br-online.de: "Wolfgang Müller analysiert in der Séance vocibus avium die Sprache der Wissenschaftler, Entdecker und Forscher, die den Vogel und seine Umgebung begreifbar und anschaulich machen wollten und wollen. Welche Sprache wird dabei eingesetzt, was klingt aus ihr? Welche Wörter werden verwendet, um die Gestalt und das Wesen des ausgestorbenen Vogels zu rekonstruieren? Die Stimme von Claudia Urbschat-Mingues kreiert in einer Sprachséance Bilder von neuen, nie zuvor gesehenen Vögeln in fremden und vertrauten Biotopen.
Wolfgang Müller, geb. 1957, lebt in Berlin. Autor, Musiker, Bildender Künstler. Gründungsmitglied von Die Tödliche Doris (1980 – 1987)." Zum Download
BBC: "A sonic meditation on wind turbines and their place in today's environment, recorded in Norfolk and the Fenlands. Including contributions from poet Kevin Crossley-Holland, architecture critic Jonathan Glancey and local residents, along with music created from the sounds of the turbines themselves." Listen here
dradio.de: "Stahlkochen und Zischen im Hochofen. Zechensirenen, Förderkörbe oder Bergleute mit Dampfhämmern, die Untertage Kohle abbauen - das waren sie, die Geräusche des Ruhrgebietes. Der Dortmunder Künstler Richard Ortmann hat den Klang des Reviers auf seinem Dachboden gelagert." Weiter
"The video above shows an iPod running PdPod, a version of Pure Data ported to iPodLinux. The potential for running PD patches could make iPods a powerful mobile music tool." Watch a demonstration clip here
swr.de: "The Karl Sczuka Prize for works of radio art, awarded by the SWR, this year goes to the sound artist Asmus Tietchens. Tietchens, born in Hamburg in 1947, receives the award which is endowed with a prize of 12 500 euros for his sound composition "Trois Dryades"
The independent jury - with the literary scholar Klaus Ramm in the chair - based its decision on the following grounds: "In his radio piece "Trois Dryades", Asmus Tietchens succeeds in creating an unusual interlinking between calmness and tension. From quite unremarkable material - the microscopically recorded sounds created inside a tree trunk as it splits - he develops an evocative composition in three movements. The interaction between vibrating sound surfaces and sharp-edged sound pulses, the change between concrete and abstract, the shift between contemplative expansiveness and physical compression creates a listening experience of particular appeal and quality."
wnyc.org: Luke DuBois is a musician and computer programmer who has spent the last couple of years developing a technique he calls time-lapse phonography. Much like the way financial analysts sample the stock market to determine prices, time-lapse phonography samples sound to create averages. DuBois used the technique to condense Billboard's pop music charts into a single piece of music: 42 years of #1 hits compressed into 37 minutes. He calls the piece, "Billboard." Produced by Trent Wolbe." Listen here
nextbigthing.org: "Swedish sound artist Staffan Mossenmark composed a symphony for one hundred Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Not quite the classical ensemble, the orchestra was comprised of performers clad in sunglasses and black leather jackets, who lined up in the Stockholm Town Square, each playing their "instruments" according to Mossenmark’s direction." Listen here
