• frequencies (archives scientifiques université rennes 1)

    frequencies (archives scientifiques université rennes 1)

    frequencies (archives scientifiques université rennes 1) | sound and light object, 2014 “20 minutes audio piece based on sounds from the scientific archives of Rennes 1 University in France. Edition of 1, only available to be listen to through a white lightbox displaying a tuning…

  • frank bretschneider + steve roden – suite nuit

    frank bretschneider + steve roden – suite nuit

    There are scales of rhythm in which space is a bidirectional alliance between time and shape, influencing the perception of space but also the space for perception, as in Suite Nuit, where Frank Bretschneider and Steve Roden are merged into two sonic torrents that envelop rhythms in a mutable speed, full of audible…

  • ben owen – birds and water 4

    ben owen – birds and water 4

    Just a gentle dose of sound repetition is needed to realize the immeasurable state of temporary detachment that the listening activity is capable of providing. In Birds and Water 4, Ben Owen enacts two servings of drones capable of stimulating perception in unimaginable routes, perhaps incapable…

  • a quantum microphone

    a quantum microphone

    “Scientists from Chalmers have demonstrated a new kind of detector for sound at the level of quietness of quantum mechanics. The result offers prospects of a new class of quantum hybrid circuits that mix acoustic elements with electrical ones, and may help illuminate new phenomena…

  • Journal of Sonic Studies 8 – Sounds of Space

    Journal of Sonic Studies 8 – Sounds of Space

    A new special issue of the great Journal of Sonic Studies has been published, dedicated to “sounds of space”. We are delighted to announce the publication of the Journal of Sonic Studies special issue on Sounds of Space. Two years ago, to the day, scholars, artists,…

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    389

    Carnets Africains ERIC BROITMANN (Obs 2014) Review by Chris Whitehead Although the sounds are from Africa, the place Eric Broitmann explores in his triptych Carnets Africains is the continent of memory. One capacity of the human brain is to gather impressions and images and infuse…