Radio Art compilation The Deep Wireless radio art compilation was first created as part of the 2004 Deep Wireless festival with the intention of fostering both the creation of radio art through the annual call for submissions and awareness for radio art by disseminating it to the general public via radio broadcasts. Deep Wireless 3 consists of a small portion of the pieces collected in an international call for submissions on the theme Power and represents some of the many talented radio and sound artists from around the world. Deep Wireless 3 is for radio use only and not for re-sale. Deep Wireless 3 will be released May 1, 2006. Stay tuned for a chance to hear samples from the CD. 1/ Pedestrian Hitch-hiker with a chair (excerpt) by Christian Nicolay 2:25 [listen] CD 2 © 2006, New Adventures in Sound Art Programme Notes CD1 1/ Pedestrian Hitch-hiker with a chair (excerpt) by Christian Nicolay (2:25) On July 15, 2000 at 9:10am, I headed out from Kelowna BC hitch-hiking with a wooden chair across Canada to Laval Quebec. This is an excerpt of a sound diary of the performance. It was recorded with a handheld tape recorder which I carried at all times. The sounds were collected then edited on computer...the sounds of hitch-hiking with a wooden chair across Canada...trying to move while sitting. Christian Nicolay works with performance art, drawing, installation, sound recording, and video - often simultaneously exploring the relationships between order and chaos, and the unity of opposites. His performance pieces have ranged from street corners to saloons to desolate highways, often involving viewer participation in the process of creating and finishing a work. He has exhibited in numerous spaces across North America including public, commercial and artist run art galleries. 2/ The Queen of Bees by Victoria Fenner (6:02) A dark fantasy. An exploration of power dynamics in organizations using the beehive as a metaphor. It explores themes of power sharing - who has power, who thinks she has power? Though it looks like the queen has all the power, the reality is that she serves at the pleasure of the hive. Victoria Fenner is a radio producer and environmental sound artist. She has worked in all aspects of radio for over twenty years as a producer, journalist, documentarian and technician for CBC Radio and community stations in Canada and the United States. She has also produced and contributed to several syndicated radio programs which have been broadcast around the world. In addition to her work in programming, Victoria also organizes and teaches training workshops in radio skills and sound art, with a particular focus on participatory community media and art making. 3/ Wait Late by Penn Kemp & Anne Anglin (2:21) Happily waiting, unhappily waiting, falling asleep waiting. Waiting through the alphabet, wading through obsession till sound shifts to sense in the final phrase. Sound poet Penn Kemp performs in festivals around the world. Penn has published twenty-five books of poetry and drama, had six plays and eight CDs produced as well as Canada's first poetry CD-ROM. In performance collaborations, Penn pushes text and aural boundaries. Anne Anglin is a Dora Award winning actor as well as director and painter, well known in Toronto and nationally for appearances on stage and television. She has performed in and directed many of Penn's plays and Sound Operas, most recently Trance Dance Form Live at Artword Theatre in Toronto. 4/ Almost There by Ivan Elezovic (6:27) The clusters of words and syllables that we are exposed to every day introduce many possibilities for an entirely new way of communication, creating a basis for a new language. This piece is an example of the above comments based on my personal experience. Ivan Elezovic has matured as a composer, a theorist and a teacher and has consistently demonstrated a seemingly endless thirst for information, experience and opportunity. His compositional approach has demonstrated both good craftsmanship and an interest in pursuing innovative conceptual goals. He is not set on a single style. Instead he has allowed his materials and subject matter to influence the style and method of each new work. Currently Mr. Elezovic is a Lecturer in the University of Illinois School of Music and Foreign Language Department. 5/ Apricot Wensleydale by Jill Summers (14:27) Apricot Wensleydale is excerpted from Cohabitation, a collection of radio play inspired vignettes surrounding inhabitants of a fictional Chicago greystone. Text and music were written and performed by Jill Summers; co-produced and select tracks by David Whitcomb. Recorded at Stray Dog Recording Co. in Chicago. Copies of Cohabitation available at www.straydogrecordingco.com. Note: contains some strong language. Jill Summers loves stories and the way words sound aloud. She has a bachelor’s degree in music performance and a masters of fine arts in interdisciplinary book and paper arts, and she merges the two by creating narrative audio works of strange fiction and original music. She runs a small recording studio, Stray Dog Recording