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Allegorical Power MP3 Series: Volume II + New Releases



ANTIOPIC NEWSLETTER
1 July 2003

IN THIS EDITION:
  The Allegorical Power MP3 Series: Volume II, July 2003
  New Releases for July:
    Dion Workman Ching
    Joyce Hinterding Spectral
  Upcoming Events
  Distribution News

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THE ALLEGORICAL POWER MP3 SERIES: VOLUME II, JULY 2003
http://antiopic.com/allegorical/

Announcing the second release in The Allegorical Power series.

The Allegorical Power series is an ongoing series of freely downloadable audio
meant to address the possibilities of abstract or experimental music as social
and political critique, and offer a forum for sound artists to question and
protest. The second release in the series, in MP3 format, is now available for
download through the Antiopic website, (http://www.antiopic.com). This release
features 58 minutes 51 seconds of audio contributions from:

  - AGF
  - Sylvain Chaveau
  - Mattin
  - Ultra-red
  - PowerBooks For Peace
  - Johnny Sinewave
  - Luxury Estates
  - Project Qua Project
  - Jon Philpot (of Presocratics)

This first release in the series (June 2003) is still available, and includes
work from:

  - William Basinski
  - Zbigniew Karkowski
  - TV Pow
  - Dion Workman/Michael Haleta
  - Need Thomas Windham
  - Nicedisc
  - Ateleia

Work from new contributors will be added the first of each month for an
indefinite time. Check http://www.antiopic.com for more.

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New releases for July:

DION WORKMAN: CHING (AN004)
  http://antiopic.com/catalog/an004.html

Dion Workman (of sigma editions) produces a confounding piece?terrifyingly
intrusive yet completely subtle, deep with texture and layer although
monochromatic in character. Ching is a complex work of grey shadows and
glaring light, an exemplar of aggressive digital minimalism. Its harsh
textures coexist with the open-ended pulsation of extended tones and
overtones, playing with the listener's tolerance. What sets Ching apart from
simple noise is Workman's attention to minute detail, as well as the piece's
mesmerizing structure. This short (20 minutes 37 seconds) and exhilarating
work builds with calculated motion, suddenly bursting into silence, only to
reconfigure itself, similar but different, in a quiet dance of amassing sonic
shards.

Ching was awarded the Max Brand Prize on April 26, 2003 by the Austrian
Cultural Forum in New York City.

JOYCE HINTERDING: SPECTRAL (ANSI001)
  co-release with sigma editions
  http://antiopic.com/catalog/ansi001.html

A stunning work from Australian intermedia artist Joyce Hinterding, Spectral
is based on celestial field recordings of magnetic fields and weather
satellites made with custom-built antennae. These phenomena were recorded in
the isolated wilderness of Bruny Island, Tasmania, and later appeared as the
sound element in The Levitation Grounds, an audio/video installation with
artist David Haines. The result is a complex universe of mysterious
interference, ghostly transmissions from unfathomable places, disembodied
static, and failed communication. What is manipulated sound and what is
straight sound remains unknown-this is musique concrète of the spheres.

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Upcoming Events

Joyce Hinterding will be profiled in the upcoming Australian SBS documentary
series "Subsonics". The series is comprised of "six half hour episodes that
explore the long neglected area of experimental music." Hinterding will be
featured in Episode 5, airing 10 July. Go to the Subsonics site
(http://www.sbs.com.au/subsonics) for more information.

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Distribution News

Antiopic releases are now available through Forced Exposure
(http://www.forcedexposure.com) and in Australia through Synaesthesia
(http://www.synrecords.com).

Releases continue to be available through Fringes Recordings in Italy and
Revolver / Midheaven Mailorder in the USA.

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CURRENT RELEASES

Need Thomas Windham: employment patterns (AN001)
  "Lucid and elusive in equal measures." - The Wire

David Daniell: sem (AN002)
  "...largely abstract landscapes in which space is a blessed given." - David
Grubbs

Ultra-red: ¡Amnistía! (AN003)
  "By the radical deployment of sound, Ultra-red have given a voice to those
who are forced to remain invisible." - The Wire

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