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		<title>Iron: Dragon&#8217;s Eye Sixth Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The release of Iron marks the sixth anniversary of Yann Novak relaunching Dragon’s Eye Recordings, the record label originally created by his father Paul Novak in 1989. In previous years, this anniversary compilation has been a chance to look forward to the coming year of artists and releases. With Iron, we will be looking backward [...]]]></description>
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<p>The release of Iron marks the sixth anniversary of Yann Novak relaunching Dragon’s Eye Recordings, the record label originally created by his father Paul Novak in 1989. In previous years, this anniversary compilation has been a chance to look forward to the coming year of artists and releases. With Iron, we will be looking backward at the previous 6 years.</p>
<p>For Iron, artists featured on Dragon’s Eye were asked to contribute either a solo piece or a collaboration with another Dragon’s Eye artist. The results came together as a massive free download compilation, consisting of 24 artists, on 20 tracks and over 2 1/2 hours of sound. The compilation came together as a perfect mix of the styles and voices featured on Dragon’s Eye over the last 6 years. &#8211; Yann</p>
<p>1. Luigi Turra &#8211; Aura<br />
2. Robert Crouch &#8211; A Broken Field I<br />
3. Jamie Drouin &#8211; Trümmerfrau (improvisation 1)<br />
4. Yann Novak &#8211; A Broken Field II<br />
5. Pierre Gerard &#8211; Borderline Elements<br />
6. Ælab &#8211; Moving Alignment<br />
7. Moize &#8211; A Broken Field III<br />
8. i8u &#8211; Apophis<br />
9. Will Long &#8211; Transporting Away From Tomorrow<br />
10. Lucia H Chung &#8211; A Broken Field IV<br />
11. Mem1 &#8211; Embla<br />
12. Stephen Vitiello + Simon Whetham &#8211; Prayers Return<br />
13. Steve Peters &#8211; Solar Ring (Chamber Music 7)<br />
14. Will Long + Corey Fuller + Tomoyoshi Date &#8211; Walk<br />
15. Robert Crouch + Marc Manning &#8211; Charismatic Manifestation<br />
16. Sublamp &#8211; Possible Steps<br />
17. Ian Hawgood (feat. Warren Forrest Kroll + Sara Martin) &#8211; Grace Lines<br />
18. Clinker + Blake Carrington &#8211; Dust Flights, Mirror Softly and Moan<br />
19. Mise_en_Scene &#8211; Midrone<br />
20. Shinkei &#8211; An Empirical Demonstration Of The Alchymical Properties Of Metals</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/downloads/de6010.zip" target="_blank">Download</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a></p>
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		<title>Simon Whetham &#8211; Prayers Unheard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February 2010, Simon Whetham was invited to perform at Audio Art in Krakow by Marek Choloniewsky, for which he proposed visiting the city for three or four days prior to the performance in order to record the sounds of the place, to compose a site specific piece for the event. Whetham stayed in the [...]]]></description>
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<p>In February 2010, Simon Whetham was invited to perform at Audio Art in Krakow by Marek Choloniewsky, for which he proposed visiting the city for three or four days prior to the performance in order to record the sounds of the place, to compose a site specific piece for the event.</p>
<p>Whetham stayed in the Kazimierz area of Krakow, the old Jewish area that during the Second World War became a ghetto through Nazi persecution. Walking the streets, he felt a certain sadness and longing that was almost tangible. The buildings, the very fabric of the city there, had to bear witness to the atrocities of that time. The walls still stand, unable to impart their testament to the horrors committed &#8211; the roads that bore tanks and trucks that took hordes of innocents to nearby Auschwitz unable to show us the despair of families torn apart&#8230;</p>
<p>The Jewish people of Krakow believed their God would save them, and yet they still suffered terribly at the hands of the Nazis. Their prayers, along with the sounds of pain and suffering, have long since died away, unheard. But perhaps the stone and metal of the city retains some echo, some imprint from that time&#8230; &#8211; Dragon&#8217;s Eye</p>
<p>Some Info:</p>
<p><strong>Simon Whetham</strong> has been capturing and composing with field recordings since taking part in a research trip to Iceland in 2005.</p>
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<p>Since then he has been gaining a steadily increasing profile:  exhibiting in Iceland; recording in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil;  performing at a large number of festivals and events, both nationally  and internationally; having work accepted for release by labels Trente  Oiseaux, 1000fussler, Mystery Sea, Entr’acte, Install, Lens and  Gruenrekorder; commissioned by Creative Labs to build a surround sound  installation to demonstrate their equipment and software; commissioned  by painter Kathryn Thomas to compose a surround soundtrack to accompany  her ‘Lightyears’ series of exhibitions; producing radio works for  Resonance FM, Overlap.org and Kunst Radio Austria; commissioned to  install new work &#8216;disPLACE&#8217; at The Big Chill festival 2010; and invited  to participate in two residencies at the Art Container in Tallinn,  Estonia, the second to compose new work, collaborate with other artists  using sound and run deep listening, field recording and composition  workshops.</p>
