I had heard of Carl Jung’s Red Book before unintentionally receiving it at the library of my town. They left a message on my answering machine saying “Mr. Ortega, we would really appreciate if you would come pick up the book that you have on hold, frankly, one of the biggests books that we have [...]
This week I wanted to post about the WAFA (We Are Fucking Awesome), a collective of artists I learned about from my favorite collage blog, NOTPAPER.NET. Consisting of members from around the world, Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, North Carolina, St. Paul, Sydney, Brighton, and Norwich, all of the work posted on their website is a collaborative [...]
“Personal computing may have begun in the 1980s but the history of computer art started much earlier during a period when only a few visionaries sensed the impact computers were going to have on our lives.” (from: hyperallergic.com)
Last week, I saw composer and sound artists John Oswald give a lecture at the Modern Museum of Art of Barcelona as part of the Variations. A Showcase of Sound Appropriationism program. John Oswald is the father of the term and practice Plunderphonics, which is based on the transformation of a recording into another singular piece [...]
After receiving a zine by artist Mike Swaney, “The Zulu Nationals”, as a gift from a friend over the holidays, I realized he is an artist I would like to share. I first saw his collages of mashed up faces in his recent exhibition at Igualpop Gallery and had to settle with a free poster [...]
Check out People Like Us’ take on Daphne Oram’s compositions on the album“Reworking Daphne Oram.” It’s an audio fist-bump spanning generations of ladies on the forefront of creating strange and wonderful sounds…more
“The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The FMA is being directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The FMA is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet.”
We are incredibly [...]
Crippled Light Waves, a music distribution site and record label based in Los Angeles, has agreed to help distribute both Jane Bowles and La Bronke’sFigurehead tape and Mir’s Contrails cdr release. All tracks are available for download, as well as a whole list of other music offerings, things that you have not heard, but that you definitely want to hear. [...]