Anders

to Listen

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)

Three Evocations (2021)- M3g

Additional mix by
Engelr Hashim - Evocation III (Engelr Hashim mix)
Grischa Lichtenberger - 3(Grischa Lichtenberger 3 ēvōˈkāSH(ə)ns mix)

https://dingndents.bandcamp.com/album/three-evocations

Three Evocations - Evocation I / II / III / Engelr Hashim mix / 3 ēvōˈkāSH(ə)ns

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]

Moon in Aries (2018) by Hannah Reardon-Smith
Bass flute + electric guitar + live electronics

Performed by Richard&Linda at Spectrum East, Belgrade | 25. Jan 2018

Richard&Linda | Moon in Aries

29.8.2018
BOOM Vacuum #11 !! first !! birthday !! party
Junk Bar, Ashgrove Q

'A series of new-music nights that explore the visionary sounds and warm sonic adventurings of Brisbane’s aural undergrowth.. Unexpect the expected.' 

Hannah Reardon-Smith | bass flute + electronics
Liam Flenady | bowed electric guitar + electronics

R&L @ BOOM Vacuum

Excerpts from live performances by Richard&Linda in 2018.

0'00" R&L @ BOOM Vacuum (Junk Bar, Ashgrove, Brisbane), Aug 29 — bass flute, bowed electric guitar, and live electronics
3'12" R&L @ Loophole, Berlin, Jan 31 — piccolo, electric guitar, and live electronics
6'06" R&L play 'Moon In Aries' (2018) by Hannah Reardon-Smith @ Spectrum East, Belgrade (Serbia), Jan 25 — bass flute, electric guitar, and live electronics

Richard&Linda are Hannah Reardon-Smith and Liam Flenady.

R&L Excerpts 2018

RizoMix per il Seminario Musica e Filosofia Roma Tre https://www.facebook.com/SMFRoma3/

Thanks to Rizosfera https://rizosfera.net/sounds/?fbclid=IwAR2W-6tlBvQqWZryKQHwka1STruA_M-TWqHv9zvVnFXKHHycL4zxWgr8ujk

Architettura

This was a track that was supposed to be bigger, but it didn't make it.

Experimental Percussion Insert

***M3g’s EP "Retrogrades" is up on bandcamp finally. Featuring five tracks in total, fresh four by M3g and a remix track by dn\d affiliate Shin Sung Hoon.
https://dingndents.bandcamp.com/album/retrogrades