<p>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. The exhibition  also features performances by Simon and a number of invited guest  artists, such as John Grzinich, Iris Garrelfs, Jez riley French, Douglas  Benford, Daniel Jones and Dylan Nyoukis, as well as presentations and  workshops.</p>
<p>Available through <a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/shop.html" target="_blank">Dragon’s Eye</a> and soon to <a href="http://www.experimedia.net/?record_company_id=64&amp;typefilter=record_company&amp;zenid=vqo4k7bd20ur7o2s23hsc2se96" target="_blank">Experimedia</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simonwhetham.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.simonwhetham.co.uk</a></p>
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		<title>Robert Crouch &#8211; An Occupied Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Occupied Space is the debut full-length release by Los Angeles artist Robert Crouch. Each track takes as its point of departure a field recording of a public place where music is integral to the experience of these social constructs. Throughout the release, music is piped through loudspeakers across public plazas and boulevards, footsteps cross [...]]]></description>
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<p>An Occupied Space is the debut full-length release by Los Angeles artist Robert Crouch. Each track takes as its point of departure a field recording of a public place where music is integral to the experience of these social constructs. Throughout the release, music is piped through loudspeakers across public plazas and boulevards, footsteps cross thresholds where reverberating guitars and vocals spill out into city. “I found it necessary to give myself a very strict set of parameters,” Crouch states, “in order to approach the idea of making music in the first place. I suppose it comes from my training as a visual artist.”</p>
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<p>Furthering this analogy to a visual arts practice, An Occupied Space has perhaps more in common with the photographers from the Düsseldorf School, rather than the history of field recording or ambient music. Much like the photographers Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, and Thomas Ruff, and how they wrestle with both the psychology of their subject matter as well as the politics and constraints of their chosen medium, An Occupied Space can be considered to be a collection of landscape studies, with the artist fulfilling the roles of documentarian, composer, and observer simultaneously.</p>
<p>Structurally, the An Occupied Space operates within overlapping contexts; they exist as documents, as meditations on the psychology of place, and finally as self-reflexive “objects” that address the contingent nature of their own construction. They are as much about music as they are music. “I wanted to employ melody without necessarily being melodic, to explore texture without remaining static, and to respect the integrity of the original recordings while still allowing my hand as artist to remain evident.” &#8211; Dragons Eye</p>
<p>Available through <a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/shop.html" target="_blank">Dragon&#8217;s Eye</a> and soon to <a href="http://www.experimedia.net/?record_company_id=64&amp;typefilter=record_company&amp;zenid=vqo4k7bd20ur7o2s23hsc2se96" target="_blank">Experimedia</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.robertcrouch.com/" target="_blank">www.robertcrouch.com</a></p>
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		<title>Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over 5 years, Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings has continued to introduce listeners to some of the most innovative and uncompromising emerging and mid-career artists in the field of contemporary electronic music and sound art. Named one of Textura&#8217;s &#8216;Top Ten Favorite Labels of 2009,&#8217; and awarded label profiles by Tokafi and Headphone Commute in 2010, [...]]]></description>
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<p>For over 5 years, Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings has  continued to introduce listeners to some of the most innovative and  uncompromising emerging and mid-career artists in the field of  contemporary electronic music and sound art. Named one of Textura&#8217;s &#8216;Top  Ten Favorite Labels of 2009,&#8217; and awarded label profiles by Tokafi and  Headphone Commute in 2010, Dragon&#8217;s Eye is kicking off 2011 with another free downloadable compilation.</p>
