Hampson, Simon (Jinga)

Matt Rösner is an Australian sound artist who has had releases on Room40, Apestaartje, & Meupe.

He has the gift of taking digital and acoustic sounds and fusing them seamlessly, setting them against a rich tapestry of field recordings and sonic experimentation.

“March 7, a dry heat is built from a solo piano performance by Adam Trainer taken during the ‘repeat’ sessions. The upright piano had recently been moved to Adams new flat where it now occupies a space in his reading room. On this particular March day, the Perth sun was beating down hard, light streaming into the room, with the sound of near by traffic creeping in. Two Rode microphones were positioned, and Adam commenced the improvisation.

Seven months went by and I returned to the piano recordings. The track happened very quickly, like all the good ones do, if I sit on them too long I tend to loose the focus. The piano was edited, and then augmented with further processing of Adams percussion and field recordings taken from near my home. I feel very close to this piece, it signals the start of something new whilst closing off the period when ‘repeat’ was made.”

Out now:



TAPE SERIES No 1 – Audio Cassette – Meupe

REPEAT – Limited edition 12″ Vinyl – Miatera

 

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Hi folks,

A very special guest mix this week from Marc Behrens. It is a downmix of a four-channel live performance at Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, October 14, 2009, as opening performance of Futureplaces 2009.

Marc Behrens works on several cerebral and physical levels.

His works mainly consist of concrete electronic music, installations, the occasional photograph or video. Recent activities include field recording trips to remote western China and the Amazon rainforest, founding an incorporated company as a social art work, and staging a rite of passage for an investment banker.

Behrens has performed and exhibited extensively across Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, North America, and East Asia, and developed collaborations with Achim Wollscheid, Bernhard Günter, Francisco López, Jeremy Bernstein, Nikolaus Heyduck and Paulo Raposo, among others.

Enjoy the mix,

Simon

 

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Hi folks,

At around half way through 2010 we are taking a look at some of the Overlap releases for the last 12 months. This kicks off the new Overlap & Symbiosis presents series of podcasts. The Symbiosis mixes are now available from my own site – www.symbiosis.com.au.

I hope you enjoy this look at the great sounds that Christopher Willits has curated for Overlap. If you like what you hear drop on by the shop and grab the releases.

Cheers,

Simon

12 Months Of Overlap – Tracklist (start time before each track)

0.00 Raster-Noton Live At LISTEN/VISION
Signal – Live At LISTEN VISION (excerpt)

http://shop.overlap.org/album/raster-noton-live-at-listen-vision

2.48 Flossin – Serpents EP
Serpents (Strategy Remix)

http://shop.overlap.org/album/flossin-serpents-ep

Flossin is a cosmic rock/noise/jazz/free improv band with rotating members. CHRISTOPHER WILLITS, ZACH HILL (Hella) have been at the helm of the Flossin ship since 2004. Flossin “Serpents” see’s Willits and Hill joined by their friends MATMOS, NATE BOYCE, and CARSON MCWHIRTER (The Advantage). Flossin bring their collective talents to bear creating a warm and spontaneous sonic wash of masterful free improvisation. “Serpents” showcases the diverse musical cross-pollination from the San Francisco Bay Area.

8.08 Chris McNamara – Vague Cities
Sleeping Car Shunting Yard

http://shop.overlap.org/album/chris-mcnamara-vague-cities

Echoes from the Windsor-Detroit techno scene modulate off Lake St. Clair and emerge into the sound forms of “Vague Cities”. McNamara’s muffled beats, gentle harmonies, and light-like shimmering textures envelope you wholly, while creating a space to breathe and be.

Chris McNamara is a Windsor ON. / Ann Arbor-based video artist, writer, DJ, new media instructor, and founding member of Thinkbox ( thinkbox.ca ), a label/collective that currently includes Christopher Bissonnette (Kranky), Steve Roy, Rob Theakston, Bill Van Loo and Mark Laliberte.

