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Welcome to the Antiopic Newsletter.=20
IN THIS EDITION:
   new release: Need Thomas Windham
   upcoming releases: David Daniell, Ultra-red
   Ultra-red LA performance
   Presocratics in Berlin and NYC

Antiopic has been established to provide a viable resource for sound =
artists developing ideas on the margins of solidified genres. Focused on =
developing a space for dialogue to emerge, Antiopic is principally =
concerned with differing degrees of response to ideas of structure and =
ideology found in various compositional forms. Recognizing the vast =
traditions of musique concrete and experimental composition -- but not =
limited to them -- the label hopes to contribute to and expand those =
sound forms, drawing the visible and invisible lines of connection =
through a myriad of styles and anti-styles. We hope to provide a =
repository for artists working with ideas and sounds that may have no =
immediate outlet or communal support system, and in representing these =
artists to break further limitations in sound organization.

This newsletter is set up to inform about Antiopic releases, events and =
general activities. It will appear infrequently and serve to inform =
only.

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RELEASES:

Current: AN001

Need Thomas Windham employment patterns

The debut solo release by Need Windham, founder of concrete agit-prop =
duo Presocratics (ex-Table of the Elements). A subtle new tape work =
constructed solely from the critically hated and rejected parts of =
Presocratics compositions, employment patterns places itself far from =
the reserved monochrome of its contemporaries, distinguished, with a sly =
nod to Morton Feldman, through terse probing of tonal degree and =
compositional identity. Need Windham's fluid pop sensibility glares =
through the work's structure; indeed, the piece positively emotes -- =
frustration, joy, shame -- a true political and personal agenda emerges =
in abstract.=20

"If Presocratics held pop organization in a stranglehold with free =
associative noise, tape manipulation and pure politics, Need Windham's =
solo compositions apply a much more elusive, nonfigurative approach. =
Implied sonics, implied statements; an antagonistic and simply beautiful =
space opens in which dialogue is distilled to its most effective and =
direct elements." -- popstocker, nyc/atlanta

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Available December: AN002

David Daniell sem

Digital composition from the guitarist for New York trio San Agustin =
(previous releases available through Road Cone and Family Vineyard). The =
understated improvisational nature of that group's work filters through =
in the deceptively random-generated feel of these carefully treated =
field recordings from the southern United States and New Mexico. =
Everyday occurrences are recreated and recast in a shimmering, scraping =
fogbank of sound that approximates something like the oblique process of =
memory. Operating alongside the loose boundaries of composers such as =
Brandon LaBelle and Bernhard G=FCnter, David Daniell brings a richness =
and depth of field to this compositional style from his other playing =
situations and so surpassing the genre to find something personal and =
unique.

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Available January: AN003

Ultra-red =A1Amnist=EDa!

"any battle for free speech is a battle for public space."

Los Angeles collective Ultra-red (previous releases available from =
Comatonse, Mille Plateaux, Fat Cat, and Beta Bodega) come forward with =
an intense, playful and urgent commentary on the rights of undocumented =
immigrant workers. Using the May Day 2000 rally which took place on Wall =
Street in New York City as the sound source from which the group craft =
this suite of compositions, this 20 minute EP energetically brings the =
immediacy of the workers' situation to the fore. Ranging in style from =
finely detailed minimal house to precise and focused soundscaping, these =
recordings mark a stylistic departure for the collective while merging =
to create a seamless listening experience complete with repeating =
motifs, both verbal and musical, throughout the release. The use of =
field recordings of the rally (vocal house?) to create the sense of =
protest through atmosphere and rhythmic urgency is more effective and =
complex than to be found in Ultra-red's previous works. Includes an =
essay by Ultra-red, presented in English and Spanish, on the situation =
faced by undocumented workers in the USA.

www.ultrared.org=20

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EVENTS:

Ultra-red in Los Angeles

   LA Freewaves presents - Trabajo y dias
            Saturday Nov. 16
            Video screenings 7PM
            Performances featuring Ultra-red 9PM=20
            NO COVER

   Location:
      Self Help Graphics
      3802 Cesar Chavez Ave.
      Los Angeles CA 90063

         For more information call LA Freewaves 323.664.1510
         www.freewaves.org
         www.ultrared.org

Presocratics (with Need Thomas Windham) in Berlin and NYC

         December 2002
         exact dates and venues to be announced

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