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Category Archives: sound

SENSITIVE FREQUENCIES

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

This tank – the German word is Panzer – was built by Berlin-based sound artist Nik Nowak, has a power of 40,000 watt and 13 built-in speakers. But don’t expect techno – Nowak wants to be more violent than that and succeeds to make you feel some strong physical reactions with very low frequencies.

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DATA.ANATOMY

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Just after Ryoji Ikeda’s exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof ended, he is back in Berlin with an even larger installation at the former power station Muma (erm, didn’t it use to be Trafo?) called data.anatomy (civic) – the name sort of speaks for itself, since the video and sound installation basically comprises thousands of design and [...]

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PUNCH AND JUDY

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Jan Svankmajer, who have influenced artists such as Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam, is a Czech filmmaker. This surrealist artist’s exaggerated sounds and speed-up sequences make his work all the more fascinating, creating a disturbing nature. In his films and stop-motion animations usually  food and eating has a significant role. Arcimboldo-like heads,  weird situations and [...]

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VERSUS

Friday, March 16, 2012

We’ve mentioned David Letellier – also known as Kangding Ray – a few times, but this one was a little unexpected: we’re used to seeing him on stage, not in the gallery. But hopefully there will be more to come. But before you read on, you should really watch the video first. ––– There. Done? [...]

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12-MINUTE SYMPHONY

Friday, February 17, 2012

Having ready his new EP Kindred, Burial again makes the heart of the two-step-loving beat faster. It’s easy enough to take a talent such as Burial for granted, but his latest EP surpasses even himself. There is no other way than using superlative terms for the three-track piece. Listen. Then you do it again. Again. And [...]

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RUMPSTI PUMSTI

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Would you like to hear the voices of  Man Ray, Tristan Tzara or Andre Breton? Rumpsti Pumsti is a record shop working as a small gallery also. The last three events at the shop/gallery were a Wolf  Vostell exhibition, a performance related to sound by Toine Horvers and film screenings about Raoul Hausmann and more.
Rumpsti Pumsti
Weserstrasse 165
12045 [...]

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DB

Monday, January 30, 2012

And, speaking of our friends at Raster-Noton, we should make sure to mention Japanese electronic wizard Ryoji Ikeda’s new audio-visual installation db which just opened at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof, and suffice to say, this is not to be missed.

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MONDAY MUSIC: KANGDING RAY

Monday, January 30, 2012

A little teaser by our friend Kangding Ray, who will be performing material from his excellent album Or at Berghain tomorrow evening, as part of Club Transmediale’s Raster-Noton night, which are always a treat, featuring new lecker material from the likes of Byetone and more. Don’t say we didn’t tell you.

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WEDNESDAY MUSIC: SHABAZZ PALACES

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

We’ve mentioned it before, but since it’s all grey and rainy outside, more time for the inside, and what better moment to have a little peek into Shabazz Palaces latest and rather brilliant album Black Up – a certain someone’s favourite album of the year, and that’s saying something.

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ASLSP

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Call it a reaction to the speed of modern life, call it a new experience of sound, call it a tourist attraction of the unusual sort – the small East German city of Halberstadt certainly ventured into new territory when it launched the performance of ASLSP by avant-garde composer John Cage in the year 2000, [...]

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