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== Events ==
  
== Background ==
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We're developing a series of events for [http://www.camdenartscentre.org/artistsinresidence/?id=101169 Camden Arts Centre] for Autumn 2011
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'''06 October / 02 November / 16 November 2011'''<br/>
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[http://www.camdenartscentre.org Camden Arts Centre], Arkwright Road, London, NW3 6DG <br/>
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020 7472 5500<br/>
  
'''Thursday 6th October 2011'''
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''FREE EVENTS''
  
'''Wednesday 2nd November 2011'''
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Artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White develop a series of experimental events exploring the sonic potentials of materials gleaned from the edges of the public domain. Simpson and White have sourced a range of songs from early commercial releases that are currently subject to a conflict in copyright status through a split in ownership between lyrics and musical composition. Manuscripts and recordings have been edited, redacted, cut-up and processed to suppress copyright-secured elements and enable the release of public domain layers from the proprietary control of commercial publishers. Invited guests process the collected material through short live performances.
  
'''Wednesday 16th Nov 2011'''
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This hauntological experiment plugs into the beginnings of the recording industry at a time when emerging models of peer-to-peer distribution and collaborative production are urgently problematising established notions around the authorship, ownership and distribution of culture.
  
== Lyrics ==
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The material generated for the project forms the basis of a soundtrack for the artists’ ambitious upcoming film Auditory Learning.
  
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=== Thursday 06 October 7.00 – 8.30pm ===
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'''DJ set: Eileen Simpson and Ben White'''<br/>
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1920s, 30s and 40s recordings are altered and encoded through autotune, reversed playback and flipped lyrics — techniques ported from R&B and HipHop production. The resultant filtering ensures the suppression of layers still under proprietary ownership but enables the escape of copyright-expired elements that are, for the first time, released into the public domain.
  
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=== Wednesday 02 November 7.00 – 8.00pm ===
  
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'''She's Funny That Way'''
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'''Live performance: [http://www.leafcutterjohn.com Leafcutter John]'''<br/>
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Electronic artist Leafcutter John re-visits the material collected for the 6th October DJ set for an exclusive new live performance.
  
words by Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 February 10, 1938) &copy; expired 2009<br/>
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=== Wednesday 16 November 7.00 8.00pm ===
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXqmC-1G-M YouTube]
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I'm not much to look at, nothin' to see<br/>
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'''Live performance: [http://www.mechanical-bride.com Lauren Doss AKA Mechanical Bride]'''<br/>
Just glad I'm livin' and happy to be<br/>
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Mechanical Bride works with the material from the 6th October DJ set and plugs her fractured, stripped back approach to vocals and melody into the project.
I got a woman, crazy for me<br/>
 
She's funny that way
 
  
I can't save a dollar, ain't worth a cent<br/>
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''Live performances approx 20 mins with accompanying DJ set. Listen live [http://www.thisistomorrow.info www.thisistomorrow.info]''
She'd never holler, she'd live in a tent<br/>
 
I got a woman, crazy for me<br/>
 
She's funny that way
 
  
Though she'd love to work and slave for me every day<br/>
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[http://bambuser.com/channel/thisistomorrow/broadcast/2132953 Listen to an extract from Mechanical Bride's live set working with the Song Division source materials]
She'd be so much better off if I went away
 
  
But why should I leave her, why should I go?<br/>
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=== Song Division Preamble ===
She'd be unhappy without me, I know<br/>
 
I got a woman, crazy for me<br/>
 
She's funny that way
 
  
When I hurt her feelin's once in a while<br/>
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Her only answer is one little smile<br/>
 
I got a woman, crazy for me<br/>
 
She's funny that way
 
  
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[[Song_Division_Preamble|Read a transcript of the Song Division preamble]]
  
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== Listen ==
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=== Eileen Simpson and Ben White Source mix ===
  
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'''recorded 06 October 2011 at Camden Arts Centre, London'''
  
'''I Know That You Know'''
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Words by Anne Caldwell (August 30, 1867 – October 22, 1936) &copy; expired 2007<br/>
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{{Icon_soundfile}} [http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/song-division-source-mix.mp3 Download MP3] 37.8MB MP3 (right-click/ctrl+click to download)
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
  
