Monthly Archives: May 2011

Sohrab remix album | You Are Not Alone l

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Release date: 10th June 2011
320 kpbs – 1 track – 37:09
[Touch # Tone 42 DR1]

Photography: Jon Wozencroft

The first in a series of reworkings of Sohrab material by artists showing solidarity to his cause… all label and artist money goes towards the fund for his appeal against the refusal to be granted political asylum in Germany…

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T-Phone 4 – Budhaditya Chattopadhyay “Eye Contact with the City”

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Track listing:

1. Eye Contact with the City 9:33

“Eye Contact with the City” is a sound installation with video projection, produced for the Bengaluru Artist Residency 2010, supported by India Foundation for the Arts. It was recently nominated with an Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica 2011.

Budhaditya Chattopadhyay is a sound artist, researcher and audiovisual media practitioner based in India; he incorporates sound, visual image and digital media to produce works for installation and performance.

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Jana Winderen wins Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2011

We are delighted to announce that Jana Winderen has won the Golden Nica for Digital Musics and Sound Art at Ars Electronica 2011. Her entry “Energy Field” was chosen by the jury out of 717 original entries into the category.

Philip Jeck received a Distinction for “Suite: Live in Liverpool” and Sohrab an Honorary Mention for “A Hidden Place“.

Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society.

The Prix Ars Electronica, the Ars Electronica Festival, the Ars Electronica Center – Museum of the Future and the Ars Electronica Futurelab are the four divisions that comprise the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH, whose specific orientation and long-term continuity make it a unique platform for digital art and media culture.

The competition is organized by the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH and ORF’s Upper Austria Regional Studio in collaboration with the OK Center for Contemporary Art and the Brucknerhaus Linz, and the prizes are awarded during the Ars Electronica Festival each year. The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important awards for creativity and pioneering spirit in the field of digital media.

A previous Touch entry winner was Ryoji Ikeda’s “matrix” [Touch # TO:44] in 2001.
Previous Distinctions have been awarded to Gescom for their MiniDisc release, which was released on OR, and Chris Watson for his album “Outside the Circle of Fire” [Touch # TO:37].

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Terrence Malik – “The Tree of Life”

Terrence Malik’s new movie caused a sensation at Cannes. You can read an in-depth review here

The film contains music by Biosphere, specifically the track ‘Hyperborea’ from Substrata 2.

Midnight at the Oasis on Late Junction BBC Radio 3 | 1st June 2011

Chris Watson’s “Midnight at the Oasis” will be featured on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction on 1st June 2011. It will be available on the BBC iPlayer after that…

“Midnight at the Oasis” is released on the CD Cross-Pollination, which is released on 30th May 2011 but can be pre-ordered from the TouchShop.

The Bee Symphony on Late Junction BBC Radio 3 | 24th May 2011

Chris Watson’s & Marcus Davidson’s “The Bee Symphony” was featured on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction on 24th May 2011. It is currently available to listen again to on the BBC iPlayer.

“The Bee Symphony” is released on the CD Cross-Pollination, which is released on 30th May 2011 but can be pre-ordered from the TouchShop.

Christian Fennesz’s Chicken Soup

Free Range corn fed chicken breast and legs
Parsley root and leaves
Leek
Red and yellow carrots
Celery
Fennel
A couple of small tomatoes
One large red onion
Salt and pepper

Chop onion in half and place in a large saucepan (like a woman’s breasts).
Heat on stove until brown.
Halve the other vegetables and add to the pan.
Throw in the parsley.
Add 2 litres of water to the pan.
Add the chicken.
Gently cook for 3 hours.

Optional: add noodles/dice vegetables.

As you serve, chop ingredients into smaller pieces and add liquid and noodles if required.

Tone 42DS – Sohrab “Shouting at Dictators”

‘Faryad bar Dictator’ ‘فریاد بر دیکتاتور’

1 track – Download only – 8:56

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As you may know, Sohrab managed to leave Iran late last year for Germany, where he appealed for political asylum having been interned in Brandenburg. This appeal has failed and he is trying to raise funds to appeal against this latest ruling.

If he fails, it is probable that Sohrab will be flown back to Iran and arrested at Tehran Airport… Europe is reassessing its policy to ‘immigrants’ on a daily basis, partly because of the rise of the political right, but also because of the influx of refugees from the ‘Arab Spring’. The vast majority are being unceremoniously shipped back to their point of origin…

This release is a fund-raiser to help pay for a lawyer to help with his appeal against the ruling. 100% of Artist and Label money from this release will be donated directly to the appeal fund.

You can donate more if you wish simply by purchasing multiple copies of this release.
The protest was recorded in Tehran in the autumn of 2009.

On June 12, 2009 the Iranian presidential elections were held, and the results were strongly contested by the population. For the first time after the Islamic Revolution, Iranians expressed their dissent by organizing huge demonstrations against the regime. But the protest was not limited to demonstrations in public spaces; every night at 10 o’clock, citizens gathered on rooftops to continue their protests, chanting “Allah u Akbar” (“Allah is great”). At times, these chants would be interrupted by other, more indignant, chants of “Mag bar diktator” (“Death to the dictator”). During these protests, the dark Tehran nights were haunted by the ghost-like shadows and their eerie voices. Dreams, memories, emotions, and hopes roam around like ghosts on the rooftops of Teheran.

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Shouting at Dictators

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‘Faryad bar Dictator’ ‘فریاد بر دیکتاتور’
1 track – Download only – 8:56

Mastered by BJNilsen

As you may know, Sohrab managed to leave Iran late last year for Germany, where he appealed for political asylum having been interned in Brandenburg. This appeal has failed and he is trying to raise funds to appeal against this latest ruling.

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Lynne Ramsay – “We Need To Talk About Kevin”

An extract of ‘Aquaculture’ from Energy Field by Jana Winderen has been used on the latest film directed by Lynne Ramsay. We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 British film directed and adapted by Lynne Ramsay from American author Lionel Shriver’s 2003 novel of the same name.

The film premiered at Cannes and you can read about it here in a review in The Guardian and in an interview with Tilda Swinton.

From The Observer 15th May 2011:

“Seamus McGarvey’s camerawork is scintillating, and Lynne Ramsay’s music choices, including Lonnie Donegan and Buddy Holly all linked by another impressive score by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, are impeccable.”