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electromagnetism ff
radia #200 IT iyr_byt + Electric Enigma

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im ersten teil der sendung präsentieren IT ein radio-stück, das aus daten gewoben ist, die nicht sind, was sie zu sein scheinen: natürliche artefakte treffen auf künstliche natur.
gefolgt wird es von aufnahmen elektromagnetischer felder, die stephen p. mcgreevy in seinem kescher gesammelt hat.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten

[english]

in the first part of the show IT presents a piece woven from acoustic data in disguise. artifacts from/by nature…

"For our radio-work we made field-recordings which had an artificial sound. We brought them together with synthetic material, which in the contrary, sound natural. These very distinguished aspects in our source material were set as close as and as far as possible in correlation. Therefore movement, space, mimesis, presence, auditory threshold, and rhythm where important parameters." [J.K. & C.S.]

Johannes Krause and Claus Störmer are working together as IT, a project in the context of live electronic and electroacoustic music. Choosing Radio Corax as a platform to present their live improvised work, IT is about experimenting with sounds and the development of methods of playing, depending on the material. IT use live recordings to process them as well as mix them up with synthetic sounds, with the intention of creating a coherent sonic field, fusing abstract and representational aspects of these sounds. The state varies in time through which the association on a specific sound is not fixed. The attempt is to figure out an open acoustic situation without a definite link to music. [R.W.]

followed by recordings of electromagnetic fields collected on site by stephen p. mcgreevy.

"Electric Enigma is a double album on which California-based artist Stephen P. McGreevy has documented recordings he made of Natural Radio – electromagnetic emissions in the very-low-frequency band caused by massive discharges and their after-effects in lightning storms and by the solar wind buffeting the earth's magnetic field, visible as Aurora Borealis and Australis. It would normally take long wires to pick up these emissions, which would hamper the mobility of a listener or recordist.
McGreevy developed a portable receiver with a whip antenna, allowing him to travel to places with optimal recording conditions – that is, anywhere in temperate to polar zones, but away from urban settlement and power cables. He further improved the unit by transforming it from a hand-held device to one that he could mount on his camper, so that he did not need to brave adverse weather conditions in order to make his recordings. The material on Electric Enigma was all recorded with the newer design." [iridial]

Stephen P. McGreevy: Electric Enigma – The VLF Recordings of Stephen P. McGreevy – 1995 – Irdial (www.irdial.com) – [ird062] (FMP/CL)
Eves River Auroral Chorus – Eastern Nevada Growler Whistle – Chatanica River Auroral 2 – Kenai Crazy Whistlers

credits
miss.gunst would like to thank the following artists and sound collectors:
jovica for the space machine, corsica s for some beautiful radiator sounds;
IT aka johannes krause and claus störmer from radio corax, halle, for weaving a precious piece of naturalartifical tissue;
stephen p.mcgreevy and irdial for sharing an electric enigma with us;
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners.