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Living in Canada, the word "south" is often synonymous with the Sun. South is the place where light and warmth come from. I set up the ELF receiver, pointed it at the sun at different times of the day, and made a series of short recordings of the resulting radiation patterns. The sounds are a blend of local and distant magnetic mutterings that resemble a science-fiction movie soundtrack from the 60s or 70s. This is the piece that I imagine to be the soundtrack for "The Republic of the Southern Cross". Magnetic South was made for Süden Radio - a project produced by Radio Papesse, August to September, 2013.

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from Republic of the Southern Cross, released May 13, 2014

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absolute value of noise Vancouver, British Columbia

Influenced by Merzbow, the Haters, Negativland and other denizens of noise-art culture, Absolute Value of Noise takes sound to the extreme. The artist likes to work with "gadgetry" - custom turntables, lamp filaments, wire coils, high voltage ionizers, robots, feedback systems, magnetic transmitters and receivers - to create both intense collages and minimal sonic threads. ... more

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