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Soviet-era record of a French singer found in the free market in Odessa. A piece from the collection of records brought back for Soundwalk’s upcoming soundpiece Bessarabia Ghost Tapes.
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John Ashbery reading the poem “Default Mode” from his recent book Planisphere, at Dia:Chelsea. Photo by Paul Salveston.
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The plaza in front of the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem. Extract from In God’s Name by Gédéon and Jules Naudet. Field recordings by David Hocs/photo by Stephan Crasneanscki.
Simone Merli of Soundwalk in Aulendorf, Germany, cutting and testing in the studio of Ulrich Sourisseau, the inventor of the T560 hand made stereo record cutting machine, also used by Kid Koala, among others. Test using extract from the soundpiece “In Lunar” composed by Simone Merli.
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Nom Wah Tea Parlor on Doyers Street. A relic from the 1920s, Nom Wah is one of the oldest tea parlors in Chinatown and the best place to get dim sum. One of the stops along the Chinatown Soundwalk, which is being given away as a free download all this week, along with the rest of the New York and Paris Soundwalk series. Photo by Kitty Katz.
Ever seen a record actually get cut by a machine that cuts grooves in vinyl? Or have you ever heard a record that only had noise on it? See it and hear it here! Watch Dug Winningham of Soundwalk show you how it is done. Sound mix by Dan Flosdorf. Directed by Jim Helton. Also featuring Kamran Sadeghi and Stephan Crasneanscki.
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Antonin Artaud reading his radio-play Pour en finir avec le jugement de Dieu (English text here), recorded for broadcast on French Radio in 1948 but was never aired. Self-poatrait, drawn in a mental institution while Artaud was receiving electroshock therapy in 1946.
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For one week, Soundwalk is giving away the complete New York and Paris Soundwalk series. From Saint-Germain-des-Prés to the Meat Packing District, everything will be offered FREE as an MP3 download from our website. Audio extract from Men’s Hasidic Soundwalk in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photo by Charles le Brigand.
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Walt Whitman recorded on wax cylinder reading from the poem “America,” circa 1889-1890. Photograph by Samual Murray as a visual aid for the sculptor William O’Donovan. Audio/photo from The Walt Whitman Archive.
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Tonight, the Soundwalk collective will assemble at the Broome Street Temple for the live premiere of Soundwalk’s Death Must Die, a soundscape created from original recordings collected in Varanasi, India, the sacred Hindu city of Shiva and cremation. ”Whereas love for God leads to the death of death, to Immortality. Forget the forgetting, Death Must Die” - Shree Anandamayi Ma. Photo Maciej Kobielski