Sound Art Zone Sound Culture and Creative Freedom
Frank Vincent Zappa (Baltimora, 21 dicembre 1940 – Los Angeles, 4 dicembre 1993) è stato un compositore, chitarrista, cantante, arrangiatore, direttore d’orchestra e produttore discografico statunitense. È considerato uno dei più grandi geni musicali del ‘900, capace di fondere molti generi a lui precedenti e contemporanei ottenendo un risultato insuperato.[2][3] Definire il genere musicale di Zappa è quasi impossibile, ma si può affermare che fosse coinvolto in ambiti musicali come rock, blues, jazz, fusion, progressive, avanguardia, musica classica, satira e cabaret.[4][5] source: Wikipedia, l’enciclopedia libera Bestiák / Beasts: Animated …
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Aprile, 2016
Gennaio, 2016
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23 Gennaio
Mika Vainio – Heijastuva
Long and slowly developing title track Heijastuva is a Mika Vainio’s implementation of Robert Fripp and Brian Eno’s guitar feedback experiments from 70’s. B-side’s three ultra minimal and subtle tracks speak about light and fragility of life. Entitled Heijastuva, it’s comprised of four new tracks from the Finnish artist, including the long pieces ‘Heijastuva’ (a loop-based, slowly unfolding study in guitar …
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8 Gennaio
Videodokument o Milanovi Adamčiakovi
Milan Adamčiak (1946) is a Slovak composer, cellist and musicologist; author of acoustic objects, installations and unconventional musical instruments; a performer, visual artist, experimental poet, and mystifier. Biography Born 1946 in Ružomberok. After studying cello at the Music school in Žilina (1962-1968) he continued his music studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University Bratislava (1968-1973). In 1972-1991 he worked at the Institute of …
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7 Gennaio
IRCAM ▪ A Portrait ▪ Side 1: Research [Sonic Examples]
Pubblicato il 15 feb 2013 IRCAM Un Portrait Face 1: Recherche [exemples sonores] Vinyl Record – Ircam 0001 (1983) Click timecode below to jump directly to desired audio example. 00:05 David Wessel & John Chowning ≈ Frequency Modulation 01:22 York Höller & Marc Battier ≈ Spectral Analysis 03:33 Maurice Béjart ≈ Cross-Synthesis 05:36 Thierry Lancino & Roger Reynolds ≈ Sampling 06:50 Gerald Bennett ≈ Computer …
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5 Gennaio
Maddalena Fagandini – Ideal home exhibition
Maddalena Fagandini (1929-2012) was an electronic musician and television producer. She was employed by the BBC in the early 50s as part of their Italian Service before becoming part of the pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1959. Her work with the Radiophonic Workshop involved creating jingles and interval signals, using musique concrète techniques, for BBC radio and television. In 1962 …
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4 Gennaio
Mbela – Aka pygmies Mbela
Musical bow from Aka pygmies. The musician used his mouth as a resonator and play a wah effect, the wood stick on the left hand allows a pitch change.
Dicembre, 2015
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23 Dicembre
Herbert Eimert – Robert Beyer | Klang im unbegrenzten Raum
Herbert Eimert & Robert Beyer | Klang im unbegrenzten Raum – Sound in Unlimited Space 1952 Robert Beyer, born in Germany 1901, involved in the early years of German electronic music with Herbert Eimert. by Tuna Akbaşlı
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19 Dicembre
Henry Cowell: Heroic Dance (1931)
California Parallèle Ensemble diretto da Nicole Paiement. Immagini tratte dal flm “Step across the Border”. by TheWelleszCompany Henry Dixon Cowell (Menlo Park, 11 marzo 1897 – New York, 10 dicembre 1965) è stato un compositore, teorico musicale e pianista statunitense. La sua musica ricopre un vasto raggio di tecniche ed espressioni, partendo da sperimentazioni ritmiche e armoniche e finendo con occuparsi di sonorità particolari, su strumenti nuovi o modificati. “Nessun altro compositore del nostro tempo ha …
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16 Dicembre
Ingram Marshall
Ingram Marshall’s earliest encounters with electronic music were in the mid-sixties while a graduate student at Columbia University. In 1970 he became a graduate assistant to Morton Subotnick at Cal Arts and stayed on to teach there for several years after receiving an MFA in 1971. It was at Cal Arts that he became seduced by the dark colors and …
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13 Dicembre
René Clair – Entr’Acte | 1924
Director: René Clair Writer: Francis Picabia Music: Erik Satie France – 1924 – b&w Cast: Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Darius Milhaud, Marcel Achard, Georges Auric, Georges Charensol, Rolf de Maré 1989.55.12 001 | BENJAMIN FONDANE, 1er mars 1925 | by RESTITUTIO BENJAMIN FONDANE