[extropy-chat] MUSIC: Ambient Sounds from a City

Wed Jul 27 13:25:09 UTC 2005

I have not had a chance to listen to this yet.

Natasha
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Ambient Politics

What does the global AIDS crisis sound like? How about the displacement of
people from the dwindling stock of affordable housing in cities like Los
Angeles? Since 1994, a collective of artists, activists and musicians known
as Ultra-red have created sound works and performances that combine ambient
music and confrontational politics. Based in LA, Ultra-red's practice of
working with field recordings to make sonic montages has produced a complex
collection of albums and public performances. Since early works like
"Soundtracks," based on the group's on-site work with needle-exchange
advocates, they have worked with housing activists ("Structural
Adjustments") and international labor organizations ("Social Factory"),
producing albums and events that challenge both the political and aesthetic
dimensions of social spaces. Past Ultra-red works, as well as those of their
collaborators, can be found in their "Public Record Archive," an online
collection of downloadable sounds, images, movies and texts. What one will
find is a mix of experimental documentary, electronica and community
organizing that, like the space surrounding us, demands attention from
multiple senses. - Ryan Griffis

http://ultrared.org

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						What does the global AIDS crisis sound like? How about the
displacement of people from the dwindling stock of affordable housing in
cities like Los Angeles? Since 1994, a collective of artists, activists and
musicians known as Ultra-red have created sound works and performances that
combine ambient music and confrontational politics. Based in LA,
Ultra-red's practice of working with field recordings to make sonic
montages has produced a complex collection of albums and public
performances. Since early works like "Soundtracks," based on the group's
on-site work with needle-exchange advocates, they have worked with housing
activists ("Structural Adjustments") and international labor organizations
("Social Factory"), producing albums and events that challenge both the
political and aesthetic dimensions of social spaces. Past Ultra-red works,
as well as those of their collaborators, can be found in their "Public
Record Archive," an online collection of downloadable sounds,!
  images, movies and texts. What one will find is a mix of experimental
documentary, electronica and community organizing that, like the space
surrounding us, demands attention from multiple senses. - Ryan Griffis

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