<p>2010&#8242;s <em>Flowers</em> compilation was met with great enthusiasm and critique praise and with 2011&#8242;s <em>Wood</em> we will try and go above and beyond.</p>
<p>Wood is the traditional gift for a fifth anniversary and <em>Wood</em> is Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings fifth anniversary compilation. On Wood,  Dragon&#8217;s Eye presents new and unreleased works by the upcoming 2011  roster of artists. The 2011 roster is made up of almost entirely  newcomers to the label along with one veteran.  This roster represents  the artists that Dragon&#8217;s Eye considers to be at the forefront of  contemporary electronic music and sound art. &#8211; Dragon&#8217;s Eye</p>
<p>1. Mimosa|Moize &#8211; Shared Moments<br />
2. Simon Whetham &#8211; Music&#8217;s A Wood You Walk Through<br />
3. Mem1 + Stephen Vitiello &#8211; Permila<br />
4. Robert Crouch &#8211; A Body of Work<br />
5. Chubby Wolf &#8211; Vocal Sounds Vibrate Air<br />
6. Justin Varis &#8211; 1963<br />
7. Blake Carrington &#8211; Scan N1: Not St. Elisabeth-Norwich</p>
<p>Download <em><strong><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/downloads/de6008.zip" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>Blake Carrington</strong> (b. 1980) operates within the  spheres of the sound, visual and media arts.  His work in all of these  forms is informed largely by cultural geography, landscape and  architecture.  The areas between these formalized spatial practices and  the experiential qualities of sound and visual art practice are the main  focus of his work.</p>
<p>In 2011 Carrington will be artist-in-residence at Lower Manhattan  Cultural Council’s Swing Space on Governors Island, and has recently  completed residencies at HIAP in Helsinki, Atlantic Center for the Arts  in Florida, and Rustines Lab in Montreal, where he performed his piece <em>Cathedral Scan</em> at Elektra International Digital Arts Festival.  In 2009 he received  his MFA from Syracuse University and was recipient of the Dorothea Ilgen  Shaffer Fellowship.  There, he co-founded the platform for outdoor  projections called <em>Urban Video Project</em>, and in 2010 curated a series for UVP featuring Trevor Paglen, Jill Magid, Thomson &amp; Craighead and Miranda Lichtenstein.</p>
<p>In addition to his work in sound and video, he also creates hi-res  digital prints from custom Max/MSP/Jitter patches.  His print series <em>Loci_</em>,  exploring the questionable translation of field recordings to abstract  landscape imagery, is in The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program in New  York.  Blake was born in Indiana and currently lives and works in  Brooklyn.</p>
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<p><strong>Chubby Wolf</strong> is Danielle Baquet-Long, who also  performed as half of the husband and wife duo, Celer, was an educator,  poet, writer of prose, non-fiction, and social commentary, a painter,  photographer, and an inventive musical multi-instrumentalist and  vocalist.</p>
<p>As a permanent member of Celer through marriage, she has  created many self-releases, many unique and hand crafted, as well as  works for labels in Japan, North America, and Europe. She had extensive  background in Gender Studies, Education, Photography, and Tibetan  Studies, as well as having lived and studied in India, Sri Lanka, and  Nepal. She passed away on July 8, 2009 of heart failure. She will always  be missed, and loved by her husband, cat, and two wolf dogs. Her  unpublished music, writing, and photography will continue to be  published, and is managed lovingly by her husband Will.</p>
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<p><strong>Mem1</strong> seamlessly blends the sounds of cello and  electronics to create a limitless palette of sonic possibilities. In  their improvisation-based performances, Mark and Laura Cetilia’s use of  custom hardware and software, in conjunction with a uniquely subtle  approach to extended cello technique and realtime modular synthesis  patching, results in the creation of a single voice rather than a duet  between two individuals. Their music moves beyond melody, lyricism and  traditional structural confines, revealing an organic evolution of sound  that has been called “a perfect blend of harmony and cacophony” (Forced  Exposure).</p>
