Ken Hollings
Photo: © Michael Esposito Recorded in London on March 21st, 2011. Ken reads an extract from his book Welcome to Mars: “An ever-expanding, subdivided tract of land, the suburbs constitute the location for a project that will connect humanity directly…
BJ Nilsen
Recorded in London on March 24th 2011. Polar Wind BJ Nilsen is a Swedish-born sound and recording artist. Primarily focused on the sound of nature and its effect on humans, field recordings and the perception of time and space as…
Zbigniew Karkowski
Recorded in January 2008 and April 2011. Phonograph Zbigniew Karkowski was born in Krakow, Poland. He studied composition at the State College of Music in Gothenburg, Sweden, aesthetics of modern music at the University of Gothenburg and computer music at…
Daniela Cascella
Recorded on 5th April 2011 in London. Daniela reads an excerpt from her forthcoming book En abime. Listening, Reading, Writing. “Ghosts on via Appia this morning. 20° C, rain and damp. Catacombs of Saint Callixtus, ‘the archives of the primitive…
Home Recording from 1912
Transcribed to digital format in March 2011. A jovial, informally-made recording found in an Edison blank cylinder box. Written on the underside of the box is “Xmas 1912” and other illegible writing which might read “First Impressions”. A…
Robert Yates
Recorded on 24th of March 2011 at Resonance 104.4FM, London SE1. Robert Yates is a contemporary poet and translator from French, German and Ancient Egyptian, based in London. The poems read on this wax cylinder are taken from his…
Elaine Mitchener
Recorded on 5th April 2011 in London. Vocals -Triple Wax Inscriptions Elaine started singing as a youngster in gospel groups & choirs and graduated from Trinity College of Music, where her interest in new music for the voice began. She…
Meat Sweats
Recorded in April 2011. Big Boss Level 1 (for cylinder) Influenced as much by primitive rockabilly as electronic noise, Meat Sweats are a London- based improvising power-trio.Their explosive and baffling improvised performances involve screaming 8-bit Elvis vocals, masks, hacked children’s…
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