Outlet

Open Music Archive Outlet

22nd November – 14th December 2008
Coleman's Project Space / 94 Webster Road / Bermondsey / London / SE16 4DF
Outlet open: Fri – Sun 12pm – 5pm & by appointment
In-store opening party: Friday 21st November 6pm – 9pm featuring Open Music Archvie DJ set

Artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White set up the first temporary outlet for their Open Music Archive. Distributing direct to the public, the outlet makes available the out-of-copyright and copyleft material from the archive on CDs, CDRs, and vinyl. Featuring new live recordings from Serafina Steer, Hest, Magic Arm, Sisters of Transistors, Per Ahlund and Mathias Josefson (Fylkingen), MC Strategy (Broke ‘n’ English); studio recordings by Homelife Duo, Liz Green, Sundowner; clips, blips and loops sampled mechanical music boxes; and 1920s and 30s archive source recordings by Leroy Carr, Virginia Liston, Cleo Brown and Honey Hill and more. . .

Visitors to the outlet can browse, listen and take away the music. The CDs and records are available in exchange for a suggested donation and all material is out-of-copyright or copyleft – free for use and reuse in the future.

The outlet is set up in collaboration with designer Ismini Adami.