<p>Founded in Los Angeles in 2003, Mem1 has traveled extensively,  performing at Issue Project Room, Roulette, REDCAT / Disney Hall, Los  Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Electronic Church (Berlin), the  Laptopia Festival (Tel-Aviv), the San Francisco Electronic Music  Festival, and the Borealis Festival (Bergen). They have taken part in  residencies at Harvestworks in New York, STEIM and Kunstenaarslogies in  the Netherlands and USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway. In 2009, they created  a site-specific installation for the Museums of Bat Yam (Israel); their  collaborative works with media artists Kadet Kuhne and Liora Belford  have been screened and installed at venues including the Sundance Film  Festival, Fringe Exhibitions (Los Angeles), and the  Hordaland Kunstsenter (Bergen). Throughout their career, they have  collaborated with a variety of artists including the Penderecki String  Quartet, Steve Roden, Jan Jelenik, Frank Bretschneider, and Stephen  Vitiello. Age of Insects, a full-length album with Vitiello, will be  released in Fall 2011 by Dragon’s Eye Recordings. Together, Mem1 curates  the experimental music series Ctrl+Alt+Repeat and the record label  Estuary Ltd.,  on which they will be releasing their fourth full-length  album, Tetra in December 2010.</p>
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<p><strong>mimosa|moize</strong> is sound artists Lucia H. Chung (Taiwan,  b.1979) and Martin J. Thompson (UK, b.1978). Their work consists of  creating concept-led minimal and ambient electronic music, utilizing  resonant qualities found in sound, space and objects. They work with an  attention to that of the experience found in the perception and  reception of sound, and how this relates to the person and a given  context. Mostly they work with sounds consisting of a more narrow  frequency range, thus allowing other sounds heard outside the music the  space to move into and out of the fore. This interest is fundamental in  influencing their preference of sounds and is subsequently contributing  to the continuing development of their style.</p>
<p>mimosa|moize have worked with Murmur Records in Japan, Duckbay Records in USA and Dragon’s Eye Recordings in USA.</p>
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<p><strong>Justin Varis</strong> (b.Cincinnati, OH 1979) is an American  musician/composer living in Los Angeles. Drawing on the rich history of  musique concrète while most recently exploring minimal single instrument  composition, his music is one of contrast and contradiction. Abstract  tendencies conjoin with basic intimate melodies. Disruptive sequencing  is utilized alongside loops and repeating patterns. Meticulous audio  editing creates calculated timing while improvised passages lend  expressive mistakes. Ultimately working towards merging his audio with  like-minded video and film artists, he is determined to create a body of  work that explores the non-linear narrative while achieving  accessibility to the greatest number of listeners.</p>
<p>After being featured on a number of stateside and international  compilations, in 2006 he released his first EP with Frozen Elephants  Music, a non-profit internet project/concert series based in Berlin.  Later that year his debut LP was released on Audiobulb Records, located  in Sheffield. In 2008, his work was featured along side noted artists  such as Taylor Deupree, Dot Tape Dot, Biosphere, John Kannenberg, RF w/  Midori Hirano, Aaron Ximm, Build, Leafcutter John, and Nomand Palace.  The project, Audiobulb Records first installation of their &#8220;Favourite  Places&#8221; series, was described by WHITELINE as &#8220;encompassing all that is  great in compositional field recording&#8221; and by Earlabs as &#8220;an excellent  addition to Audiobulb&#8217;s discography demonstrating not only the label&#8217;s  diversity and commitment to excellence, but also showcasing the talents  of several exceptional musicians and sound artists from around the  world.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to continuously developing/performing live sets, he is  at present working on a number of collaborative projects set for release  in the near future.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-15701" title="stephen_vitiello_md" src="http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/stephen_vitiello_md.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="154" /></p>
<p><strong>Stephen Vitiello</strong> is an electronic musician and media  artist. His sound installations have been presented internationally  including the 2002 Whitney Biennial, the 2006 Biennial of Sydney (with  Julie Mehretu), the Marfa Sessions (with Steve Roden) and on the High  Line in NYC. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion),  Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa), Four Color Sound (Texas Gallery),  Box Music (with Machinefabriek) (12k), The Gorilla Variations (with  Molly Berg) (12k), Stephen Vitiello &#8211; Soundtracks DVD (SMTG) and The  Sound of Red Earth (Kaldor Public Art Projects). Originally from NY,  Stephen is now based in Richmond, VA where he is on the faculty of  Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-15702" title="simon_whethem_md" src="http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/simon_whethem_md.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="154" /></p>
<p><strong>Simon Whetham</strong> has been capturing and composing with field recordings since taking part in a research trip to Iceland in 2005.</p>
