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    Home Drones. DAVID NEMETH (Treetrunk 2012) Review by Chris Whitehead In field recording It’s traditional to pack a bag full of hi-tech gear and head out to a jungle, mangrove swamp or desolate snowy moorland to capture the sounds of…

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    The Good Life. SARAH HUGHES, KOSTIS KILYMIS (Consumer Waste 2012) Review by Chris Whitehead Part II. The Good Life Fossils and Things (27:07). Open and clean, with clear air between the sounds that you can walk through (or a cat…

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    Draught. MATT EARLE, JASON KAHN, ADAM SUSSMAN (Consumer Waste 2012) Review by Chris Whitehead Tactility plays a big part in the Consumer Waste universe. Letter-pressed sleeves of biscuit coloured card that come in brown paper envelopes. If you are releasing…

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    New York glyptic. SCOTT SHERK (3Leaves 2012) Review by Chris Whitehead On the cover of Scott Sherk’s New York Glyptic, sound artist Annea Lockwood describes how the work has awakened in her the ability to walk through the city with…

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    Plotina. SALA (Obs 2012) Review by Chris Whitehead Traditionally music is linked to performance. At a gig you expect the musicians to play whilst you, the listener, catch the vibrations in the air as they radiate towards your ears, like…

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    Interview with Francisco Meirino by Chris Whitehead Francisco Meirino lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and has been active in the field of experimental music since 1994. His work explores the tension between programmable material and the potential for its failure. He…