Co., in Chicago with her husband and sound 6/ Soundroam (Halifax) by Eleanor King and Stephen Kelly (6:14) In Nova Scotia the Ministries of Tourism and Culture are linked together. Funding often goes to cultural projects which enhance tourism profits by reflecting stereotypes of Nova Scotia: bagpipes and fiddles, lobsters and fishing. But what about contemporary art? What affect do these constructed East Coast customs have on contemporary arts and culture? Eleanor King and Stephen Kelly are interdisciplinary artists working in Halifax, NS. Their art works and installations utilize audio, video, found objects, radio and D.I.Y. electronics. They have exhibited in Canada and abroad, most recently traveling to Norway as artists in residence for a group audio exhibition, The Idea of North. 7/ The Day Before by Giuseppe Rapisarda (6:03) The idea of this composition was born while I was watching TV. The television was broadcasting Tony Blair's discourse to the UK Parliament, asking the agreement to the participation to the war against Iraq. Then my mind started to imagine something that had not happened yet. Giuseppe Rapisarda was born in Catania in 1972. He graduated in Piano, Electroacoustic Music and Music Composition in Catania (Italy). He took part in masterclasses with Barry Truax, Giacomo Manzoni, Alexander Chaikovsky and Trevor Wishart. His compositions have received honors and/or have been performed in several festivals in Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Greece, Argentina, Belgium, Korea, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. His reviews have been published in Computer Music Journal and SAN Diffusion. He teaches Electroacoustic Music at Conservatory of Music "V. Bellini" in Palermo (Italy). 8/ Other Music by Eric Leonardson (9:01) Other Music was created with Anna Friz, Evalyn Parry, and Chris Brookes, who performed on handheld cassette recorders, used as “musical instruments” to alter their recorded speech sound. Leonardson improvised with the ensemble on Springboard, an electroacoustic instrument he made in 1994 from familiar and readily available materials. (www.subliminal.org/eleon). This piece was recorded live at the Deep Wireless festival on May 27, 2005. Eric Leonardson is an audio artist with a background in visual arts. He teaches in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where in 1983 he received his MFA degree in Time Arts. He composes and performs with Plasticene, Chicago’s foremost experimental theater company. 9/ Starship Majora: The Shape Shifter by Michael Townsend & Dan Bernard (23:46) Exploring a mysterious planet, the crew of the Majora encounters a seductive entity able to take on the form of each of their deepest fantasies in this improvised radio comedy directed by Dan Bernard and produced by Michael Townsend for It Is To Laugh, WMPG, Portland, Maine. It Is To Laugh is a half-hour radio comedy series-—heard weekly on WMPG in Portland, Maine, USA (90.9 FM, 104.1 FM and wmpg.org)—featuring improvised plays such as The Starship Majora as well as scripted, politically-charged comedies written and directed by Dan Bernard. The series also offers an unpredictable mix of other radio comedy and soundart pieces selected and edited by producer Michael Townsend, whose trippy, anarchic collage Dad’s New Slacks aired on WMPG for 11 years. CD 2 1/ it was without a beginning by by mark mclaren (2:48) it happens all the time. sometimes I do. Please don't tell him you were here. I've put my fingers underneath. He said everything before. If you stay, you must be quiet. I can't tell you. mark mclaren was born in 1972. He works with text and sound. 2/ Water Power by Dallas Simpson (6:42) A phonographic binaural sound collage for headphones using recordings of the sea, a boiling kettle and steam traction engines. The work contains sonic allusions to the natural power of the sea, steam engine power, and the drip of water under gravity indicating hydroelectric power. Dallas Simpson is a location performance binaural sound artist who has been making environmental recordings since the 1970's. He has released work through several record companies in the UK and USA, and his work is regularly broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM in central London. 3/ The Book of Worm by the Church of Harvey Christ (5:24) The Church of Harvey Christ unearths a tale from the little-known Book of Worm. Is the Great Delerium a sport for libertine worms, or a harbinger of the last days to come? Recorded live from Deep Wireless 2005, featuring Rev. Norm, Rev. Anna Montana, Rev. Randy Peters, Rev. Joalien, with Sister Nancy on piano. The Harvey Christ Radio Hour is a live weekly radio show produced by a motley band of Reverends and heard on CKUT 90.3-FM in Montreal since October 2000. The core group of Rev. Randy Peters, Rev. Anna Montana, Rev. Norm and Rev. Joalien are also the authors of "The Dead Beat Scrolls: The Incomprehensible Teachings of Harvey Christ"-- a fully-illustrated compendium of Harvey Christian lore published (with CD) in 2005 by Cumulus Press, Montreal. 