Inofficial opening concert for Acousmatic Lab

January 4th, 2017 at 19:00
Inter Arts Center (White Room, 3rd floor)
Bergsgatan 29, Malmö
Use code 1008 for entrance and elevator

The inofficial opening of the month-long event, Acousmatic Lab at Inter Arts Center, will be an evening with Negativlands album "A Big 10-8 Place" diffused in the 42-loudspeaker large acousmonium by Jakob Riis.

Negativland is an American experimental music band which originated from Concord, in the San Francisco Bay Area, in 1979. They have released a number of albums ranging from pure sound collage to more musical expositions.

A Big 10-8 Place is Negativland's 3rd album, which is a concept album released in 1983. The album's title is a reference to the radio ten-code "10-8", which means "back in service" or "available for next call" in the context of common citizens band radio usage. The lyrics and collage sound clips on the album make frequent reference to the CB radio hobby, as well as mischief like radio jamming.

This album took the best part of 3 years to construct on magnetic tape. Mark Hosler of Negativland repeatedly fine-edited immense tracts of sonic material before rejecting most of it and starting again. A meticulous voyage through tenth-of-a-second tape edits as the story of the Big 10-8 Place unravels. A journey across the topographical contours of Contra Costa County. With it's unique blend of musique concrète, sound collage, songs and spoken word, this work offers an abundance of rich sonic material, perfect for being spatialized in the acousmonium.

Acousmatic Lab is a month-long event with concerts, seminars, workshops and work in progress on the art of sound diffusion. It will all take place in the White Room at IAC where an Acousmonium – a loudspeaker orchestra of 42 speakers – will be set up. Some of the participating sound artists are Jakob Riis, Lise-Lotte Norelius, Mats Lindström, Jørgen Teller, Katt Hernandez, Fabio Monni, Alessandro Perini and Kent Olofsson. There will be concerts on 21st, 22nd, 26th and 28th of January. More events will be added and a detailed program for Acousmatic Lab will be presented later on Inter Arts Centers webpage

http://www.iac.lu.se/projects/acousmatic-lab/
http://www.negativland.com