I know<br/>
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1920s, 30s and 40s recordings are re-edited and loopeed, altered and encoded through autotune, reversed playback and flipped lyrics — techniques ported from R&B and HipHop production. The resultant redaction and filtering ensures the suppression of layers still under proprietary ownership but enables the escape of copyright-expired elements that are, for the first time, released into the public domain.
that you know<br/>
 
That I'll go<br/>
 
where you go<br/>
 
I choose you<br/>
 
Won't lose you
 
  
I wish you knew how much<br/>
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=== Leafcutter John live ===
I long to hold you in my arms
 
  
This time<br/>
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'''recorded 02 November 2011 at Camden Arts Centre, London'''
is my time<br/>
 
'Twill soon be<br/>
 
goodbye time<br/>
 
Then in the starlight<br/>
 
Hold me tight
 
  
With one more little kiss<br/>
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[http://bambuser.com/channel/thisistomorrow/broadcast/2095628 Listen to an extract from Leafcutter John's live set working with the Song Division source materials]
And nighty-night!
 
  
(Dance Routine) 
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== Sources ==
  
Goodnight dear, goodnight dear nighty night<br/>
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Life’s a Game<br/>
 
The fool can play<br/>
 
It all alone
 
  
Noone would care to play it all alone
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[[Song_Division_source_material|Click here for source material]]
  
Every chap should hold a heart<br/>
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== Poster ==
And call his own<br/>
 
Most everybody wants one of his own<br/>
 
Love ay come at her side they told me<br/>
 
When I saw you I knew<br/>
 
I had found my only love<br/>
 
When I Met You<br/>
 
So darling. . .
 
  
I know that you know<br/>
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That I'll go<br/>
 
where you go<br/>
 
I choose you<br/>
 
Won't lose you
 
  
I wish you knew how much  I long to hold you in my arms
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[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/projects/images/b/bc/Song-division-poster-web.pdf Download Poster (PDF file)]
  
This time is my time<br/>
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== Credits ==
'Twill soon be goodbye time<br/>
 
Then in the starlight<br/>
 
Hold me tight<br/>
 
With one more little kiss<br/>
 
Say nighty-night!     
 
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OruS2tpD8cU&feature=BFa&list=PL34BBF683B3B96C3C&lf=plpp The Revellers - I Know That You Know, 1927]
 
  
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Researcher: Matthew White
  
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Thanks to James Smith and [http://www.thisistomorrow.info This Is Tomorrow] for broadcasting the events.
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Commissioned by [http://www.camdenartscentre.org/ Camden Arts Centre] to accompany the Haroon Mirza and Nathalie Djurburg exhibitions
 
 
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'''Like He Loves Me'''
 
 
 
Words by Anne Caldwell (August 30, 1867 – October 22, 1936) &copy; expired 2007<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
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'''Nicodemus'''
 
 
 
Words by Anne Caldwell (August 30, 1867 – October 22, 1936) &copy; expired 2007<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
BL SHELFMARK: VOC/1944/YOUMANS
 
 
 
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'''Anyway, We Had Fun'''
 
 
 
Words by Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) &copy; expired 2004<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
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'''Be Good to Me'''
 
 
 
Words by Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) &copy; expired 2004<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
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'''If I Were You'''
 
 
 
Words by Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) &copy; expired 2004<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
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'''Rally 'Round Me'''
 
 
 
Words by Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) &copy; expired 2004<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
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'''What Can I Say?'''
 
 
 
Words by Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) &copy; expired 2004<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
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'''Why Ain't I Home'''
 
 
 
Words by Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) &copy; expired 2004<br/>
 
''<strike>Music by Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946)</strike> &copy; expires 2017''
 
 
 
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'''Sentimental and Melancholy'''
 
 
 
Music by Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 10, 1938) &copy; expired 2009<br/>
 
''<strike>Words by John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976)</strike> &copy; expires 2047''
 
 
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsNj3Bi1ts8 YouTube]
 
 
 
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'''Too Marvelous for Words'''
 
 
 
Music by Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 10, 1938) &copy; expired 2009<br/>
 
''<strike>Words by John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976)</strike> &copy; expires 2047''
 
 
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3wVOnErjI YouTube]
 
 
 
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'''But Not for Me'''
 
 
 
