - Homage To Junko Tange (EXCERPT)

I took part in V.A."Noise Pollution" from jujufrootcoop (US) 2014.
Theme of this compilation is "Pollution".
I chose the theme of natural disaster.
This sound is an outtake of this album.
-
A tornado hit Moka in Tochigi on May 6th, 2012.
This area is a damaged area of the Great East Japan Earthquake on 2011.
About a year later, there was attacked again by a natural disaster.
This tornado that happened on the day when I was going to visit for my exhibition.
This is a simulation of the sound that I might hear.
-
Sounds from swinging around microphone, crashing branches, falling chips, etc.
-
http://jujufrootcoop.bandcamp.com/album/noise-pollution-2

Dzu​-​Vxn_outtake

Floodbells

Son/mage 005 _ Takamitsu Ohta with Senufo Editions
07/05-07/29.2017
@ space_inframince [osaka]
photo by yoshitaka goto
https://inframince-inc.tumblr.com/post/162353202430/sonmage-005-takamitsu-ohta-with-senefo
-
[Description of installation]
This is an installation using sunlight, the sounds changes depending on weather and time zone.
The first impression of the exhibition space"space_inframince" was that the light of venue is beautiful. This space have a charm that you want to look into what this space is exhibiting from the outside. This light that I was attracted into has become the starting point.
There are three types of light that illuminate this space. The south sun light coming from the front show window, the west sun light coming from the toilet window and the illumination light inside the venue. The balance of these three lights makes space impression, and it conveys information from outside such as the weather and the passage of time.
We recognize on time, temperature, direction etc. from changes in the height of the sun. Sun light affects other creatures as well. I focused on the habit of this creature being influenced by the sunlight (called "Phototaxis" is the habit of moving in response to light provided to insects etc.) and made machines to move to the light source. 
One is machine with sound that motor driven by solar power that rotates in the progressing direction, scratches the concrete floor with thin legs. The other is machine for moving to the light source that motor turns on when irradiated with sunlight, gives a force to rotate and moves slowly.
All three units move from 13 o'clock to 15 o'clock and they are noisy. On a day with clouds, sunlight is blocked and change occurs, and sounds are shaken. After the daytime, the sounds which hits the floor stably with the unit by the illumination light sounds. All motors stop with lights off at closing time, silence returns to the venue. 
Since the sunlight is strong during the summer exhibition period, this installation was completed using the light to insert into the venue.

13:30-14:30_0723_2017 @space_inframince

Blomma (2018)
the Pipe Factory, Glasgow

Exhibition with sound by Feronia Wennborg and sculptures by Jack O'Flynn. 6 speaker audio installation, 29 min loop.

Excerpt in stereo mix.

Blomma

A small pause to unfold (2019)
Cassette tape, paper sleeve. Printed in 50 copies.

Side A Moving out 7:00
Side B Breathing matter 6:58

Visit www.feroniawennborg.com to order tape and digital download.

Side A Moving out, excerpt

MUSICA CONVENZIONALE outlines a sort of manifesto designed to (re)organize the results of the sound/aesthetics research carried under the moniker torba in the first ten years of activities of the project and, contextually, constitutes the first chapter of a trilogy (informally) called "Le Musiche".

Composed and recorded by Mauro Diciocia, 2017/2018
Mastered by Pentti Dassum


Edizioni Aaltra, 2019
www.aaltra.it

Musica Convenzionale

torba | musica convenzionale

walking through the sound installation by Takamitsu Ohta and Anne-F Jacques at Bonjour! Gendaibunmei, Kyoto, August 2019.

音と設置 - installation with Takamitsu Ohta

This is the culprit. I just watered it and heard a strange sound from the wall up where it stands. I thought it was a radio in my neighbour's apartment or something. When I lifted up the pot the sound almost stopped (very quiet). Somehow a vibration from the pot carries through the surface it stands on like a tuning fork. I put the plant on this little glass table and put two DPA 4660s next to it. It was not a loud sound but clearly audible to the naked ear. Input level at +60db on the MixPre recorder. I de-noised the file slightly in RX but the rest is untouched. I recorded at 192KHz to see if anything strange was happening above 20KHz, but that space was empty. After about 7 minutes the sound ended. I really can't comprehend how it was produced.

Recording of the sound of a potted plant after being watered

This release is results from live studio experiments in no-input feedback generated between MXR Phase 90 pedal and Tapco MIX 260 FX. 

Created by Lucia H Chung. Mastered by Martin J Thompson.

PHASE

Live studio experiments in noinput feedback.

The Waters of Centaurus

Stargate

Stargate_En Creux

LEAD SOUND DESIGNER / IN WORLD DJ.
*RECENTLY SIGNED TO SPITEFUL RECORDS LLC*
[CONTROVERSIAL CONCEPTS CORP] 2024

音と設置 sound and installation
ほどける耳 hodokeru-mimi
-
https://vimeo.com/user16175146

13:30-14:30_0723_2017 @space_inframince

Takamitsu Ohta

Related tracks