A fine collection of sound works more or less based on field recordings, by Matthieu Ruhlmann, Yannick Dauby, Michael Northam, Eric La Casa and Cedric Peyronnet, John Grzinich, Francisco Lopez, Jeph Jerman, Ralf Wehowsky, Christopher McFall, Murmer.

Compilation CD : 78  min
(digisleeve with 24pp booklet)
Nitkie # patch two

Distributed by Monochrome Vision

Tracklist

1. Mathieu Ruhlmann – Tranquille (5:55)
2. Yannick Dauby – Neuf Aout Deux Mille Dix (6:44)
3. Michael Northam – A Fabric Of Moments Among The Rolling Of Thoughts (5:27)
4. Eric La Casa & Cédric Peyronnet – Liége Short Cuts (5:14)
5. John Grzinich – Field Mix: Tape, Wire, Wind, Rain (6:58)
6. Francisco López – Untitled # 247 (10:49)
7. Jeph Jerman – Desert Windmill (9:55)
8. Ralf Wehowsky – Dmitry Speaking (10:01)
9. Christopher McFall – An Arc Casting The Stitch (8:50)
10. Murmer – Strata (8:18)

Первый в серии сборников, посвящённых саунд-арту, ”Range” представляет ряд работ талантливых музыкантов, чьё мировоззрение и методы чрезвычайно интересны и разнообразны. Термин ”звуковая экология” в данном случае не имеет никакого отношения к любым организованным движениям и сообществам, это всего лишь метафора для творчества, освежающего взгляд на современный мир, загрязнённый потребительским отношением к искусству. Кроме того, это платформа для дискуссий, обмена мнениями и опытом, приглашение к обсуждению всех связанных с этим вопросов – и, конечно же, возможность открыть для себя музыкальный мир, который часто окружает нас в реальной жизни, но остаётся незаметным для большинства людей. Желание следовать за музыкантами, обладающими удивительной способностью открыть этот мир и транслировать его в аудиторию, стало основным стимулом для составителей сборника, которые надеются на продолжение выбранного пути и привлечение к проекту всех заинтересованных музыкантов и единомышленников. С участием: Mathieu Ruhlmann, Yannick Dauby, Michael Northam, John Grzinich, Francisco Lopez, Jeph Jerman, Ralf Wehowsky, Murmer, Christopher McFall, Eric La Casa и Cedric Peyronnet. Лимитированное издание в дигифайле с 24-страничным буклетом, тираж – 500 копий.

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The track is composed from a mix of field recordings and site-specific sound actions made in the Spring of 2009 in Southeast Estonia and Riga Latvia, some of which include my ongoing fascination with found long wire installations. This is a slightly remixed version of a piece composed for the Active Crossover installation by Simon Whetham that was exhibited in Bristol in October 2009.

The framework250 compilations are only available by making a donation to the framework radio show. So please support framework and get in on this splendid collection of music and sounds.

from the framework host, Patrick McGinley:

the framework250 compilations are now ready to ship!

we are celebrating a landmark. in september framework aired its 250th edition. to mark the occasion, a collection of artists who have been important to the program over the years agreed to donate new and exclusive tracks, which we have published on a pair of double-cdr compilations, in handmade packaging.

they come in hand-cut, hand-folded, hand-silkscreened opaque origami sleeves, with inlay cards printed on local 100% recycled estonian-made paper from the rapina village paper factory, about 20km from me here in mooste. the sounds are slow-burnt onto the highest quality taiyo yuden cdrs, and hand-stamped with custom made rubber stamps. they sound andlook great, if i do say so myself. all in all, my novice over-enthusiasm means these are more effort that i would probably ever be willing to make for a release again, so snap them up while you can!

images, full tracklists and notes here:
http://www.frameworkradio.net/framework250

these compilations are available only through the framework website, and you will receive one as a thank-you for your donation of €25 or more (or any subscription that will result in the same amount). alternatively, for a minimum donation of €40 euros, we’ll send you both!

including exclusive works from: jeph jerman, loren chasse, nuno moita & matteo uggeri, felicity ford, tarab, murmer, scott sherk, steve roden, peter cusack, keith berry, toshiya tsunoda, maria balabas, asmus tietchens, keith de mendonca, seth nehil, martin clarke, maksims shentelevs, hitoshi kojo, dallas simpson, eric cordier, jonathan coleclough & ben owen, toy.bizarre, mark schreiber, michael ruesenberg, jim haynes, thomas tilly /TO, john grzinich, jean-luc guionnet, emmanuel mieville, jez riley french, giancarlo toniutti, rie nakajima, chris watson, joel stern & lloyd barrett, richard garet, aaron ximm, michael northam, simon whetham, and phill niblock

Announcing the Dérives compilation CD on Universinternational. This contains a collaborative track from myself and Patrick McGinley (murmer) among other fine artists.

Special thanks to Pali for putting this together. The cover design really fits the concept and is silkscreen printed. Here is the info from the press release:

First, there was the desire of an ambitious record, then to work with these artists, to bring them together. Unavoidably, a rule had to be set, and everybody had enough taste to bend it somewhat.

Francisco López, jgrzinich+murmer, Rui Costa, Pali Meursault, Tô, Maksims Shentelevs and Helena Gough have given us pieces built from an active listening of their own environment.

Beyond a gallery of subjective pictures of the sound landscape, something different emerged: maybe the very specific way an ear plugs to the world, and makes the energy flow between the outside and the inside.

32 page feature on “Sound Art” + audio CD

for kunst.ee magazine – Estonian Quarterly of Art and Visual Culture  (6/06)

Editing and design: John Grzinich
Estonian translations: Evelyn Müürsepp

Articles by / Artiklid:
John Grzinich
Fred Jüssi
Erkki Luuk

Interviews with / Intervjuu:
Estonian artist – Ki wa
Carsten Seiffarth (Singuhr Hörgalerie, Berlin)

+ History of Sound art and experimental music events at MoKS

+ Comments from visiting sound artists to MoKS: Derek Holzer, mnortham, Paulo Raposo, Antonio Della Marina

-> Download the English PDF version (2.6mb)

Audio CD: sound works from the MoKS archive

compiled and edited by John Grzinich

TRACKS

01. art sounds of the estonian wilderness, talv 06
02. copperless in saaropera – jgrzinich with mnortham and Hitoshi Kojo
03. Forage – by mnortham with Tero Nauha and Lars Larson
04. end of an age – sound action by jgrzinich
05. Kiwa – Live at Heli+Visioon
06. Ici-Même – City Sounds Concert, Live performance in Tartu
07. Ctrl Alt Dlt – Live at Heli+Visioon
08. Maxims Shentelevs – Ant hill life
09. Noortele Heliworkshop installatsioon
10. jgrzinich – manual fracture: mp3 file
11. .murmer. – Field recording in Mooste
12. suviFLUX – sound performance, Sõmerpalu Mõis

Several months ago I was approched by Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, to trade some CDs of our work. Shortly after making a trade he announced a remix project using one of his own tracks. After listening to the track ‘Stofstuk’ I wondered just how I might rework this into something I could call my own, which ended up being enough of a challenge (I guess this would be my first remix attempt). Rutger also asked a number of other artists to remix his work and the result is now complete. It is available as a self release entitled ‘Kruimeldief’, a double CD compilation with 26 different tracks including the original. Upon my first listen I find the “remixes” to be quite diverse considering ‘Stofstuk’ piece to be a fairly minimal piece. There is a good balance here of artists who may have been more strict in sticking to the source material and others who took the liberty to add additional sounds.

A full track listing can be found on the Machinefabriek website.