Wednesday 28 October 2009, 8pm
Haco:
A composer, vocalist and electroacoustic performer, and a founding member of After Dinner (1981-1991) and Hoahio. Haco has created numerous recordings both as producer and engineer. As a musician, she has given performances throughout Japan and internationally. With her unique sensibility, Haco has developed a practice based on principles of post-punk, electroacoustics, the avant-garde, improvisation, post-rock, environmental sound, and technology. In 2005, her CD "Stereo Bugscope 00" was awarded a prize in the digital music category at Prix Ars Electronica in Austria.
Links:
http://www.japanimprov.com/haco
http://www.myspace.com/hacohaco
Tonic Train - Knut Aufermann and Sarah Washington feedback duo
Sarah Washington is an artist and organiser working in the fields of sound, music and radio. Formerly a Director of the London Musicians' Collective, she helped set-up the radio station Resonance 104.4FM and the international radio art network Radia. Her main interests are the creation of unusual radio works and the performance of live improvised music. To create sounds she builds hand-made electronic instruments: circuit bending electronic devices and employing ultrasound and radio technology. She occasionally writes articles on radio and sound art, and produces workshops for cultural institutions across Europe. In 2005 she started the travelling radio project Mobile Radio together with Knut Aufermann. They also have a performance duo, Tonic Train, which they often team up with other musicians and artists. Sarah's radio series Hearing in Tongues was commissioned by the Tate Modern in London.
Links:
http://www.tate.org.uk/intermediaart/sarah_washington.shtm
Knut Aufermann, born 1972 in Hagen (Germany), studied chemistry, audio engineering and sonic arts (MA Middlesex University). From 2002-2005 he was the station manager of Resonance104.4fm in London, now he is active across Europe as a musician, radio artist, organizer, curator, consultant and workshop leader. Knut Aufermann plays improvised electronic music using various forms of audible feedback. Together with Sarah Washington he runs the project Mobile Radio investigating alternative means of radio production. Their works have been broadcast in 12 countries on 28 different radio stations. He is a founder member of the international Radia network of independent cultural radio stations.
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