Tuesday March 1st, 7:30 PM Soundwalk will be recreating the sonic landscape of Varanasi, India using custom cut records of original field recordings from Soundwalk’s Death Must Die in a live performance to benefit the Broome Street Temple. Video preview created by Christopher Bren.
MONTHLY ARCHIVES: February 2011
FUNDRAISER FOR BROOME STREET TEMPLE
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Soundwalk’s Death Must Die will be performed on March 1st, 2011 at a fundraiser to benefit the Broome Street Temple, an authentic Hindu shrine located in Soho. Death Must Die is a sound piece set in Varanasi, India, reproducing the cycle of a day in this sacred city of Shiva where cremation rituals are held along the banks of the Ganges river. The performance will be held in the temple, RSVP to nikki@ayny.org to attend.
EZRA POUND: CAUGHT IN THE UNSTOPPED EAR
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Ezra Pound reading his translation of The Seafarer. Photo Richard Avedon.
ISILD LE BESCO
Friday, February 11, 2011
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Isild Le Besco singing, from Le Marais Soundwalk, Paris. Photo by Valerie Sadoune.
SOUNDS OF VARANASI
Monday, February 7, 2011
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Extract from Soundwalk’s Death Must Die, a sound piece set in Varanasi, India, reproducing the cycle of a day in this sacred city of Shiva where cremation rituals are held along the banks of the Ganges river. On March 1st, Soundwalk will re-create Death Must Die as a live turntable performance, for a fundraiser to benefit the Broome Street Temple, an authentic Hindu shrine located in Soho.
VOICES ON TAPE
Friday, February 4, 2011
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Interview with a woman from a small town in Bessarabia, one of the many voices of resampled onto a reel-to-reel tape machine for the upcoming Soundwalk project Bessarabia Ghost Tapes. Interview provided by the Centropa Foundation archives. Photo taken from Soundwalk studios.
NIXON IN CHINA
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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Musical study of the orchestra preparing to play before the opening night performance of John Adams‘ Nixon in China at the Metropolitan Opera House. Photo by Jake Harper.
ECHOES OF TAHRIR SQUARE
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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Echoes of the day leading up to the planned million-man-march on Tahrir Square, Cairo. Audio fragments sourced from Al Jazeera. Photo: Inanities.org.