Technology
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Chronic Sonics
Sonic Warfare is still a main reference for many of us around here. Now more than ever, Steve Goodman’s theories are relevant, as the audiovisual machine expands dramatically. Urbanomic will be releasing (March) a new Goodman’s text entitled “Notes on…
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The Archive and the Aural City
The Archive and the Aural City: Sound, Knowledge, and the Politics of Listening, book by Alejandro L. Madrid at Duke University Press “In The Archive and the Aural City, Alejandro L. Madrid examines the possibilities for retrieving from the archive sounds…
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Chromaplane: An Electromagnetic Musical Instrument
I was fortunate to experience a Passepartout Duo live and it’s so beautiful to hear and look at. An electro-acoustic performance in which, along with their custom synths, they interact with a mysterious plate that is manipulated electromagnetically to create…
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SonicLAB PolyNodes, An Advanced 3D Sonic Sculptor with Custom DSP
We’ve been following Sinan Bokesoy’s work since the first versions of cosmosf. He’s a true genius of digital sound, usually involved in projects that push the boundaries of what’s possible in sound processing, visualization and interaction, plus integrating theory and…
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Listening After Nature: Field Recording, Ecology, Critical Practice
Listening After Nature examines the constructions and erasures that haunt field recording practice and discourse. Analyzing archival and contemporary soundworks through a combination of post-colonial, ecological and sound studies scholarship, Mark Peter Wright recodes the Field; troubles conceptions of Nature;…
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The Acoustic Environment of Mars: Two Speeds of Sound and a Quiet Atmosphere
Nature has published a new article about the acoustic environment of Mars, called “In situ recording of Mars soundscape”, from a long term research done by a vast group of astrophysicists and space explorers, primarily based on recordings taken by…