15.08 Electricwest – Detach
Flourish

http://shop.overlap.org/album/electricwest-detach

Electricwest is Patrick Benolkin, a diverse and prolific producer from Boise, Idaho. With a tip to the more electronic sides of Warp records and Ghostly International, Electricwest creates soulful and crystal-sharp experimental electronic gems. In 2006, Electricwest made some Overlap-related waves by winning a Creative Commons (CC) remix contest of Christopher Willits’ track “Colors Shifting” which was featured by Ghostly International and CC. Since then Benolkin has surfed an explosion of activity, releasing six albums via his Electricwest and Eluder monikers. “Detach” is Electicwest’s newest and most concise statement to date.

19.06 Tom Hall – Past, Present, Below
Breaks To Rest

http://shop.overlap.org/album/tom-hall-past-present-below

“Past Present, Below” is the accumulation of 2 years of experimentation, bringing together a vast array of instrumentation (drums, guitar, piano, organ, virbraphone, chinese gongs and harmonia) and field recordings (Australia, Kyoto temples, German rivers, Tasmanian forests). Hall ties these varied sources together with a unique blend of studio practices ranging from Max/MSP / Ableton Live processing, analog effects pedals and a unique process of replaying and re-recording compositions back into environments in which they originated. This album is Tom Hall’s most developed and beautiful work to date, exclusive to Overlap.

You can get these releases at the Overlap shop:

http://shop.overlap.org/

Enjoy the sounds and look out for some great releases coming up. Connect with us at demos@overlap.org

 

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www.tomhall.com.au
www.axxonnband.com

Track listing:

Tom Hall – Ravena, Italy – July 2009 Tom Hall – ‘From Thoughts Distraught’, Past Present, Below – Overlap.org April 2010
Taylor Deupree – ‘Untitled’, Landing – Room40
Tim Hecker – ‘Blood Rainbow’, Harmony in Ultraviolet – Kranky
Oren Ambarchi – ‘Girl With the Silver Eyes’, Grapes From The Estate – Touch
Nadja/Black Boned Angel – ‘Christ Send Light’, – Battlecruiser / Sound Devastation
Tom Hall – ‘In Void We Explore’, Past Present, Below – Overlap.org April 2010
No Anchor – ‘Wolves Bite Then Disappear’ – FSS Compilation

Check out ‘Past Present, Below’ out on Overlap.org, April 2010

Other releases

Fluere (self-released) – Nightrider Records – 2006[6]
Floats (self released) – Nightrider Records – 2007
Cross – hellosQuare – 2008[7]

Various artists – Airport Symphony – Virtual Terminal Room40 – 2007
Euphonia w/ Lawrence English – Presto!? – 2008

Check out more mixes over at the new Symbiosis blog – www.symbiosis.com.au

 

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Hey folks,

What an interesting week. NAMM started in earnest, Google told the Chinese government that they weren’t going to censor their search results any more, and in Melbourne we started the week with a heat wave.

So.. whilst you’re catching up on all of that, grab this week’s Symbiosis..

Cheers,

Simon

Symbiosis Episode 42 – Gunshae: A History Of Invocations

“When people jump through time, they give themselves up to the rhyme and reason of the heavens.”

-Julian Cope

These words are kind of the motto for Gunshae, the Panambient side project between myself, Kuma, and my dear friend and sonic sparring partner, Lady Eve.

It’s molten woodwinds and Satie references. It’s a heavy drones and show tunes played by a band sitting on a veranda after too many mint julips. It’s discrete music for the wifi generation.

It’s completely improvised ambient, classical and experimental stuff and things. It’s the sort of thing where sets go by in the blank of an eye and jams disappear because we give ourselves up to time and to chance. It just is.

In the grand tradition of what we do, this piece does exactly that, it jumps through time. Taking selections from our first album, the multi-track recordings of brand new songs “Madroning”, “Air Into Gold,” “Oceanic Yet Celestial” and “Celestial Yet Oceanic” and unreleased jams with Japan’s Hataken, we’ve woven together a history of Gunshae. Completed in one improvised session, this is the way of the Gun in 35 mins.

Gunshae for the purposes of this piece were:

Kuma
Lady Eve
Aya Oshida
Hataken
Lee Hutzulak
Rowan Lipkovitz
Vanessa Stovall
Little Jen

http://www.thekonspiracygroup.com
http://www.myspace.com/gunshae

Get in touch, leave your comments and shout about overlap to the world…

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/symbiosisradio
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHampson
Email: simon[at]symbiosis.com.au
MSN: simon640[at]gmail.com
AIM: aujinga
Skype: simonhampson
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/symbiosisradio

Send me your track

Next week:

Drop me a line if you have got an artist you want to see featured or if you want to submit something to Symbiosis.

