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Edge2.176 The (Human) Microphone – part 2

Bouke — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:00:07 +0000

Again we (local Boukor&remote Jeroen) pass the radio mic to mic-recordings, with this time quite a lot of short experimental works (mic reverberations, glitch (Richard Devine)), folky (rail road) songs (Henry Grady Terrell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mainer Band), blues field recording (Ralph Sheckel) and some beatboxing (Beardyman) & hip-hop (Eric B. & Rakim & Bo Dank).
At the end we also featured several types of microphones: a geophone (recording seismic activity); a hydrophone (recording the recent tsunami in Japan) and a “pyrophone” (recording of burning gas pipes).
Next week a final home recorded episode with long experimental microphone-related pieces.

Playlist:

Jeff Morris – Tappatappatappa (short mix)
Richard Devine – Data Transmission Final
Ross Birdwise – Study for Voice, Space, Microphone and Computer 1
Henry Grady Terrell – Old John Henry Died On The Mountain
Ralph Sheckel – Tony Gave a Picnic
Beardyman – Live in the Underbelly (Edinburgh, 2009) (opening)
Eric B. & Rakim – Microphone Fiend
Bo Dank – Microphone Fiend
Mississippi Fred McDowell – Freight Train Blues
Mainer Band – Johnson’s Old Gray Mule
Furi – Seismic crisis in the Gulf of Aden 2010
NOAA – Underwater Microphone Captures Honshu, Japan Earthquake
Experiment1 – Gas organ

Edge2.175 The (Human) Microphone – part 1

Bouke — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:00:12 +0000

The mic mike microphone was invented in 1877. Since then sounds have been converted into electric signals, an essential element for making radio and recording sound. This week’s Edge radio episode offers a broad view on this topic: microphone experimentation with mixers/pedals (EBL), “ancient” preserved voice/music recordings, the insertion of a mic in your mouth (Wojciech Kosma) or in a can (Claus Haxholm), a multi-layered Tibetian soundscape (Geir Jenssen), the Human Microphone at Occupy Wall Street, beat boxing hip hop from Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh remixed more than a decade later by DJ Honda and a remix of Alan Lomax (pioneer in field recording) by Tangle Eye.
This subject, from even more angles..next week.

Playlist:

EBL – Ambient panic
Thomas Edison – Thomas Edison’s Voice Resurrected From 80 year old lost recording format
Orchestra, A. Paganucci – director – 2nd record, Sept. 15, 1924. – A. Paganucci
Wojciech Kosma – Blow Job
Claus Haxholm – Tincan and microphone
Geir Jenssen – Tingri: The Last Truck
Michael Moore – Michael Moore Tonight at #OccupyWallStreet: “This Is a Historic Day” (Day 19)
Anonymous – Mic check in Times square
Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh – La Di Da Di
Dj Honda – on the mic
Tangle Eye – John Henry’s Blues