Music of Sound

Terje Isungset is a Norwegian musician and percussionist who primarily plays intruments made from ice. He has a blog but his record label website has a bit more information about instruments: “The instruments are made from top quality ice. It must be free of any air bubbles. The instruments are carved using saws and knives. So far these instruments have been created and recorded: Iceofon, Ice Harp, Ice Horn, Ice trumpet, Ice percussion, Ice bass drum carved from one block of ice. In addition, all stands, supports and tables are also made from ice. Only the bass drum pedal, fish line for suspension, and the strings on the Ice Harp are made from materials other than pure frozen water.”

Hmmm wonder how long it takes to defrost the mics after the recording session?

Artist Peter Wasilewski also works with ice as his primary medium, although he is primarily a visual artists; Wasilewski uses “only ice, the laws of physics, and attitude” to create his colorful images.

So of course it makes sense the two would collaborate and this video is a beautiful example of both of their work…

The image below comes from a Psychology textbook….
and I think conclusively illustrates spiders shouldn’t drink coffee!

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Heres a clip of Ali G interviewing a representative from UK Drug Enforcement:

The funniest line is when they are discussing ecstacy & Ali G asks, totally deadpan,
“Isn’t the most worrying aspect of this drug the fact that it actually makes you
enjoy house music?”

Seriously though, maybe this quote is relevant: “Don’t do drugs. People on drugs think they are creative. To everyone else, they seem like people on drugs.”

From here…

The song City Ports by Forss features a beautifully minimalist animation reminiscent of oscilliscope art & was originally created for Optronica festival 2005. For better resolution watch it here and if you feel like remixing anything from his latest album, SoulHack, download the samples here

I am always in search of new music & recently one of the most productive means of finding it, for me, has become radio. I am not someone who has time to listen to podcasts, but particular radio shows are worth their weight in gold as a filter for finding the best.
Two that I listen to almost religiously are BBC Radio One shows: Worldwide by Giles Peterson
and Experimental by Mary Anne Hobbes

It is possible to stream the shows from the BBC site for up to a week after broadcast, but I much prefer to be able to listen, pause, recue, listen again etc and so the New Mixes website has become a weekly visit for me, as mp3s of the shows & many others appear regularly… highly reccomended & worth a donation to support it! And by simultaneously accessing the playlists from the BBC website it is easy to find out what band/song appeals, for later sourcing….