4/ Night Orchestra by Penn Kemp & Bill Gilliam (3:17) Who controls our nights, our private space? The noisy intrusion ofother people's air conditioners! Turned on, the power of the electric grid impinges upon silence, willy-nilly, drowns the natural world in monotonous, insistent hum. Mechanical appliances commodify our minds, day and night, to conform to a single, banal note. Sound poet Penn Kemp performs in festivals around the world. Penn has published twenty-five books of poetry and drama, had six plays and eight CDs produced as well as Canada's first poetry CD-ROM. In performance collaborations, Penn pushes text and aural boundaries. Bill Gilliam moved to Toronto after completing studies in jazz composition and film scoring at Berklee College of Music. Three of his new music and electroacoustic compositions were premiered in a Music Gallery Deceptive Moves concert in fall 2005 in Toronto as part of a Composer Now Face to Face series. 5/ Some Sort of Dark Force by Sarah Boothroyd (4:55) Is signing up for "J School" the equivalent of joining a dark force? This short soundscape grapples with that question and weighs the power of media through a mix of field recordings and spoken word. Sarah Boothroyd has long loved sculpting oddities out of words and sound. This singer-turned-broadcaster learned the radio ropes at CJSF in Burnaby, brought those skills to CKCU in Ottawa, and is now a regular contributor to CBC Radio’s Content Factory, a Masters of Journalism student at Carleton, and conference coordinator for the 2006 National Campus and Community Radio Conference. 6/ Electromagnetic Journey by Keith De Mendonca (3:00) A recording of the electromagnetic field surrounding the motor of a London Underground train - as it travels between Pimlico and Victoria. The signal was picked up with a coil transducer. Keith De Mendonca is a sound artist who lives and works in London, England. He is a regular contributor of sound experiments and artist interviews to radio Kinesonus - a Japanese internet radio station. He has also curated shows on Resonance-FM in London. 7/ Killing Fields by Genevieve Robertson & Jayson Ellerbeck (5:12) Killing Fields is a recount of my experience in Phnom Phen, the capitol city of Cambodia. There, I spent a day visiting the Killing Fields and prison camp S21, where the Kymir Rouge, a communist guerilla group led by Pol Pot, carried out the interrogation, torture and brutal execution of approximately two million people from 1975 to 1979. This experience effected my profoundly. It changed the way I perceive human nature – the power of mass mentality became very clear to me. In a more subtle way, I was affected by the position I was in as a tourist. As the death camp has become one of the ways Cambodia generates income, I found it strange to pay a very poor country for a chance to witness the remains of the relatively recent genocide. The experience of paying to walk on exposed human bones will stay with me always. Genevieve Robertson resides in East Vancouver and has just graduated from the Capilano College Studio Art program. Much of the work she does is informed by her interest in human behavior, both individual and collective. Although much of her inspiration comes from living and working in her community, She is also very influenced by her experiences traveling abroad. Jayson Ellerbeck lives in Mission B.C. and spends much of his time making electro-acoustic music. He has published a book of poetry called the curse of the industrial speedway and the telephone booth. He is currently working on his first album called Lullabies of a lost world, which is being released this spring. He also enjoys petting his little cats, traveling and marveling at is extensive stamp collection. 8/ Help Children if Necessary by James Wyness (13:37) Help Children if Necessary is a dramatization of a deconstructed remedial language lesson based on phonetic skills. It refers to concepts such as power, control and domination by allocating parts of the script to different characters and by the use of real intonation and careful processing. James Wyness is a composer and sound artist living in Southern Scotland. His electroacoustic music and field recordings have been played throughout the UK and Europe and in Canada and North and South America. He is currently studying towards a PhD in electroacoustic composition with Peter Stollery at Aberdeen Universty. 9/ Grip Radio: A Specific Scandal produced by Stephen Lategan (31:41) Behind every ambition is a thirst for power in some form. This underlying theme is reflected by the major event upon which the play is based. Set in 1872 Ottawa, during the height of the controversy surrounding the CPR contract, varying degrees of ambition motivate every character. Stephen Lategan is a graduate of Ryerson Radio and Television Arts, he's produced several radio plays, including a Worldmedal winner at the New York festivals. He published a satirical magazine in addition to contributing to Frank, has recently written an on-line documentary series for the CBC, and is in post-production for a short film.
