[ GUNST ]

sonic communities
radia #231 lines of flight: sonic community
+ radia #72 today
[pls. scroll down for english version]

klanggemeinschaften.

eine finden wir in neuseeland. gemeinsam werden radiophone fluchtlinien zum gleichnamigen experimentalfilm und musikfestival verfolgt.
die andere erkundet einen tag in portugal. einen tag, der heute ist.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten

[english]

sonic communities.

one is based in new zealand and follows radiophonic lines of flight to the experimental music and filmfestival of the same name:

"the inaugural contribution to the Radia Network from Radio One (Dunedin, New Zealand) offers an impressionistic account of the biannual, and somewhat secretive, experimental music and film festival 'Lines of Flight'. Running in Dunedin since 2000, 'Lines of Flight' has provided New Zealand improvisational and experimental musicians with an intensive platform for performance and interaction and has organically evolved a space for a much stronger formation of a sound practioners' community. Although the improv./experimental scene from which the festival grew – recall the musicians associated with the labels Metonymic and Corpus Hermeticum in the 1990s – has changed considerably since the festival's beginnings, Lines of Flight has become a kind of default constant, a fluid forum, a relatively regular 'symposium' for many in that evolving scene. […] Combined with an equally partial selection of music, a limited and impressionistic editing process provides a far from comprehensive, yet nevertheless enlightening, introduction not just to the 'Lines of Flight' festival, but to a part of a wider New Zealand scene.one is based in new zealand and follows radiophonic lines of flight." [S.-A. M.]

the other one explores a day in portugal. today.

"Imagine a time were bananas rule countries, and onions make peaches cry. Imagine a time where all Kofi Annan can do about bad middle eastern restaurant victims is to send his sympathy words. Imagine how Fidel Castro bowel sounds like and you should have a glimpse on what this show is all about. It's not a timeless piece, it's a show about today, about what is happening right now! In a quite alternative fashion, japur and d'Lay improvise some tunes while making no sense at all. They also play some songs that best describe the world today: were a joyfull meaning can be found in bowel cancer. Music, portuguese poetry and congentitallearned stupidity. This is a show about today!" [R.R.]

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;
sally-ann mcintyre and gilbert may from radio one, dunedin/new zealand, for tracing with us the lines of flight;
ricardo reis and radio zero, lisbon, for spending a day with us with us.
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners