WITH POLDR & PRESLAV LITERARY SCHOOL
SUNDAY 20TH DECEMBER 2009
TAPE WORKSHOP - 2PM
PERFORMANCES - 7PM
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COACHWERKS, 19 Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton, BN17HB
Bus Route 50a
info@soundcurious.org.uk
[01273 562 658]
TICKETS ON THE DOOR &
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Tape Workshop
2pm £3
A workshop investigating cassette culture, obsolete technologies, lost performance techniques and underground artist networks.
Participants will have the chance to:
- learn how to make tape-loops using ordinary cassettes
- construct hand-held tape-readers
- collaborate with known experimental artists
- construct an original composition using the tape archive
- swap cassette materials and set-up tape-swap networks
The workshop is open to all individuals aged 18 and over and is free. No previous experience is required. The workshop will be particularly relevant to anyone interested in hands-on basic electronics, popular culture, DIY art or alternative music.
Performances
7pm £6
PRESLAV LITERARY SCHOOL (DE/UK)
Preslav Literary School (Adam Thomas) makes live tape collages using sounds drawn from an ever-growing archive of self-generated or discovered outsider noise, found sound and spoken word cassettes. A process of transference, overdubbing and live manipulation reworks these source materials into compelling, ambient broadcasts. Adam has released three albums, numerous live CDrs and played at venues and festivals throughout Europe.
Points of reference: William Basinski, Aki Onda, Emeralds.
http://www.preslavliteraryschool.co.uk
POLDR (DE/FR)
Since visual artist and experimental musician Poldr (Benjamin Laurent Aman) relocated from France to Berlin, he has become one of the rising stars of the capital's established underground scene, marking himself out as a performer who deals with texture, frequency and field recordings with a distinct and unafraid ear. Founder of the cult Razzle Dazzle label, Benjamin is also one half of the French/US improv-duo Crystal Plumage.
Points of reference: Growing, Yellow Swans, Machinefabriek
http://www.benjaminlaurentaman.com/
JAMES EDMONDS (UK/DE)*
The work of James Edmonds originates in the discourse between format and information, medium and message. Borne from a love of home recording on 4-track cassette, James invents soundtracks for imagined films on old
record players and walkmans, melding the mechanical and the analogue to create slowly transforming scores that evoke ideas of memory and chance.
Points of Reference: Philip Jeck, Skaters, The Fun Years.
http://www.myspace.com/jamesedmonds