Open Music Archive Projects - User contributions [en]

Futuresonic 2006

2006-05-01T14:44:03Z

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'''9th April 2006'''

Dear Eileen and Ben,

Good to meet you at your event the other day!

It is great to see a project like Open Music Archive happening in Manchester, and I thought the live element was really well done.

The Futuresonic festival is coming round again, scheduled for 20-23 July. Alongside the music gigs we stage a lot of media art exhibitions and workshops, and much of that world revolves around open source, grass-roots, collaborative culture.

As it is our 10th year we have decided to take Collaborative Cultures as the main festival theme - so there is a lot of overlap with your project!

Our funds are as ever limited, so not in a position to propose a commission as such right now. But if we could find a way to involve Open Music Archive in the festival I would be very keen to explore.

Drew

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'''14th April 2006'''

Dear Drew,

It was great to finally meet up and talk in Manchester at [[My_Goodniss|our event]]. We’d love to participate in [http://10.futuresonic.com Futuresonic 2006] and we’re enthusiastic about contributing to the festival’s theme of collaborative cultures.

As you know, our project [http://www.openmusicarchive.org Open Music Archive] is a collaborative initiative to source, digitise and distribute out-of-copyright sound recordings. We are independent artists and see our project as a response to the closing down of creativity that is imposed by copyright.

It was always our intention for the Open Music Archive to provide a resource of recordings to be shared and sampled in a space outside of a royalty-generating economy. As we discussed at the event we were thinking about this idea of making a vinyl tool: a 12 inch record featuring material generated from the archive (rare original recordings, [[My_Goodniss|new remix tracks]], short vocal snippets, percussive noises, sounds, samples, breaks and beats) to be used/performed in some way at the festival. All the material would be in the public domain or copyleft licensed.

At the moment we’re researching scratch tools, breaks compilations and battle records: [http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=40795 Q-Bert - Breaktionary (Dirtstyles)] [http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=36350 DJ Swamp - Never Ending Drum & Bass Loops (Decadent)] [http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=35831 Five Deez - Table Noise Vol 3 (Traffic)]

We’re also looking at compilations like [http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=16523 Strictly Breaks] and the short tracks of [http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=41599 J Dilla AKA Jay Dee - Donuts (Stones Throw)]

Obviously, all records are potentially material for new creative work – battle records however are tools explicitly designed to enable new production. In contrast to our approach - the breaks, beats and samples collected on battle records are created from tracks that are not officially licensed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_records].

We’re keen to explore this idea of a vinyl tool here on the wiki – let us know what you think.

Eileen and Ben

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'''28th April 2006'''

Dear Eileen and Ben

Thanks for this information.

There is another strand of the festival that this might be relevant to. We are planning a small exhibition of artist-made instruments, called - funnily enough - 'Instrument'.

So it is interesting to hear you talk about your project as a "vinyl tool". In hip hop people would say that it is the turntable that is the instrument. Would you view what you are producing as in any sense an instrument?

I like the idea of a project that crosses over between the 'instrument' and 'collaborative culture' strands of the festival, in fact there may be one or two others that do the same. So if you think this context would be interesting, and that it is not imprecise to talk about your project as an instrument, we could consider this possibility further.

Give me your initial reaction, as it could shape where the conversation heads. Aside from anything else, 'Instrument' is planned as an exhibition, so we would need to consider how it could be presented as a gallery installation rather than (or, as well as) live.

I look forward to your response.

Drew

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2006-04-30T08:22:52Z

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'''[http://www.openmusicarchive.org Open Music Archive]''' initiated by artists Eileen Simpson & Ben White, is a collaborative project to source, digitise, and distribute out of copyright music recordings.

'''Open Music Archive Projects''' is a forum for projects using material from the archive. Use this wiki to [[Feedback%2C_suggestions_and_project_ideas | post feedback, suggestions or project ideas]].

==Dragline: British Art Show Nottingham==

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'''Dragline''' and '''Screen Tests''' are showing at Angel Row Gallery as part of British Art Show 6, Nottingham (21st April - 25th June)

Angel Row Gallery 
Central Library Building 3 Angel Row 
Nottingham NG1 6HP

Catch a live performance of Screen Tests in Nottingham at 7.30pm on 19th May at Powerhouse, Victoria Studios (part of the Nottingham Trent buildings)

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==Dragline @ Swiss Institute NY==

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Preview of our new film '''Dragline''' - remixed archive material, with a soundtrack made from out-of-copyright records, produced in collaboration with [http://www.chanceprojects.com Chance Projects] showing at:

[http://www.swissinstitute.net Swiss Institute] 495 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012

Thursday March 23, 7pm

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==Open Music Archive presents an Evening of Free Music and Films==

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Thanks to everyone who came down! It was great.
Archive playlist and remixes will appear here soon.

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[[My_Goodniss|Archive playlists, remix samples, and photos]]

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==British Art Show 6, Manchester (28th Jan -2nd April 2006) ==

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We were invited by artists [http://www.chanceprojects.com Neil Cummings & Marysia Lewandowska] to collaborate on Screen Tests for the British Art Show 6 in Manchester. Screen Tests is a film composed entirely of material found and released from the North West Film Archive. The ten minute film is accompanied by a sound track made from out-of-copyright recordings. These source recordings are available in the Open Music Archive to download:

[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Grandmas_Ball.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Intro_And_Tarantelle.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/O_Patria_Mia_From_Aida.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Oi_ya_nestchastay.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Umbrellas_To_Mend.mp3]

See '''Screen Tests''' at [http://www.urbis.org.uk Urbis] until 2nd April 2006

On 18th February (6-8pm) at [http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk The Whitworth Art Gallery] a DJ remix of Screen Tests was performed live by Ben White.

