#571: 2016.10.23

no sooner have we begun describing estonian autumn than winter hits with a bang – october 25th and the ground is already white with snow! will it last is the next question, perhaps autumn will return…

meanwhile our aporee soundmaps segment provides us with some decidedly un-wintery sounds this week, with south african dawn choruses, australian spring winds, american wildlife… we are also following an unusual boat, inhabited by the two artists who are kg augenstern, on a trip from berlin to paris, which has been decked out with long antennae (‘tentacles’) to ‘play’ the bridges that it passes under along the way. and we return to an older work that we never got to by one of our favorite artists, as mark vernon presents us his static cinema. we also sample the first sounds to land on our airwaves from belarus, from the haze netlabel, some collaborative sounds by peter kutin, florian kindlinger and christina kubisch, and a documentation of a performance in poznan, poland by uro ruro, recorded by monika pich. […]

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#570: 2016.10.16 [jim haynes]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in the united states by jim haynes, and features his own recordings of long, medium and shortwave radio signals. for more information on his work see http://www.helenscarsdale.com/haynes.

[time / recording / location / date]

00:00 – 01:20 / framework intro
01:20 – 03:03 / announcement
03:03 – 05:20 / ham radio communication / middle tennessee / summer 2003
05:20 – 06:40 / radio relay / northern california / november 2010
06:40 – 08:45 / 26950 kHz interference from intercom system / netherlands / may 2016
08:45 – 09:30 / 8008 kHz rtty transmission / northern california / april 2016 […]

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#569: 2016.10.09

autumn is falling here in southeast estonia: leaves are no longer green and frost is coming. lots to do to prepare for winter – apples to gather, firewood to stack, last mushrooms to hunt… autumn prevails in this week’s show, if not literally in the recordings, then somehow in the mix. stay warm and enjoy.

mode analogue starts us off with a wonderful framework introduction recorded in cambodia; alan courtis, from argentina, has collaborated with the american artist cyrus pireh to extract sounds from a bottle of malbec wine; mblackwell constructs a collage of his spanish field recordings; jana irmert presents her debut album of field recordings and vocal textures; dawn scarfe contributes her chapter to simon whetham’s corollaries series of collaborative works from estonia; michael gebel brings us some found sounds and moments from his immediate environment; and the aporee soundmaps provide us with another set of recent favorites, including our first ever recording from the united arab emirates. […]

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#568: 2016.10.02 [joaquí­n gutiérrez hadid]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in buenos aires, argentina by joaquí­n gutiérrez hadid. for more information on his work see: http://jgutierrezhadid.tumblr.com. notes from the producer:

Movable type is a site specific work about a famous Chinese restaurant in Buenos Aires that has closed its doors. The survey explores the imaginary related to immigration, otherness, private and public space.

All source material was recorded between 2012 and 2015 at Shi Yuan restaurant.

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#567: 2016.09.25

the return of our aporee soundmaps segment, plus our first framework introduction from hong kong, along with some previously unreleased water compositions by eric la casa, a one-sided new year’s eve 7-inch from russia, a not-so-new collaboration between jason kahn and asher, some anthropocene installation sounds from finland, and a recent release from the prolific celer. […]

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#566: 2016.09.18 [ernst karel]

this is the second of two editions produced in cambridge, massachusettes in the united states by ernst karel. for more information on his work, see http://ek.klingt.org. notes from the producer:

Student compositions made for ‘Sonic Ethnography’, a course offered in conjunction with the Sensory Ethnography Lab in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University.

Program two:

Making Machines, by Athina Papadopoulou

Sampled: The Boston Hip-Hop Scene, by John Tournas

The Freedom Trail, by Jake Alden-Falconer

for more information on the sensory ethnography lab, see http://sel.fas.harvard.edu.