Until next week..

Simon

 

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NAMM starts tomorrow in LA and it will, as usual, be a rip roaring ride.

Overlap folks should head over to Wham Bam Thank You Namm Afterhours, an event that Overlap.org is sponsoring at the Downtown Independent Theatre this Friday night. The event is also sponsored by Friendly Integration, Electronic Creatives and Droid Behavior.

Check it out..

Downtown Independent Theater
251 South Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Friday, January 15 2010
8:00pm – 4:00am | $10 – $20 | 21+

Performances by:
John Tejada, Richard Devine, Deru, Laura Escudé, Scott Pagano, CPU, DJ Kero, Acid Circus, Derek Michael, Baseck, Eezir, DJ Modesty, John von, Trifonic, DJ G Ov, Moldover, Henry Strange, Peter Kirn

Visuals by:
CPU, VJ Fader, Jay Smith, Peter Nyboer

:: INCLUDED IN THE NIGHT ::

8:00pm -10:00pm:
Special music technology discussion and panel with Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music

THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY:

Overlap.org
Dubspot
Create Digital Music
Livid Instruments
Propellerhead
Rob Papen

Giveaways from:
Fixed Noise, Livid Instruments, Native Instruments

More details here.

Hey folks,

Hope you’re all doing well. We’re kicking off 2010 with a big mix by Belgian selector BunZer0. He has been reppin’ the dubstep sound since day dot and he continues to push things forward. Check out his show on Sub FM and keep your ears open for his tunes this year!

Cheers,

Simon

Symbiosis Episode 41 – BunZer0

“For this one I wanted to rep the tribal side of things with tunes full of percussions and organic flavours. From some psychedelic sub bass music to some real minimal tunes and then going to the funkier tracks. Just tried to be away from the usual kick – snare – wobble template injecting some soul thanx to artists like Pinch, LV, Mother INC, Cyrus etc” – BunZer0, December 2009

http://bunzer0.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/subnerds

Bio: http://bunzer0.blogspot.com/2006/11/bio.html

Releases: http://bunzer0.blogspot.com/2009/05/bunzer0s-releases.html

Upcoming Release : Alchemyst – Let The Bass Drop – BunZer0 RMX – Forthcoming Stainage
http://stainage.com/

01. Coleco : Martyr. (Unreleased).
02. TSD : Open Your Eyes. (Forthcoming Paradise Lost).
03. JKenzo : Counteraction. (Forthcoming Argon).
04. FilterCutter : 1Up – Ramadanman Refix. (Forthcoming Svetlana Industries).
05. Cyrus and Tunnidge : Ding Ding. (Forthcoming Origin Audio).
06. Lurka : Remain. (Unreleased).
07. Kryptic Minds : 3 Views Of A Secret. (Swamp 81).
08. Distance : Clockwork. (Tectonic).
09. DLX : Losing Her. (Forthcoming Smog).
10. David Starfire : Cobra – Subswara Rmx. (6 Degrees Records).
11. Anansi : Time. (Unreleased).
12. El Rakkas : I & I – XI Rmx. (Forthcoming Lo Dubs).
13. Polyklinik : Abrakdabcra – Likhan Rmx. (Forthcoming Svetlana Industries).
14. El Rakkas : Seas Of Disease – LV Rmx. (Forthcoming Lo Dubs).
15. Pinch : Get Up – L.V. Disco Mix. (Tectonic).
16. Mother Inc : Untitled. (Unreleased).
17. Funk Ethics : Blues Is Now – Clark Nova Rmx. (Unreleased).

Get in touch, leave your comments and shout about overlap to the world…

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/symbiosisradio
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHampson
Email: simon[at]symbiosis.com.au
MSN: simon640[at]gmail.com
AIM: aujinga
Skype: simonhampson
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/symbiosisradio

Send me your track

Next week: Gunshae

Drop me a line if you have got an artist you want to see featured or if you want to submit something to Symbiosis.

Until next week..

Simon

 

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