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Send & Receive

I always wondered what kind of sound would be heard whilst on its journey when you either send or receive an e-mail or transfer data across a Network. The idea first presented itself when an IT friend of mine was chatting about his workplace and that I should pop along one day and record some of the sounds . Not wanting to let the opportunity pass me by, I spend a day, armed with a number of recording tools sitting in an enormous network server room. My initial thought was that of complete shock! I couldn't quite get over how noisy the space was, I foolishly always imagined that it was going to be really very quiet, with just the discreet sound of a small fan and the occasional bleep from time to time. The noise was mainly due to the number the cooling fans required. So never really wanting to capture the sounds of cooling fans, I would focus on the light sources from any LED light by using a number of different photocells and by using a specially constructed audio/ network cable that allowed me to connect to both the server and my laptop at the same time, where I wrote a MSP patch that recorded to one soundcard when data was being Sent, and to another soundcard when the data was being Received. This method enabled me to kill two birds with one stone and allowed me the option for working with either sound source whilst the data was being transmitted. The final piece is comprised from 16 different servers, and from 1200 different ports, collecting close to 16,000 sounds . The first section of the piece are the sounds heard when the data was being 'Sent' and the second half of the piece is the perceived sound of the data being 'Received'. Markus Jones #

Play 13:12 min, Markus Jones 17/1/2009

Honeybees at London’s SAVOIR FAYRE

The Savoir Fayre - enough buying, let's learn! Organised by Lynn Chambers, this fair took place on August 9, 2008 at the Hackney City Farm. The idea is the sharing of knowledge and making rather than money or finished products. Free entry to the Fayre offered Londoners the chance to learn how to fix their bike, make their own pinata, learn how to knit, how to do stop-frame animation, among many other exciting things for all ages. The atmosphere was buzzing, not least because there were hundreds of bees busy showing how they make honey - live. We hope the Savoir Fayre comes around again soon. #

Play 3:42 min, AAIR 9/8/2008

Peter Cusack & A Catastrophic Silence

Lecture by Peter Cusack, Senior Lecturer Sound Arts & Design at the London College of Communication, as invited by the AA Summer School unit 'A Catastrophic Silence' run by Steve Bates, Joshua Bonnetta, and Douglas Moffat (http://catastrophicsilence.tumblr.com). Peter talks through his own projects exploring the sounds characteristic to different cities and the role these sounds play in the lives of the city inhabitants. Your Favorite London Sound and Your Favorite Beijing Sound are followed by another of Peter's research into the sonic conditions of what he terms 'Dangerous Places' - urban environments which have experienced sudden and major devastation. Peter Cusack, based in London, works as a sound artist, musician and environmental recordist with a special interest in environmental sound and acoustic ecology. Projects move from community arts to research into the contribution of sound to our senses of place to recordings that document areas of special sonic interest, e.g. Lake Baikal, Siberia, and Xinjang, China’s most western province. Recently involved in 'Sound & the City' the British Council sound art project in Beijing 2005. His current project 'Sounds From Dangerous Places’ examines the soundscapes of sites of major environmental damage, e.g. Chernobyl, the Azerbaijan oil fields, controversial dams on the Tigris and Euphratees river systems in south east Turkey. #

Play 105:51 min, Ema Bonifacic 18/7/2008

Bauhaus Archive

An introduction to the next clip 'Bauhaus Reviewed', for everybody who feels that they still might need one. Paul McCarthy in Hamburger Bahnhof, audio guide to Bauhaus Archive in Berlin and M.A. Numminen who sings poems by Heinrich Heine. #

Play 20:13 min, Taneli Mansikkamaki 8/2/2008

Berliner Philharmonie and Daniel Barenboim’s Grand Piano

Inter 1 in Berlin, October 2007. Everything you have ever wanted to know about the main concert hall of Hans Scharoun's Berliner Philharmonie, with a soundtrack done by the great conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim's --- tuner. The main concert hall is in the shape of a pentagon and the stage is at the center of the hall. The acoustics are excellent; from every seat the sound is nearly equally great. The recording is from the furthest end of the hall. #

Play 15:30 min, Taneli Mansikkamaki 14/1/2008