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==OMA @ Open Congress, Tate Britain==

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Open Music Archive presented at Open Congress (Tate Britain 7th-8th October 2005)

[http://opencongress.omweb.org Open Congress] was Inspired by Free Software: software that challenges conventional practices of authorship, ownership and distribution. The innovative congress explored these implications for art, visual culture and cultural production in general.

For Open Congress, Open Music Archive presented a DJ set of music made entirely of samples of out-of-copyright music recordings, mainly sourced from 1920s 78rpm records. An accompanying [[Open Congress slideshow images | slideshow]] uncovered the process of tracking this material.

[[Open Congress performance images]]

[http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/archive/open_congress/sound.htm Tate Online Events Archive (video of the performance)]

Listen to an excerpt of the live performance: [http://www.openmusicarchive.org/projects/audio/Open_Congress_excerpt.mp3 MP3 (5.3MB)] | [http://www.openmusicarchive.org/projects/audio/Open_Congress_excerpt.ogg Ogg Vorbis (3.7MB)]

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==DJ Performance of Screen Tests, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art==

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Ben performed a live remixed version of '''Screen Tests''' for the launch of British Art Show 6 at BALTIC, Newcastle.

[[BALTIC_images | Photos of the performance]]

Future live performances are scheduled for Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol

'''Screen Tests''' is at BALTIC from 24th Sep - 8th Jan 2006

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==Future Projects==

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[[Future Projects | Future collaborations and distributive projects.]]

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2006-04-29T14:57:51Z

86.138.124.108: /* Dragline: British Art Show Nottingham */

'''[http://www.openmusicarchive.org Open Music Archive]''' initiated by artists Eileen Simpson & Ben White, is a collaborative project to source, digitise, and distribute out of copyright music recordings.

'''Open Music Archive Projects''' is a forum for projects using material from the archive. Use this wiki to [[Feedback%2C_suggestions_and_project_ideas | post feedback, suggestions or project ideas]].

==Dragline: British Art Show Nottingham==

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'''Dragline''' and '''Screen Tests''' are showing at Angel Row Gallery as part of British Art Show 6, Nottingham (21st April - 25th June)

Angel Row Gallery 
Central Library Building 3 Angel Row 
Nottingham NG1 6HP

Catch a live performance of Screen Tests in Nottingham on 19th May. Venue TBC. More details to follow.

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==Dragline @ Swiss Institute NY==

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Preview of our new film '''Dragline''' - remixed archive material, with a soundtrack made from out-of-copyright records, produced in collaboration with [http://www.chanceprojects.com Chance Projects] showing at:

[http://www.swissinstitute.net Swiss Institute] 495 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012

Thursday March 23, 7pm

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==Open Music Archive presents an Evening of Free Music and Films==

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[[Image:Mygoodniss exterior.jpg|left|300px]]

Thanks to everyone who came down! It was great.
Archive playlist and remixes will appear here soon.

|

[[Image:Flyer stamp.jpg|left|450px]]

[[My_Goodniss|Archive playlists, remix samples, and photos]]

|}

==British Art Show 6, Manchester (28th Jan -2nd April 2006) ==

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[[Image:BALTIC_03.jpg|left|150px]]
[[Image:Britishartshow.png|left|150px]]
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We were invited by artists [http://www.chanceprojects.com Neil Cummings & Marysia Lewandowska] to collaborate on Screen Tests for the British Art Show 6 in Manchester. Screen Tests is a film composed entirely of material found and released from the North West Film Archive. The ten minute film is accompanied by a sound track made from out-of-copyright recordings. These source recordings are available in the Open Music Archive to download:

[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Grandmas_Ball.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Intro_And_Tarantelle.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/O_Patria_Mia_From_Aida.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Oi_ya_nestchastay.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Umbrellas_To_Mend.mp3]

See '''Screen Tests''' at [http://www.urbis.org.uk Urbis] until 2nd April 2006

On 18th February (6-8pm) at [http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk The Whitworth Art Gallery] a DJ remix of Screen Tests was performed live by Ben White.

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==OMA @ Open Congress, Tate Britain==

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[[Image:OCslideshow_48.jpg|left|300px]]

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Open Music Archive presented at Open Congress (Tate Britain 7th-8th October 2005)

[http://opencongress.omweb.org Open Congress] was Inspired by Free Software: software that challenges conventional practices of authorship, ownership and distribution. The innovative congress explored these implications for art, visual culture and cultural production in general.

For Open Congress, Open Music Archive presented a DJ set of music made entirely of samples of out-of-copyright music recordings, mainly sourced from 1920s 78rpm records. An accompanying [[Open Congress slideshow images | slideshow]] uncovered the process of tracking this material.

[[Open Congress performance images]]

[http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/archive/open_congress/sound.htm Tate Online Events Archive (video of the performance)]

Listen to an excerpt of the live performance: [http://www.openmusicarchive.org/projects/audio/Open_Congress_excerpt.mp3 MP3 (5.3MB)] | [http://www.openmusicarchive.org/projects/audio/Open_Congress_excerpt.ogg Ogg Vorbis (3.7MB)]

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==DJ Performance of Screen Tests, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art==

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[[Image:BALTIC_02.jpg|left|300px]]

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Ben performed a live remixed version of '''Screen Tests''' for the launch of British Art Show 6 at BALTIC, Newcastle.

[[BALTIC_images | Photos of the performance]]

Future live performances are scheduled for Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol

'''Screen Tests''' is at BALTIC from 24th Sep - 8th Jan 2006

|}

==Future Projects==

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[[Future Projects | Future collaborations and distributive projects.]]

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