Jez Riley French - Between Gestures (Compost And Height, 2011)

one . between kinetics (live sections from performance at sharmanka)
two . spaces between others (between scores, concert room at wandelweiser event)
three . between window and table (live sections from performance at 12 / 2)
four . between still morning and a long picnic (recording of room at 12 / 2)
five . between agedashi tofu, udon and central (recordings in restaurant and station)

field recordings, zither, salt, glass lenses, lx-1 camera, paper, contact microphones, table, fingers, shells

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Rui Gato & Hiraku Suzuki - Beam Drop (Test Tube, 2010)

1 Knowing Limits
2 Starting Talk
3 Agreement
4 Looking Into
5 Escape From
6 Choosing
7 Earthbound

The Beam Drop sculpture is a very powerful experience. This recording is the result of our very short and fast contact with the Beam Drop. Both of us were immediately attracted to the sonic dimension of this work, during the visit to the Inhotim Centre. We found the sculpture at different moments in the first day, and agreed to go back the next day and try to get some music out of it, and record it. We did it in one continuous take, due to time limitations of the visit (everybody was waiting for us to get back to the bus), and we are glad it was so.
It is presented to you unedited, only with 7 divisions that seem logic and natural to us when listening.
Rui Gato & Hiraku Suzuki

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Simon Whetham & Various Artists - Active Crossover (Impulsive Habitat, 2010)

VA are:

Douglas Benford, Gints Birznieks, Jez Riley French, Iris Garrelfs, John Grzinich, Joined By Wire, Jaanika Kakluse, Kaspars Kalnins, KIWA, Shawn Pinchbeck, Merilyn Püss, Piibe Piirma, Maksim Shentelev, Toms Siklovs, Silver Stairs of Ketchikan, Sound Meccano, Toomas Thetloff and Alexander Thomas.

Throughout May 2009 I participated in a residency at the Polymer Factory Culturehouse in Tallinn, Estonia, to compose new work, collaborate with other artists using sound and run deep listening, field recording and composition workshops.

This residency has resulted in ‘Active Crossover’, a touring exhibition and exchange project which has been hosted by the Arnolfini in Bristol and The Grey Area in Brighton, incorporating a large scale sound installation in two sonically treated chambers, creating three separate listening experiences.
In one you hear my composition created during and following the residency, in the other work by all the artists i worked and performed with. When outside the enclosed spaces, the listener will hear both, combining my work with that of the guest artists. The track released by Impulsive Habitat is a composed approximation of being in the exhibition space and moving around the three chambers. You will hear my work in isolation, and that of the guest artists, but also a combination of the two.

Tracks included are:
Simon Whetham: 'Active Crossover II'
John Grzinich: 'Sentience of Spring'
Jez riley French: 'Pelure #10'
Maksim Shentelev: '16-36';
Sound Meccano: 'Walking through'
Kaspars Kalnins, Toms Siklovs, Gints Birznieks, Maksim Shentelev and John Grzinich: 'Bungu Tanks / Turbine Hall'
KIWA: 'Structural Divisibility'
Toomas Thetloff: 'Buckwheat on Steel Brushes'
Shawn Pinchbeck: 'Ajulennuline'
Merilyn Püss: 'From Butterflies to Crows'
Piibe Piirma: 'Sound for Babies'
Jaanika Kakluse: 'The Walk'
Silver Stairs of Ketchikan/Joined By Wire: 'Active Crossover 18Oct09'
Alexander Thomas: 'Active Crossover 18Oct09'
Iris Garrelfs / Douglas Benford: 'Active Crossover 18Oct09'

My thanks to all the artists and galleries involved so far, all at Polymer during my residency, John Kannenberg, Patrick McGinley, Arts Council England and Impulsive Habitat.
Simon Whetham

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