Sonic Acts XIII – Acoustic Spaces

Saturday feb 27 2010, 20:00 – 00:00 (doors 19:30), Paradiso Amsterdam

Visitors enter a dark space and are confronted with recordings of thunderstorms and the sound of airplanes taking off, fragmented urban sound structures, singing deserts, and underwater or underground recordings. This more than four-hour-long programme is devoted to various approaches to soundscape composition and features works produced by several generations of composers and musicians – from acoustic ecology to extreme field recordings. The spatial aspects of sound are showcased in the compositions, and space is made audible by means of spatial speaker arrangements and multi-channel sound.
Featuring:  Alo Allik, Annea Lockwood, Barry Truax, BJ Nilsen, Éric La Casa, Gilles Aubry, Hildegard Westerkamp, Jacob Kirkegaard, Ji Youn Kang, Olivier Messiaen, Yolande Harris

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