[ GUNST ]

radia #181 + radia #182
state of radio in belgium + rumors of the green room staircase

[pls. scroll down for english version]

spezialitäten aus brüssel – anders allerdings als beim chocolatier mit klängen gefüllt.

im ersten teil der sendung bringen uns jan de pauw und studierende des RITS in sachen radiokunst in belgien auf den aktuellen stand.
anschliessend lädt uns vincent matyn-wallecan in ein haus in schaerbeek/brüssel zu einem ganz besonderen klavierkonzert ein.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten

[english]

specialities from brussels – however not exactly what you'd expect to get from the famous local chocolatiers, for these pralinés are filled with sounds.

in the first part of the show jan de pauw and students from RITS provide insights into the state of radio art in belgium:

"On the first of March 2008, the Radio Department of RITS (an audiovisual arts college in Brussels) existed 10 years and this was celebrated with a weekend filled with lectures, radio performances, listening moments,…
Central guest was Gregory Whitehead, radio guru and all-round audio artist. Jan De Pauw (Brussels based culturual philosopher) wrote a 'State Of Radio' for this 10th anniversary.
In this Radia show, you can listen to this 'State Of Radio' in Belgium, as well as some audio works and soundscapes first grade students made at the Radio Department of RITS. " [XL Air]

afterwards vincent matyn-wallecan invites us to a house in schaerbeek, brussels, to join a very special piano concert:

There is a house in Schaerbeek, Brussels. There was the possibility to produce a sound install. In the house is a grand piano. I recorded each single note of the piano, each note separately, holding my finger on the key until the note truly died. Stereo microphones were placed inside the body of the grand piano, and as the notes died out they captured also the growing sounds all around: city life, people working upstairs and myself moving around.
Each note and its subsequent sound environnement became a file, each note/file was distributed along six tracks, and so their order was decided by this limitation and the particular lenght of each note. The composition was made by itself, some kind of musical ready made. There are no effects, the only manipulations made are the removal of the attack of each note, and some reorganisation of the distribution of the notes.
The composition is at times blissfull and at other times it's gloomy, but I didn't decide that. " [V. M.-W.]

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;
jan de pauw, students from RITS and radio XLair for keeping us informed about the state of radio art in belgium;
vincent matyn-wallecan from radio panik for playing a very special piano concert for us;
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners.

metadata:
radiator x [rx-081003-ab]
studio-preproduction
transmission on radio x ffm: fri 03 october 2008, 3to4pm
ptI: State of Radio Art in Belgium, by Jan De Pauw and students from RITS, Radio XL Air, Bruxelles, 2008
ptII: Rumors of the green room staircase: a musical ready-made, by vincent Matyn-Wallecan, Radio Panik, Bruxelles, 2008