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Liverpool Circles

Alexander Wendt, 2004. A counterpart to the LA Arcade recordings, this project began as a search for alleviation from the noise of Liverpool's central streets, a strategy which evolved into using the very sounds themselves. A worked composition, using a mix of raw and treated field recordings. #

Play 4:15 min, Alexander Wendt 12/5/2006

Speeds of Time by Bill Fontana

BILL FONTANA This work is called "Speeds of Time", and is a musical deconstruction of the most famous acoustic icon and symbol of time, Big Ben. Live sensors and microphones are mounted on the clockwork mechanism and near the bells of Big Ben to generate a spatial- acoustic composition that is placed in an historic colonnade of the New Palace Yard, directly below and within earshot of the bells. The presence of the sound sculpture in this setting interacts with the natural sound of the bells, creating a multi-dimensional acoustic zone. While this work was installed in Westminster, a 12 hour multi-track recording of the sound sculpture was made that makes it possible to fully recreate the real time sense of this artwork, which can be realized as an 8 channel sound installation. This recording is fully accurate to real time, and if started precisely at five seconds before 10 o'clock, will faithfully keep time. Fontana has previously created other sound sculptures including Sound Island at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1994. The live sound of the sea from Normandy was broadcast to 48 loudspeakers hidden on the facade of the monument, creating the illusion that the cars circling the place de l'Etoile were silent. Fontana, who used to be a composer, has been recording and relaying unusual sounds as art since the late 1960s. #

Play 64:48 min, AAIR 10/1/2006

A hell of a paradise party!

Sound bites from the AA student party on 09 Dec 2005, with a paradise theme. Brilliantly captured by the Radio Bonfi reporter Theo Wyatt Petrides. #

Play 16:15 min, Theo Wyatt Petrides 19/12/2005

London, A by Ze

Field recordings especially made for Radio Bonfi by London sound artist and dj, Ze, as the first part of a London Sonic City Guide. Old Camden Market and Tunnel, Woolwich Rush Hour. 'paste if you have to' #

Play 6:05 min, AAIR 29/11/2005

La Ville, Die Stadt

A composition in homage and to accompany the 1927 silent film, Berlin - Symphony for the Big City, this work by Pierre Henry is a beautiful example of his precise and powerful work in the field of musique concrete and field recordings. Also known as Metropolitan Paris, La Ville is the portrayal of a city by its sounds alone and our imagination. Eveil, Rumeurs, Escalier, Trafic, Foule, Portes, Pendules, Klaxons, Temple, Train, Chiens, Radio, Intérieur, Jeux, Atelier, Flipper, Extérieur, Incident, Métro, Lointain #

Play 68:07 min, AAIR 29/11/2005