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)

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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.
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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.
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Sounds from swinging around microphone, crashing branches, falling chips, etc.
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http://jujufrootcoop.bandcamp.com/album/noise-pollution-2

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Floodbells

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

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

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Takamitsu Ohta

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