<p>Since then he has been gaining a steadily increasing profile:  exhibiting in Iceland; recording in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil;  performing at a large number of festivals and events, both nationally  and internationally; having work accepted for release by labels Trente  Oiseaux, 1000fussler, Mystery Sea, Entr’acte, Install, Lens and  Gruenrekorder; commissioned by Creative Labs to build a surround sound  installation to demonstrate their equipment and software; commissioned  by painter Kathryn Thomas to compose a surround soundtrack to accompany  her ‘Lightyears’ series of exhibitions; producing radio works for  Resonance FM, Overlap.org and Kunst Radio Austria; commissioned to  install new work &#8216;disPLACE&#8217; at The Big Chill festival 2010; and invited  to participate in two residencies at the Art Container in Tallinn,  Estonia, the second to compose new work, collaborate with other artists  using sound and run deep listening, field recording and composition  workshops.</p>
<p>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. The exhibition  also features performances by Simon and a number of invited guest  artists, such as John Grzinich, Iris Garrelfs, Jez riley French, Douglas  Benford, Daniel Jones and Dylan Nyoukis, as well as presentations and  workshops.</p>
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<p><strong>Robert Crouch</strong> is an artist, curator, and electronic  musician based in Los Angeles, CA. He has exhibited work in San  Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and London, and released music on  Untitled &amp; After and Loøq recordings.</p>
<p>He is also co-founder VOLUME,  an ongoing curatorial project concentrating on the nexus of sound,  music, and visual art.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a></p>
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		<title>Celer &#8211; Dying Star</title>
		<link>http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/08/celer-dying-star-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I had the pleasure of reviewing a reissue of Celer&#8217;s &#8216;Engaged Touches&#8217; on Home Normal &#8211; that album was, for me, something of a revelation as I had never before heard their work and was astonished by its sheer elegant beauty&#8230; I was, then, thrilled to have before me a new album [...]]]></description>
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<p>Earlier this year I had the pleasure of reviewing a reissue of Celer&#8217;s &#8216;Engaged Touches&#8217; on Home Normal &#8211; that album was, for me, something of a revelation as I had never before heard their work and was astonished by its sheer elegant beauty&#8230;</p>
<p><span id="more-13273"></span>I was, then, thrilled to have before me a new album to review &#8211; &#8216;Dying Star&#8217; on Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings.</p>
<p>From the outset, it&#8217;s clear that &#8216;Dying Star&#8217; is an entirely different approach to ambient music than that found on &#8216;Engaged Touches&#8217;. The sonic palette is reduced to the most minimal of elements &#8211; a single vintage synthesiser and mixing board (so the accompanying notes tell me). Gone too is the epic musicality of &#8216;Engaged Touches&#8217;- which was reminiscent of Stars of the Lid&#8217;s best work- and in its place are washes of vague and almost illusory ambience &#8211; undefined and restless, creating a forever morphing, ebbing and fading field of sound.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13274" title="celer_lg" src="http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/celer_lg.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="360" /></p>
<p>Owing to the structural and sonic similarity of the tracks, &#8216;Dying Star&#8217; creates the impression of being a single piece of music rather than an album composed of individual tracks. The album flows, one piece into the next with indistinguishable beginnings and endings, feeling like an intentional aural modelling of the imperceptible liminal boundary of night and day alluded to<br />
in the album&#8217;s title. The results are, needless to say, mesmerising and haunting.</p>
<p>The apparent simplicity of the music should not be confused with a poverty of ideas, nor should it be assumed that such sparse arrangements betray a lack of musical nous. Celer have proved, over their extensive discography, that they have a rich and certain grasp of the conceptual terrain of ambient music and have explored every inch of it. &#8216;Dying Star&#8217; should be taken as<br />
but one exploratory emission from within their oeuvre rather than a definitive statement of intent.</p>
<p>To my mind the album isn&#8217;t as strong as some of their other output, but I feel that, somehow, &#8220;strength&#8221; isn&#8217;t what is intended to be conveyed here. The hazy ganzfeld-like experimentation delivered through the album&#8217;s eight tracks is to be consumed almost incidentally as a subtle augmentation of naturally occurring waking dreams. This is true ambient music &#8211; to be enjoyed as an integrated part of the surroundings rather than attended to with focussed intent &#8211; and in this context, you couldn&#8217;t ask for a better example of the art.</p>
