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"Birmingham is a Great Place!"
A CD-R containing Fragments
of Democracy,
de(re)construction,
& Aqualogica
is now available for £10 including postage worldwide.
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Taken
from "The Lonely Bridge Song" - a play by Nowell Wallace,
directed by Tom Bailey. Premiered at the Hexagon Theatre, MAC, Birmingham
May 14-19 2001. Nowell Wallace & Tom Bailey commissioned me to write
a background soundscape to the entire play, as well as pieces for three
discreet scenes. The following piece is from the "Junkie" scene.
I wanted to create a visceral, fluid and very physical sonic accompaniment
to what was already a very disturbing scene.
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A Sharp
Intake of Breath (2000)
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Premiered
at Birmingham's Symphony Hall. Full length work, 5.72MB. Featured on
"SPIKE - Works from BEAST" , CD released on Sargasso
(reviewed in The Wire, May 2001).
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de(re)construction
(2000) |
The Digbeth
area of Birmingham is known for its industrial heritage, soon to be swept
away with the East Side development program. de(re)construction visits
factories and workshops, some of which have operated in the area for decades,
and talks to owners and workers about the future. Is there a place for
manufacturing in the new media-based Digbeth? Will the grind of thread
rolling machines and clack of steel stampers be forever lost, to be replaced
by the hiss of the cappucino machine? de(re)construction
is both a historical document of a vanishing industry and a celebration
of a vision for the city of the future. A city where the currency of manufacturing
is being replaced by one of ideas, knowledge and learning. Premiered November
16th 2000 at CBSO Centre as part of BEAST's 2000/2001 concert series.
Also featured Installation at IKON Gallery Birmingham, 9/10 December 2000.
For further details on this event plus a review of the concert by Martin
Longley click here.
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Aqualogica
(2000)
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Sounds produced by the machinery
at the splendidly Edwardian Moseley Baths, together with biological
and environmental sound sources form the material used in the composition
of Aqualogica. A site specific work composed for Immerse, part of the
Metapod Expo held in October 2000. Further info click here.
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Fragments
of
Democracy
(1999-2000) |
The final meeting of Birmingham City
Council of 1999 was recorded in its 6 hour entirety. From fly-on-the-wall
veritas to heavy digital processing of the day’s proceedings, Scardanelli’s
electroacoustic composition juxtaposes tradition with a futuristic sonic
commentary. A melee of political rhetoric, social comment and procedural
banality, Fragments of Democracy is an intriguing political document;
a sonic Hansard for the people. Further info
click here. |
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Three
Chords for
Guitar
(1998)
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The
material for this piece is derived from three guitar chords processed using
extensive FFT filtering & time stretching. |
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Coitus
Junglitus
(1998)
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featuring
a can't be named for legal reasons stolen famous voice coupled (pun intended)
with various beasts. |
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New pieces soon to be avaialble here include "Guitar=God" (2008) and "I Am Sitting In A Chair" (2009)
Commissions include a millennium
project , led by Trevor Wishart, "Fragments
of Democracy" for Birmingham City Council, and AQUALOGICA,
a site specific installation for the Metapod Expo.
"A Sharp Intake of Breath" is featured on "SPIKE - Works
from BEAST" , CD released on Sargasso
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