Michelangelo Antonioni – Trilogy And Epilogue on and/oar

The third and perhaps final project in the film director series which began with
“Andrei Tarkovsky – Another Kind Of Language” and “Yasujiro Ozu –
Hitokomakura”. “Michelangelo Antonioni – Trilogy And Epilogue” focuses upon
the Italian auteur’s landmark “tetralogy” of films L’Avventura (1960), La Notte
(1961), L’Eclisse (1962) and IlDeserto Rosso (1963).

Antonioni was known for not being very keen to use music in his films,
partially because he wanted the films to tell their stories free from “additional
gloss”. Therefore music was sparsely used – if at all. Antonioni considered the
natural sounds or “background noises” of a film to be of enormous importance,
and considered them to be the “true music” of a film. Obviously Antonioni’s
view resonates with and/OAR since environmental sound has always been it’s
main focus, and is one of the reasons why he was chosen for this project over
other film directors. Composer Giovanni Fusco, whose music is (more or less)
featured in most of Antonioni’s films from the late 1950s to the early ’60s said,
“the first rule for any musician who intends to collaborate with Antonioni, is to
forget that he is a musician!”

Yet, there is another composer who Antonioni worked with, that this project
seeks to acknowledge and pay subtle homage to in addition to the director
himself; because if it were not for his inspirational and pioneering minimal
electronic music featured in “Deserto Rosso”, this project might not have
come together at all: Vittorio Gelmetti. Gelmetti’s electronic work consistently
came to mind during the planning stages of this project, and his influence can
indeed be heard throughout this release.

CD 1

01. TYLER WILCOX & COREY FULLER  7:05
02. OLIVIA BLOCK & ADAM SONDERBERG  6:37
03. MARC BEHRENS  6:24
04. ROEL MEELKOP  6:06
05. ADAM SONDERBERG  2:14
06. J. WINSTON PHILLIPS  6:17
07. ANTTI RANNISTO  3:40
08. BEN OWEN  6:32
09. LAWRENCE ENGLISH  5:08
10. ASHER  6:30
11. PALI MEURSAULT  (with Ici-Même)  6:36
12. EKG  (Kyle Bruckmann & Ernst Karel)  7:46

CD 2

01. DALE LLOYD  1:27
02. JUAN JOSÉ CALARCO  4:51
03. RICHARD GARET  6:57
04. ALAN COURTIS  4:13
05. LUIGI TURRA  6:11
06. I8U  6:17
07. STEINBRÜCHEL  6:54
08. GABRIEL PAIUK  6:52
09. JASON KAHN  5:33
10. FHIEVEL  6:02
11. TOMAS PHILLIPS  7:07
12. MARIHIKO HARA  4:04

TOTAL TIME: 2 hours, 17 minutes and 12 seconds.

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London UK 06.20.2010 framework

This sunday on framework  resonance.fm :“these are few of my favorite things”  by i8u

/*framework* / – phonography / field recording;
contextual and decontextualized sound activity
presented by patrick mcginley

*framework*/ broadcasts:
sunday,06.20.10, 10pm, london, uk on resonance 104.4fm (http://www.resonancefm.com)
tuesday,06.22.10,  2pm, london, uk on resonance 104.4fm (http://www.resonancefm.com)
wednesday, 06.23.10, 12am, thessaloniki, gr on cooradio (http://www.cooradio.com)
wednesday, 06.23.10, 3am, lisbon, pt on radio zero (http://www.radiozero.pt)
thursday, 06.24.10, 7pm, lisbon, pt on radio zero (http://www.radiozero.pt)
friday, 06.025.10, 1am, brussels, be on radio campus 92.1fm (http://www.radiocampusbruxelles.org)
saturday, 06.26.10, 5pm, south devon, uk on soundartradio 102.5fm (http://www.soundartradio.org.uk)

Framework – i8u – my favorite things (Installment) #6

Bonjour, I am France Jobin better known as i8u.  Welcome to “these are a few favorite things”.

As mentioned in earlier installments, my interpretation of field recording based work,
is very broad however, the thread I like to follow is to find artists who have mastered
their unique identity through the music of sound.

Here we continue with our focus on send and receive, a festival that has taken place in Winnipeg,
Canada for the last 10 years.  We will cover another 9 live performaces from 2005 to 2008.

In the fall of 2009, s+r issued a dvd, 10 years of sound,
what follow are excertps of thoses live performances.

Playlist + additional info below

Performace Dates            Artists & Websites

1. 2005                    Jason Kahn – jasonkahn.net
2. 2005                    Aki Onda – akionda.net
3. 2005                    Bernhard GUNTER – 3X3IS9
http://www.myspace.com/bernhardguenter
http://www.1pt8.com/3x3is9.html
4. 2007                    Scant Intone-
5. 2007                    Crys Cole
6. 2006                    Steve Bates
7. 2006                    Fletcher Pratt
8. 2008                    sawako
9. 2008                    Oren Ambarchi

Additional info:

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Winnipeg 02.21.2005 – Send and Receive


A Festival of Sound 2005

Silent Music, Secret Noise

An evening of live performance featuring
some of the best small sound and eloquent
static from Winnipeg, Canada and Zurich.

not half [Winnipeg]
I8U [Montreal]
Jason Kahn [Zurich]

Friday, October 21 2005
at the Urban Shaman Gallery
203-290 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg MB Canada
R3B 0T2

Doors: 8:15 pm | Performances: 9:00 pm
Admission: $10

Winnipeg¹s Allan Conroy [aka not half] began making audio experiments in 1983. He developed an obsession for radios, tape-loops, squeaky sounds and unusual acoustic phenomena,
all recorded to tape in a largely improvised fashion. Acquiring samplers in 1992, he began to sample this comprehensive body
of work, a project which continues to the present day. not half frequently uses anything and everything to make sounds, either exclusively or combined with other working methods.
www.noroomfortalent.com
www.dtrashrecords.com

I8U¹s audio art can be understood as sound-sculpture.
It reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments
where analog and digital meet. Her web art can be said to follow
a parallel path, intertwining both musical and visual elements.
From classical music to blues, it took only one chance meeting
with David Kristian to get her involved in electronic music.
This is I8U¹s second visit to Send + Receive.
www.i8u.com

Originally a percussionist, Zurich¹s Jason Kahn has collaborated with artists including Evan Parker, Chirstian Marclay and Steve Roden. Kahn currently performs using a laptop and analogue synthesizer and combines these with percussion. Kahn is the founder of the CD label cut, has composed music for theatre
and dance and has given concerts around the world. In the past several years Kahn has exhibited several sound installations.
www.jasonkahn.net
www.cut.fm