<p>- Review by John McCaffrey for Fluid Radio</p>
<p>Available soon from <a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/catalogue-der/der005.htm" target="_blank">Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a><br />
<a href="http://artificialcolors.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">www.artificialcolors.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/celersite" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/celersite</a></p>
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		<title>Stillness Exhibition &amp; Immersound Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/07/stillness-exhibition-immersound-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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<p>For all fans (and I am sure there are many) of the hugely successful Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings label and the impressive sound art installations created by the label&#8217;s front man Yann Novak will be intrigued to know of the upcoming events this August hosted by the exceptional SoundFjord outfit&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>Stillness Exhibition</strong></p>
<p>Stillness.Subtropical<br />
August 4 &#8211; 28, 2010<br />
Stillness.Oceanic<br />
September 1 &#8211; 25, 2010</p>
<p>Opening Reception<br />
August 3, 2010 7-9PM</p>
<p>SoundFjord are delighted to present the work of Yann Novak, who will inaugurate the exhibition programme with his delicately observed and absorbing, autobiographical work. Stillness, is a two-part immersive sound installation with integral visual elements&#8230;</p>
<p>Complimentary to the exhibition will be a talk and question and answers session with the artist. We are also happy to announce that Yann will be available for conversation at the private view.</p>
<p>Stillness takes its inspiration from the two climates Yann Novak has inhabited: Subtropical in Los Angeles and Oceanic in Seattle. In these works he investigates these climates&#8217; almost static meteorological states and their emotional effect on their inhabitants.</p>
<p>Stillness takes form as two sound and video works presented as a large scale projection and 4.1 surround sound creating an immersive experience, each changing so slowly the effect is imperceptible to the audience, thus creating a nearly static state.</p>
<p>To create the sound piece, Novak made recordings of shortwave radio signal tuned to static in each location. Because radio waves are affected by both water vapour in the troposphere and ionisation in the upper atmosphere due to the sun, each recording, though similar, contains an unique signature from the atmosphere the waves travelled through. Similarly, the video elements are made up of numerous photographs, taken always pointed at the horizon, over a span of months in the case of Subtropical and years in Oceanic. These photographs capture a more literal portrait of these climates. All these elements are then digitally altered to create an ambiguous abstraction, leaving enough of the source to guide the experience and define the location, but abstract enough to create an immersive environment perfect for contemplation and personal reflection.</p>
<p>SoundFjord<br />
Sonic Art Gallery and Research Unit<br />
Unit 3B – Studio 28<br />
28 Lawrence Road<br />
London<br />
N15 4ER<br />
UK</p>
<p>More Info:<br />
<a href="http://www.soundfjord.org.uk" target="_blank"> www.soundfjord.org.uk</a></p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p><strong>Immersound Performances</strong></p>
<p>SoundFjord.Dynamic presents immersound<br />
August 6, 2010<br />
7PM doors | 8PM start &#8211; 2am<br />
£5 adv | £7 door</p>
<p>SoundFjord.Dynamic &#8211; the live component of SoundFjord | London, is about to stage its first show, immersound, an evening of momentous sonic environments, absorbing, contemplative sound sculpture and sublime immersive sound art. Contribute to sonic art history: be there!</p>
<p>Performers:</p>
<p>Robert Curgenven<br />
i8u<br />
Yann Novak<br />
Ian Hawgood<br />
FOURM<br />
mimosa|moize</p>
<p>The Others<br />
6-8 Manor Road<br />
London<br />
N16 5SA<br />
UK</p>
<p>Tickets:<br />
<a href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/85321" target="_blank"> www.wegottickets.com/event/85321</a></p>
<p>More Info:<br />
<a href="http://www.theothers.uk.com" target="_blank"> www.theothers.uk.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.soundfjord.org.uk" target="_blank"> www.soundfjord.org.uk</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yannnovak.com/" target="_blank">www.yannnovak.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a></p>
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		<title>Tomas Phillips / Jason Bivins &#8211; Blau</title>
