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VARIOUS | AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE CD | INFREQUENCY 005 | Edition TBA In August 2008, INFREQUENCY will release a unique audio CD compilation of contemporary sound art works based on the earliest known recording of sound, discovered in March this year. The original recording was made by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on April 9, 1860 using his own invention, the phonautograph, and consists of a series of scratches on a roll of blackened paper. Scott had never developed a way to play back his recordings and they went unheard for 148 years. In 2008, scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory converted the thin lines back into audio, allowing us to hear a woman singing a segment of the folk song “Au Clair de la Lune”. The CD compilation will be a conceptual extension of breathing life back into this document through modern technology; deciphering a voice that was etched into a thin layer of oil lamp smoke, and features a diverse group of international contemporary composers, creating new works from this ten second piece of history, including: Christophe Charles (Japan) Jamie Drouin (Canada) John Duncan (Italy) Bernhard Günter (Germany) Lionel Marchetti & Yôko Higashi (France) Yann Novak (US) Lance Olsen (Canada) Steve Roden (US) Stephen Vitiello (US) A complete list of artists will be announced in June. The CD will be available in a limited edition from WWW.INFREQUENCY.ORG Additional credits: Our sincere thanks to historians David Giovannoni & Patrick Feaster for their assistance in this project. The Édouard-Léon Scott recording is licensed by Firstsounds.org Price TBA
DROUIN + NOVAK | AUDITORIUM MUTEK CD-R | INFREQUENCY 004 | Edition of 250 Live recording of Yann Novak and Jamie Drouin's critically acclaimed performance AUDITORIUM at Montreal's MUTEK Festival in June 2007, which used recordings of the empty Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) as the basis for an intense 45 minute composition. Additional credits: Our sincere thanks to Alain Mongeau for the invitation to create this work. Price $15US
ANFIELD + OLSEN | CHIAROSCURIOUS BLUES CD-R | INFREQUENCY 003 | Edition of 250 Developed from a stream-of-consciousness studio session between Thomas Anfield and Lance Olsen, CHIAROSCURIOUS BLUES is a convergence of field recording, electric guitar, odd vocalizations, and acoustic instruments. A unique release which feels like the soundtrack to an invisible stage play. Price $15US
DROUIN + OLSEN | NO(H) MOVEMENT DVD-R | INFREQUENCY 002 | Edition of 100 A collaboration between Jamie Drouin and Lance Olsen, NO(H) MOVEMENT is a 15min film with a soundtrack by each artist, selectable from the DVD menu. NO(H) MOVEMENT is a study in suspension - the figure is caught in a sustained physical gesture, with the only movement coming from involuntary muscle activity and fatigue. NO(H) MOVEMENT is open region NTSC format. Your DVD player must be able to play DVD-R discs, which is standard for most consumer players. Additional credits: Thanks to Damon Langlois & Michael Pettit for second camera footage. Price $18US  DROUIN + OLSEN | SNOWFIELD + REMIX 2 X CD | INFREQUENCY 001 | Edition of 500 "The seven untitled tracks here have a remarkable cumulative impact, the contrast between their tiny, crystalline details and the vastness of the landscape becoming ever more telling." THE WIRE "A deep work of musical art...Quite superb from beginning to end and a must for lovers of Raster Noton, NVO, Line and other such labels. Highly recommended." SMALLFISH "A tour de force...a worthy collection, that bursts with ideas." WHITE_LINE Disc one of this 2 CD set features documentation of Jamie Drouin and Lance Olsen’s 4-channel installation SNOW:FIELD from 2003. The seven tracks were derived from the interaction with a field of snow in British Columbia measuring the same dimensions as the empty host gallery in the United Kingdom where the compositions were played back. Disc two contains remixes of the original material by Drouin and Olsen, as well as by invited artists Tomas Jirku and Yann Novak, breathing new dimension and variation into the tracks. The intimate scratchings of the SNOWFIELD tracks open up into extended cinematic movements, with familiar textures reshaped into micro journeys through icy terrain. NOTE: The package lists the works of Tomas Jirku and Lance Olsen in reverse order. Price $20US |
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INFREQUENCY was established in 2001 by artists Jamie Drouin and Lance Olsen as a platform for unique, small edition works focusing on minimalist audio and visual processes. ................................. PAYMENT & DISTRIBUTION Prices include international shipping and are processed through PayPal. Orders will ship out via postal airmail within 48 hours after receipt of payment. INFREQUENCY products are available in Berlin at Staalplaat and Dense. ................................. NEWSLETTER Keep informed of new releases and performances through the 6-issue/year Infrequency newsletter. Addresses are NOT shared. ................................. ALSO AVAILABLE  JAMIE DROUIN | SONÁMBULO The first in a series of compositions on the theme of sonambulism, or sleep walking, SONÁMBULO is created from night recordings in the rain forests of Costa Rica. Available as a limited edition black CD from Rope Swing Cities. ................................. CONTACT INFREQUENCY |
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