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#565: 2016.09.11

settling back in after our summer break, this is our first regular edition since july. some lovely recent releases, including two of flaming pines’ latest set of tiny portraits, a collection of compositions made from recordings of the historical machines at bletchley park in the uk (matt parker’s the imitation game), a stunning single field recording sent to us by new contributor world listener, and a dense and complex framework introduction recorded for us by ami wilson, aka kassia flux, who has this to say about it:

…a blend of servo motors and vacuum relays from electron microscopes, liquid nitrogen dewars (pouring and clanging), rotary pumps for glow discharge, and a centrifuge. I use the microscopes to look at tiny motors that propel the swimming filaments of archaea and bacteria for studies in evolution. […]

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#564: 2016.09.04 [ernst karel]

this edition has been produced in cambridge, massachusettes in the united states by ernst karel. for more information on his work, see http://ek.klingt.org. notes from the producer:

Student compositions made for ‘Sonic Ethnography’, a course offered in conjunction with the Sensory Ethnography Lab in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University.

Program one:

32-0 MECHAN, by José Rivera

Bliss, by Becca Voelcker

Stranger in Between: Pathways of a Graveyard, by Andrea Carrillo

for more information on the sensory ethnography lab, see http://sel.fas.harvard.edu.

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#563: 2016.07.31

so, this is our last show before our annual summer hiatus – we’re taking the month of august off to rest and recharge our ears (and pick mushrooms). we’ll be back with the first new show of the autumn season on sunday, september 4th. in the meantime, to fill the gap, maybe now is the time for you to start playing around with our experimental eternal streaming players, which are incomplete and not up to date, but will still play you a random selection of past framework shows forever if you press play. just click players in the menu above.

but before you do that, enjoy this one last fling, digging back into the to-play pile for some discs that have been waiting some time. so sit back and enjoy them, and we’ll see(/hear) you in september! […]

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#562: 2016.07.24 [blanca rego]

this edition of framework:afield has been produced in spain by blanca rego, aka _blank, and it titled around the world in 57 rains. for more information on her work, see: http://www.null66913.net. notes from the producer:

around the world in 57 rains is a trip around the world and the thousands of different sounds of the rain. the trip starts in barcelona, where i live, and it ends in the same place six months later. this travel goes through europe, africa, america, oceania, and asia gathering all kind of rains, from the subtle sound of a few scarce raindrops to the furious noise of the storm. the rumble of rain over earth, sand, ice, metal, concrete, gravel, wood, grass… rain is always different, but always the same. […]

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#561: 2016.07.17 [world listening day]

this week we celebrate world listening day 2016. world listening day falls each year on july 18th, the birthday of canadian composer, listener and thinker r. murray schafer, creator of the term soundscape and founder of the world soundscape project. we’re featuring a selection of his works, along with some spoken word. also, a long form dawn chorus recording by eric leonardson, head of the world listening project, and a selection of recordings from past years’ world listening day soundmaps over at the aporee soundmaps. […]

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#560: 2016.07.10 [jason sloan]

this edition has been produced in baltimore, maryland in the united states by jason sloan. for more information on his work see http://www.jasonsloan.com. notes from the producer:

Harbor Study

Harbor Study examines three different planes of sound throughout the Baltimore Inner Harbor area and the micro sounds unique to each location. The recordings titled “Earth”and “Water” employ the use of granular sampling. This form of sound synthesis captures small samples or “grains” of a live audio signal and splits them into tiny one- to fifty-millisecond pieces and plays them back in real time. This process acts as a sort of microscope for the ears that focuses the listener’s attention to the minutiae comprising each unique sound space. […]

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#559: 2016.07.03

the summer schedule pushes on, as we return from one road trip and begin preparing for the next. we should start preparing you, dear listeners, for our annual summer break: as usual, we will be taking the month of august off from new programming to recharge our batteries and our ears. still several shows left before that happens, though, so fear not. along with several regular editions you can look forwards to framework:afield editions produced by blanca rego and jason sloan, and our annual observance of world listening day. in the meantime you can sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s collection of sounds. […]

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