		<link>http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/06/tomas-phillips-jason-bivins-blau/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blau marks the first collaboration between Tomas Phillips and Jason Bivins&#8230; A marriage of guitar improvisation and through-composition, its immediate reference point beyond lowercase sound art is the work of painter Barnett Newman. His solid color canvases, broken by vertical lines of various shades, reveal an aesthetic preoccupation with minimalist imagery aligned with a reverence [...]]]></description>
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<p>Blau marks the first collaboration between Tomas Phillips and Jason Bivins&#8230;</p>
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<p>A marriage of guitar improvisation and through-composition, its immediate reference point beyond lowercase sound art is the work of painter Barnett Newman. His solid color canvases, broken by vertical lines of various shades, reveal an aesthetic preoccupation with minimalist imagery aligned with a reverence for the philosophy of Spinoza. An equally pleasurable matrimony. &#8211; Dragon&#8217;s Eye</p>
<p>Original digital artwork Blue With Lines, (after Barnett Newman) by FOURM (BGN)</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>Jason Bivins</strong> is from Washington, D.C. After playing  in “rock” bands throughout high school and at Oberlin College (usually  some amalgam of post-punk, metal, and prog), he went to graduate school  at Indiana University, where he became active in free improvisation  beginning in 1993. After playing in large ensembles, power trios,  electroacoustic duos, and in solo performance, he formed the Jason  Bivins Trio and, in 1999, Unstable Ensemble (which continues to exist  and has recorded four albums).</p>
<p>After moving to North Carolina in 2000  (where he teaches Religious Studies at North Carolina State University),  Bivins began a long-standing association with percussionist Ian Davis,  with whom he performs in a duo, in large ensembles (the defunct  Micro-East Collective and the eNtet, units which performed with  musicians like Dennis Gonzalez, Frank Gratkowski, and Chris Cutler,  among others), and in the long-standing groups UE and the Impermanence  Trio (with Richmond-based reeds player Jimmy Ghaphery). He has recently  collaborated on a project with pianist Nobu Stowe, reedist Ross  Bonadonna, and sound artist Lee Pembleton.</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>Tomas Phillips</strong> (b. 1969) is a composer, novelist, and  teacher whose sound work focuses on improvisational performance and  minimalist through-composition. He began composing electronic music in  the early 1990s, releasing limited edition cd-rs, most notably under the  moniker Eto Ami (with Dean King), and has since created music for  installations and collaborations in dance and theatre. Labels to release  his music include Trente Oiseaux, Line, Non Visual Objects, and Koyuki.  Tomas has taught in the disciplines of literature and fine arts at  various universities in the US, Québec, and Finland. Having completed an  interdisciplinary PhD at Concordia University in Montréal, he currently  lives in the US, where he teaches literature at North Carolina State  University.</p>
<p>Purchase from Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings <em><strong><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/catalogue-der/de5029.htm" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em><br />
Purchase from Experimedia <em><strong><a href="http://www.experimedia.net/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&amp;cPath=107_121&amp;products_id=1448" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/tomasphillips" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/tomasphillips</a></p>
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		<title>Celer &#8211; Dying Star</title>
		<link>http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/06/celer-dying-star/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t get much better than discovering new material from Celer, and so it was with great excitement mixed with sad emotions that I came across a new project forthcoming on Dragons Eye Recordings&#8230; Dying Star was recorded in the fall of 2008, using only a vintage analog synthesizer and mixing board. It was completely [...]]]></description>
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<p>It doesn&#8217;t get much better than discovering new material from Celer, and so it was with great excitement mixed with sad emotions that I came across a new project forthcoming on Dragons Eye Recordings&#8230;</p>
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<p><em>Dying Star </em>was recorded in the fall of 2008, using only a  vintage analog synthesizer and mixing board. It was completely  improvised, with no overdubs or post-processing. The intention was to  produce a completely improvised work while remaining completely pure and  secluded, the resulting recording stands as a fading presentation of  memory, time, and loss, set against the ending day.</p>
<p><em>Pouring Me Into The Rest Of You</em></p>
