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Post Interesting 2008 thoughts

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

After a few days to digest the huge amount of interestingness provided on Saturday I just wanted to mention my highlights. Apart from our Welcome to Mars performance, which I was really pleased with and I think went down well, there were a few speakers that really stick in my (terrible) memory.

Welcome to Mars Interesting 2008 recording

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Here’s the audio from yesterday’s Welcome to Mars at Interesting 2008.  If you weren’t there or know nothing about it, we created a live soundscape to Ken Holling’s reading from his book Welcome to Mars.  If you check the rest of the posts out in the interesting2008 category you will find video of Simon making [...]

T minus 72 hours and counting - Interesting 2008

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Preparation for Interesting 2008 continues here at My Noisy Matchbox with the duplication of 100 limited edition Interesting 2007 Radiophonic Collage CD’s. These will be available on the day on a first come first served basis.
Ken Hollings visited the studio on Monday for a run through of the Welcome to Mars reading which went [...]

My Noisy Muxtape

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Here’s part two of the hip hop muxtape. Bit short of time, so less text, but surely this music can speak for itself.
Track 1 - Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock
This is the first record I tried to properly mix with at an event our school had organised - DJ’s, Emulator Samplers, 808/909 drum [...]

Playing the Building

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

David Byrne has created an absolutely stunning sound installation at the Battery Maritime Building in New York. An old organ triggers devices that are attached to the building structure - the metal pillars, beams, heating pipes and radiators - and are used to make sounds from these objects. There are three types of devices; wind, [...]

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