colin potter “the fights of the sound cable” cassette

• melodious thunk
  
  
• articulate

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ttw#55 – colin potter – the fights of the sound cable cassette only – limited edition of 175 copies illustration – savx melodious thunk recorded in 2012 at ic studio, which is now in london. articulate was recorded live at ic studio quite a while ago, when it was in preston. so, things have gone full circle … potter’s first cassette was released in 1980 and here we are around thirty-three and a third years later, observing the release of another cassette. the intervening period has seen a number of developments. the icr label was inaugurated and still continues today, having released over 70 cassettes, records & cds. ic studio was established soon after and has been operated by potter (almost) continuously since the early 80s, at a number of locations. there, potter has recorded, mixed and produced a wide array of projects. he has gained a reputation for innovative mixing and sound processing, working with artists such as current 93, fovea hex, ora, organum, monos, andrew chalk, jonathan coleclough, paul bradley, darren tate and, most notably, with steven stapleton on many albums by the renowned nurse with wound. several solo works have been released, as well as many collaborations. for reasons best known to himself, he decided to try his hand at live performance and is astonished to be still allowed to do so. the second side of the cassette is actually a recording of a rehearsal for such an event and is documented, if only to prove that he does in fact actually plan ahead for these things. the first side is an exercise in mathematical repetition patterns, by someone whose counting is somewhat dubious.

ray gallon “nam june paik • a work for radio” cassette

• nam june paik • a work for radio (1)
  
  
• nam june paik • a work for radio (2)

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ttw#53 – ray gallon – nam june paik – a work for radio cassette only – limited edition of 250 copies this hour-long compositional documentary was produced for the cbc radio series “signature,” and was originally broadcast on april 28, 1979. it was nominated for an actra award for best radio documentary of the year. it is the result of a remarkable creative collaboration by artists such as john cage, charlotte moorman, philip corner, and nam june paik himself with the author. interspersed throughout the portrait are audio realisations by ray gallon of conceptual works by nam june paik. thanks also to lorne tulk for remarkable engineering and creative contributions, and to digby peers for the courage to broadcast it. author and producer: ray gallon. mix engineer: lorne tulk. additional technical assistance: john hollinger. narration: ray gallon, russ germain. series producer: digby peers. biography: ray gallon has been a communicator for over 40 years, half of that time as a radio producer and audio artist. although he had a classical music education, ray gravitated early towards the avant-garde, and was fascinated by musique concrète, electronic music, so-called progressive jazz, and the multitrack experiments of the rock revolution in the sixties. his first exposure, on television, to the work of john cage came very close to the moment when he wandered into a cinema by chance, and saw fellini’s 8 1/2. the one-two punch of these experiences left him delirious for the rest of his life. ray studied theatre design at the university of alberta, and helped found theatre 3, edmonton’s second professional theatre company. he worked for many years in toronto as a lighting and sound designer for theatre and performance art. as a radio producer he has worked in almost every department at cbc radio except hard news. he was nurtured by glenn gould’s experiments with “compositional documentaries,” and developed his own style, inspired by gould’s work. in 1980 ray moved from toronto to new york and joined with julia lee prospero and brian flahive to form the airworks group. together, they produced innovative documentary and radio art programmes for npr in the u.s. and for independent public radio distribution, most notably the airworks series of original commissioned works for radio in different disciplines. ray joined the staff of public radio station wnyc in new york as a producer, and eventually became the station’s programme manager, guiding a programme schedule built around the creativity of 20th century music, art, and drama. in the late 80s ray’s focus turned towards new media, communications art, and computers. after moving to france in 1992, he continued to produce audio art and radio while teaching courses in new media and working as a technical communicator. ray is currently a researcher with the transformation society, and shares his life between barcelona, spain, and the languedoc region of france.

stephan mathieu “flags” cassette

• fanfare/level 1-5
  
  
• logo/level 6-11

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ttw#37 - stephan mathieu - flags cassette only - limited edition of 200 copies illustration - miss caro mikalef. stephan mathieu writes: flags is a homage to the beauty of data. the pieces are created from photos of my studio equipment which were transformed to audio via header changes. - stephan mathieu, eschringen, 31 july 2011. biography: stephan mathieu (b. 1967 in saarbrücken, germany) is a composer and performer of electroacoustic music, currently presenting his work as installations involving obsolete and historical media such as mechanical gramophones, shortwave receivers, 16mm projectors, analog computers, as well as renaissance instruments. i'm a collector of 78rpm records from the 1910s and 20s, the era of acoustic and early electronic audio recording. i love the way they transport sound.