<p>Presented at a low volume, the ideal and intended procedure for  listening is with headphones, with the volume set specifically at 80%.  Through intimacy, tenderness, and isolation, the resulting imaginings  are stately presented, yet consistently withering away; and throughout  the duration, energy pushes forward, strains, explodes, but eventually  crumbles. &#8211; Dragon&#8217;s Eye Recordings</p>
<p>&#8216;We are nothing but a view of the world.&#8217;<br />
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty</p>
<p>1. The Brightness Of Faraway Life<br />
2. Pouring Me Into The Rest Of You<br />
3. How I Imagine My Hand Holds Yours<br />
4. On The Edges Of Each Season<br />
5. The Feeling Of Trancing Through A Silent Expanse<br />
6. I Could Almost Disperse<br />
7. Distant Explosions<br />
8. Flickers (Goodnight)</p>
<p>Format: CD<br />
Edition: 500<br />
Release: September 2010</p>
<p>Full review will be coming in the next few weeks.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com" target="_blank">www.dragonseyerecordings.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/celersite" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/celersite</a></p>
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		<title>Mimosa/Moize : Live at Unit 3.03</title>
		<link>http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/05/mimosamoize-live-at-unit-3-03/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 19:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live at Unit 3.03 is a sequence of sound sketches that were spectrally deconstructed and reconstructed live, with intentions of engaging the listener with the space. Each sound used was mono allowing any stereo effect of movement perceived to be those created from the influence of the space itself. The nature of performing at Unit [...]]]></description>
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<p>Live at Unit 3.03 is a sequence of sound sketches  that were spectrally deconstructed and reconstructed live, with  intentions of engaging the listener with the space.</p>
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<p>Each sound used was  mono allowing any stereo effect of movement perceived to be those  created from the influence of the space itself.</p>
<p>The nature of performing at Unit 3.03 is generally one of a more  domestic gathering than that of a public event. This shared  domestic-come-temporary-social situation creates an interesting  interaction with the sounds to be heard coming from within and beyond  this personal and intimate space. Interestingly, this situation also  directs ours attention inwardly to the sounds that we carry with us and  outwardly to the ones that people carry with them.</p>
<p>This recording was taken during our very first live performance held  at Unit 3.03, where we shared tea, coffee and cake, met old friends and  new ones, and shared old stories and made new memories.</p>
<p>Recorded on the afternoon of March 20th, 2010, at Unit 3.03, London,  UK.</p>
<p>Thanks to Dead Wood and Jonny Hill who also performed that day and to  everyone who visited our home on that memorable afternoon.</p>
<p>Also, special thank you to Kimvi Nguyen for providing the artwork, a  gift on that day.- Yann</p>
<p>Download <em><strong><a href="http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/catalogue-der/de6007.html" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em></p>
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		<title>Jann Novak &#8211; Nightfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nightfall was created at the Jentel Artist Residency outside Banner, WY in February 2010. Based upon a simple field recording of the start of a snowfall at dusk&#8230; The composition explores the shifting point between day and night in the dry and overcast winter month. The original recording begins with the dry, empty silence of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Nightfall was created at the Jentel Artist Residency outside Banner, WY in February 2010. Based upon a simple field recording of the start of a snowfall at dusk&#8230;</p>
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<p>The composition explores the shifting point between day and night in the dry and overcast winter month. The  original recording begins with the dry, empty silence of the landscape,  slowly enveloped by the piling of snow upon the microphone’s windscreen.</p>
<p>Each copy of Nightfall is accompanied by a unique  watercolor based on the cover photograph of the landscape taken at dusk  through the studio window.</p>
<p>Thanks: Robert Crouch, The Jentel Artis Residency &amp; all my  fellow Residents. &#8211; Yann</p>
<p>19:20<br />
3&#8243; CD-R<br />
Edition of 40 signed + numbered with unique watercolor<br />
2010</p>
<p>Purchase <em><strong><a href="http://www.yannnovak.com/shop.htm" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yannnovak.com" target="_blank">www.yannnovak.com</a></p>
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