Music by George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) &copy; expired 2008<br/>
 
''<strike>Words by Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983)</strike> &copy; expires 2054''
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/But_Not_For_Me_%28song%29] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p40R1TtLJo]
 
 
 
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'''Embraceable You'''
 
 
 
Music by George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) &copy; expired 2008<br/>
 
''<strike>Words by Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983)</strike> &copy; expires 2054''
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraceable_You Wikipedia] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF1yQMPMEMo YouTube] [http://open.spotify.com/track/00eeY3L3DllcKN948QxF5U Spotify]
 
 
 
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'''I Got Rhythm'''
 
 
 
Music by George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) &copy; expired 2008<br/>
 
''<strike>Words by Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983)</strike> &copy; expires 2054''
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_Rhythm] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH9xfFUsx-Y]
 
 
 
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'''My One And Only (What Am I Gonna Do)'''
 
 
 
Music by George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) &copy; expired 2008<br/>
 
''<strike>Words by Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983)</strike> &copy; expires 2054''
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_One_and_Only_%28song%29] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1nQByYPLVA]
 
 
 
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''''S Wonderful'''
 
 
 
Music by George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) &copy; expired 2008<br/>
 
''<strike>Words by Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983)</strike> &copy; expires 2054''
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27S_Wonderful] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3-SiyX59L0]
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 29 May 2015

Events

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06 October / 02 November / 16 November 2011
Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London, NW3 6DG
020 7472 5500

FREE EVENTS

Artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White develop a series of experimental events exploring the sonic potentials of materials gleaned from the edges of the public domain. Simpson and White have sourced a range of songs from early commercial releases that are currently subject to a conflict in copyright status through a split in ownership between lyrics and musical composition. Manuscripts and recordings have been edited, redacted, cut-up and processed to suppress copyright-secured elements and enable the release of public domain layers from the proprietary control of commercial publishers. Invited guests process the collected material through short live performances.

This hauntological experiment plugs into the beginnings of the recording industry at a time when emerging models of peer-to-peer distribution and collaborative production are urgently problematising established notions around the authorship, ownership and distribution of culture.

The material generated for the project forms the basis of a soundtrack for the artists’ ambitious upcoming film Auditory Learning.

Thursday 06 October 7.00 – 8.30pm

DJ set: Eileen Simpson and Ben White
1920s, 30s and 40s recordings are altered and encoded through autotune, reversed playback and flipped lyrics — techniques ported from R&B and HipHop production. The resultant filtering ensures the suppression of layers still under proprietary ownership but enables the escape of copyright-expired elements that are, for the first time, released into the public domain.

Wednesday 02 November 7.00 – 8.00pm

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Live performance: Leafcutter John
Electronic artist Leafcutter John re-visits the material collected for the 6th October DJ set for an exclusive new live performance.

Wednesday 16 November 7.00 – 8.00pm

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Live performance: Lauren Doss AKA Mechanical Bride
Mechanical Bride works with the material from the 6th October DJ set and plugs her fractured, stripped back approach to vocals and melody into the project.

Live performances approx 20 mins with accompanying DJ set. Listen live www.thisistomorrow.info

Listen to an extract from Mechanical Bride's live set working with the Song Division source materials

Song Division Preamble

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Read a transcript of the Song Division preamble

Listen

Eileen Simpson and Ben White Source mix

recorded 06 October 2011 at Camden Arts Centre, London

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sound file Download MP3 37.8MB MP3 (right-click/ctrl+click to download)

1920s, 30s and 40s recordings are re-edited and loopeed, altered and encoded through autotune, reversed playback and flipped lyrics — techniques ported from R&B and HipHop production. The resultant redaction and filtering ensures the suppression of layers still under proprietary ownership but enables the escape of copyright-expired elements that are, for the first time, released into the public domain.

Leafcutter John live

recorded 02 November 2011 at Camden Arts Centre, London

Listen to an extract from Leafcutter John's live set working with the Song Division source materials

Sources

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Click here for source material

Poster

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Download Poster (PDF file)

Credits

Researcher: Matthew White

Thanks to James Smith and This Is Tomorrow for broadcasting the events.

Commissioned by Camden Arts Centre to accompany the Haroon Mirza and Nathalie Djurburg exhibitions