Disruptive Frequencies: Album Release

 

 

 

Sound artist and researcher Dr Amit Dinesh Patel who has a PhD in Music, “Studio Bench: the DIY nomad and Noise Selector” (2019), from the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, now works at the Sound/Image Research Centre, University of Greenwich, and is leading the AHRC Research Grant "Exploring Cultural Diversity in Experimental Sound" (2021-23), which has recently resulted in the release of a new compilation on London label Nonclassical. Amit who compiled and features on the album positions the project in response to the "distinct lack of visibility for Black and Brown artists within the field of experimental music & sound”.  The album entitled Disruptive Frequencies features music from six Black and South Asian producers. The artwork has been designed by Antonio Roberts.

 
There’s a launch party at London’s Kings Place on July 15th. You can sample two of the pieces featured on the album and order on limited edition vinyl or digital at Nonclassical's Bandcamp webpage.

The launch party will be an evening of experimental sounds by Black and South Asian artists NikNak, Dhangsha, Nikki Sheth, Poulomi Desai, Gary Stewart and Dushume. You can find more info at the Kings Place's website. Don't miss it!

Two MTI Students in Engine Room Installation until June 12

MTI doctoral students Francesc Martí and Virginie Viel have had work exhibited as part of the The Engine Room International Sound Art Competition. The event, which has been at the Morley Gallery in London, started on 12 May and runs through to 12 June 2015. 

At the same event, noted sound artist Janek Schaefer will be presenting a newly commissioned installation Aerial Aria in the aviary.

Francesc and Virginie are two of the twenty-two selected works, ranging from  Singapore, Russia, Germany, Colombia, Italy, Canada, France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

More information on the event can be found by visiting Engine Room London.

Further information about the two selected works can be found below:

Virginie Viel 

Liberté chérie (2014) 

https://soundcloud.com/virginieviel/liberte-cherie 

- Who are you?

- You appeared to me in a place that doesn't exist, 

- Were you real? 

- You've never seen me and I've never seen you 

- How did I manage to talk to you? 

- I don't know... 

- Give me a clue! 

- I only remember... 

- Open the door! Open the door! I want to smell, to touch, to feel, to caress her... 

- Why? You might regret it! Many others were like you, burning with desire... But ultimately all of them gave up and turned away from her. 

- No, I won't… 

- It's too late anyway. Long gone are the days of lightness, love and happiness. Today no one knows, no one wants to remember... where she is gone 

- Why? 

- Hope disappeared a long time ago. Since that time, looking for Freedom, looking for that lady is meaningless. Without hope, be free has no sense anymore. 

Francesc Martí 

Speech 2 (2015) 

https://vimeo.com/119713106 

Speech 2 is an experimental audiovisual piece created from a series of old clips from the public affairs interview program The Open Mind. This piece would be a reflection on the action of communicating, highlighting his limitations, and can be labelled as “text-sound-art”, or “text-sound-composition” in an audio-visual framework. Technically, in this piece, the author has been experimenting how granular sound synthesis techniques, in particular synchronous granular synthesis, can be used for audiovisual creative works. All the piece sounds and images come from that series of clip, in other words, no other sound samples or images have been used to create the final result.