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July 29 , 2006 (#53)- The Feedback Show
Audio Rorschach
Aaron Henkin- Producer, WYPR
After interviewing Baltimore experimental musician John Berndt about his band Geodesic Gnome, producer Aaron Henkin was inspired to to 'administer' their abstract songs to a random sampling of volunteer test-subjects, in the tradition of the Rorschach test. (WYPR, 2006)
African Feedback
Alessandro Bosetti- Composer, Sound Artist
Sound artist Alessandro Bosetti traveled in West Africa with a cd player and selections of experimental, electro-acoustic and improvised music. He played the music through headphones for residents of Dogon and Mossi villages and simultaneously recorded their responses, from descriptions to imitations to periods of silence. Bosetti then used their "feedback" to produce a mesmerizing composition about cultural differences, the practice of listening and the dynamic relationship between voice and song.
Featured Music:
Tujiko Noriko, "White Film" Shojo Toshi (Editions Mego, 2002)
Chihei Hatakeyama, "Bonfire on the Field," Minima Moralia (Kranky, 2006)
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Find out more about the making of African Feedback, and read some direct responses to the music from the villagers Bosetti interviewed, Behind the Scenes. |
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July 22 , 2006 (#52)- The Stans Show
The Stans
Benjamin Adair- Independent Producer
Here’s the entertaining and provocative story of a group of Americans seeking adventure, new experiences, and maybe a little bit of extra-marital sex, while traveling through Central Asia, into Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. One thing makes itself abundantly clear: all of their well-laid plans and pre-conceptions about what to expect were terribly mistaken. (The Saavy Traveler, 2001)
Interview with Benjamin Adair
Re:sound host Gwen Macsai talks with the producer of The Stans about documenting a world (and worldview) that was on the cusp of a drastic change.
Featured Music:
Luc, "EtE" peaofthesea (Aagoo Records, 2005)
Balun, "Disappearing Act" Something Comes Our Way (Brilliante, 2006)
Balun, "To My Room," Something Comes Our Way (Brilliante, 2006)
Burka Band, "Blue Burka (Barbara Morgenstern Remix)" (Monika Enterprise, 2003)
Sevara Nazarkhan, "Yor-Yor" Yol Bolsin (Real World, 2003)
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The 2001 version of Benjamin Adair shares some insider information about the controversy this piece stirred up, Behind the Scenes. |
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July 15 , 2006 (#27) - The Tour Show
Originally broadcast July 10, 2005
High School
David Torgersen—Producer, Antenna Theater Productions
Produced in the form of a walking tour of Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California, this piece captures the inner experience of contemporary high school life through a collage of interviews, music, and sound design. Over the course of the tour, we pass through buildings, courtyards, the cafeteria, administrative offices, and bathrooms, gaining insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears felt by typical high schoolers on any given day.
Interview with David Torgersen
The producer of High School talks about making theatre for an audience of one, getting kids to open up, and serving as evidence that adults can occasionally be cool.
Fez, Morocco
Jim Metzner—Sound Recordist
Fez, Morocco, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Jim Metzner takes us on an aural tour of the city and back in time.
Featured Music:
Nick Butcher, “Minutes Overlap,” Complicated Bicycle (Placetapes, 2005)
Ratatat, “Lapland,” Ratatat (XI/Beggars Us Ada, 2004)
Caribou, “Pelican Narrows,” The Milk of Human Kindness (Domino, 2005)
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July 8 , 2006 (#26)
Originally broadcast June 26, 2005
Exodus ’47: Inside Out
Sean Cole- Senior Reporter, WBUR
This is the story of “Big Bill” Millman, Frank Levine, and Nat Nadler. Before there was an Israel, these three men, and nearly 40 others climbed aboard a rusted American ferryboat and set out from Philadelphia to transport thousands of Jewish holocaust survivors past the British blockade of Palestine. Other ships had tried it. But their ship, which would come to be known as the Exodus 1947, was the one that helped shape the political landscape of the Middle East for the foreseeable future.
Interview with Sean Cole
Re:sound host Gwen Macsai talks with the producer of Exodus ’47 about the vagaries of memory, leaving a legacy, and elevating the personal narrative above the political mire.
Featured Music:
Colleen, “Floating in the Clearest Night,” The Golden Morning Breaks (Leaf, 2005)
Colleen, “The Golden Morning Breaks,” The Golden Morning Breaks (Leaf, 2005)
Guido Mobius, “Sweet Raphael (Edit),” Childish Music (Staubgold Germany, 2005) |
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July 1 , 2006 (#23)
Originally broadcast May 29, 2005
Just Another Fish Story
Molly Menschel—Independent Producer
In 1994, a 60-ton dead whale washed up on the Atlantic shore of Lubec, a rural town in the poorest county of Maine. Molly Menschel traveled there and asked the residents to recall what happened to them, the town, and the whale. (Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 2004)
The Impersovader
Sean Cole—Producer, WBUR Radio, Boston
Benjamen Walker—Host and Producer, The Theory of Everything
Reporter Sean Cole explores the nature of pure evil with the “real” Darth Vader: Salem, Massachusetts, resident Bo Jackson. (WZBC'sYour Radio Nightlight, 2002)
Thirteen Ways
Pejk Malinovski—Producer, The Next Big Thing
Writer Sam Swope visits a class of restless, imaginative 11-year-olds in Queens, New York, where he embraces the challenge of teaching Wallace Stevens's poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” (PRI's The Next Big Thing from WNYC Radio, 2003)
This segment won the Directors' Choice award at the 2004 Third Coast International Audio Festival/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Voices in Your Head
Pamela Z—Independent Producer
After a falling-out with her psychic counselor, a mother is plagued by angry voices day and night. This segment was originally part of producer Pamela Z's live performance piece, Voci.
Featured Music
Ratatat, “Cherry,” Ratatat (XL Recordings, 2004)
Ratatat, “Breaking Away,” Ratatat (XL Recordings, 2004)
Cars Are the Stars, “Toute Me Parle,” Fragments (Chez Moi, 2005)
E*vax, “To Scale a Fish,” Parking Lot Music (Audio Dregs, 2001)
Rainstick Orchestra, “Powderly,” The Floating Glass Key in the Sky (Ninja Tune, 2004)
Mice Parade, “The Days before Fiction,” Ben-Vinda Vontade (Bubble Core, 2005)
Langius, “A Simple Thought,” The Four Walls (Plug Research, 2004)
Mice Parade, “Passing and Galloping,” Ben-Vinda Vontade (Bubble Core, 2005)
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