”For Cage stages a consideration of sound through musical practice . In this way, music not only functions as a form of cultural output, but a platform for critical reflection. Cage’s beginning is thus a reinvention of musical practice through an investment in sounds potential to invigorate musics reach.” (Brandon La Belle, Background Noise –…

Dada (/ˈdɑːdɑː/) or Dadaism Grand opening of the first Dada exhibition: International Dada Fair, Berlin, 5 June 1920. The central figure hanging from the ceiling is an effigy of a German officer with a pig’s head The art of the movement began primarily as performance[9] art, but eventually spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including…

In the 20th century the way the west went about collecting data from other cultures was problematic due to its ties with Colonisation. Enthnography was used by the french empire to go into Africa and record music from rural groups to be listened back to by the french public. The way this was approached and…

“Ethnography is a branch of anthropology, the study of people and social groups, but particularly tries to do it from the perspective of the people being studied” essay : A sensory ethnography of a gig / exhibition / concert / online sonic experience. Workshop: create your own sonic ethnography in or around college and share…

In this Session with Milo we learn about creative synthesis. For this exercise we were given a midi file for the Strange Things theme and were asked to adjust on Ableton using the Analog synth. I started by adjusting the wave forms and then added a low pass filter to try and sculpt the sounds…

The project is due in tomorrow. Thanks to Adomas we have kept to a good schedule and have everything done. I think the ending is slightly rushed or maybe this is only noticeable from the inside perspective. What i hope is that it feels like the first episode and that the story could continue. The…

Milo asked us to experiment on Ableton using Slevekings guidance. I used Ableton and took audio files which had been shared on moodle and decided to experiment with different filters and distortion. I was thinking about using this for one of the sound fx for the project. I adjusted the EQ to create more resonant…

The human voice can convey emotion from not only speech but through pitch/pace/tone/rhythm. It also can carry aspects of identity. I would say In radio theres usually a stereo typical voice that is heard which is kind of monotone and droney but over exaggerates certain words to hook the listeners attention. On Radio shows aimed…

In the Second session we learnt about different microphones. We learned about polar patterns and which microphones would be good to use for certain things such as which things you are trying to pic up/cut out. The Sm58 is good for live proformance/noise proformances as it is durable and it wont need phantom power as…

In the first session we discussed radiophonic sound art. As i understand Radiophonic sound art embodies the same qualities as a Radio Drama or documentary but extends further with the use of sonic abstractions. My initial idea is to write either some kind of poem or short story and to animate it with sound\music. Rudolf…