broadcast on CKLN FM daily for the month of May + periodically on other campus/community radio stations. There are 10 radio art interventions running on various radio stations throughout the month of May. Seven of them are taken from the DW 3 CD. Here are the other three: my definition of power/intro remix (listen) Created using DSSDJ5 and Native Instruments on HP Pavilion Laptop. Thanks to CFUV 101.9FM and everyone from Halifax to Victoria that supports me. (website) Mark Parker is a 26 years old ex-military currently working as doorman/bouncer as well as other horrible jobs. "Jello" excerpt from 40'30'' 100 Anecdotes (listen) The "Jello" anecdote is an excerpt from the audio DVD, 40'30'' 100 Anecdotes, a collection of process oriented compositions/sound designs centered around 100 anecdotes and the spoken word, which was released in 2005 on Phonector Records. This one minute excerpt features actress, Yvette Coetzee and percussionist Bernd Vogel. Berlin based composer & lyricist, Rob Hoare has performed & composed for a wide variety of film, dance, installation and recording projects. His lyrics have been recorded by among others, Till Broenner, Mark Murphy and Rammstein. Sal's Blackout Story (listen) A quick interstitial, guerilla-style Charles Lane reports in radio, print and photography. His radio work has appeared on NPR, CBS and XLM, in addition to many local stations. He specializes in subjects often missed by major media. His latest subjects include religion, the developmentally disabled, and female athletes. He also helps produce he show She Got Game.
May 26-28 from 8:30 AM to 10 PM Hosted by members of CKLN radio, free103point9 and other guest luminaries, the final weekend of Deep Wireless will be broadcast on the net at free103point9.org, including the Radio Without Boundaries conference, Radio Theatre performances, performances by The Evolution Control Committee, Kathy Kennedy, and the John Oswald All Request Redirect. CBC Radio's Outfront 99.1 FM May 3, 10, 17, 24 th @ 8:43 PM
Four Canadian artists - Christian Nicolay, Damiano Pietropaolo, Micheline Roi and Debashis Sinha - were selected from a Canada-wide call for submissions to produce a work for both CBC's Outfront radio broadcast and for the Radio Theatre performances as part of the Deep Wireless festival. These special commissions allow both experimental sound artists and radio producers outside of the experimental realm to approach the form of personal narrative from a perspective that combines words and sounds in a fresh and innovative fashion. Art on Air weekly radio broadcasts on CKLN-FM every Thursday at 2 PM
During the first, second and last weeks of May, Charlotte Scott from Rabble.ca will guest host and provide coverage of the Deep Wireless festival, including profiles on the artists in residence John Oswald, Kathy Kennedy and Trevor Wishart. On the third week of May, catch a special edition of Lost and Found featuring a live improvised mix with Barry Prophet and E.C. Woodley. |
Deep Wireless 3 On CD
