Thursday, April 15, 2010

Playing Classical @ Neo Sound #8



iii - Hong Kong
No One Pulse (Sin:Ned+KWC) - Hong Kong

Date: 24.04.2010
Time: 20:30
Entry: 30RMB
Venue: Liangcha Shop
Add: F3 Block,OCT-LOFT,Enping Road,Oversea Chinese Town, Shenzhen
Organizer: Neo Sound
Co-organizer: Liangcha Shop, We Play! Records, Re-Records

Music genres benders iii, continues to utilize their edge cutting electronic sounds to reassemble the world of classical music.

Electo-acoustic duo No One Pulse, on the other hands, takes the classical world as a physical object, and re-think it as a bunch of unrealized potentialities.

Enquiry: neosounds@gmail.com

Douban event page: http://www.douban.com/event/11737018/

http://www.neosound.cn/

http://www.re-records.com/

Monday, March 29, 2010

Switched On! Mini Festival



Switched On! Mini Festival
Electronics + Improv + Workshops @ Osage Soho
April 1-9 2010

Be Switched On! this April @ Osage Soho

* Performances by international and Hong Kong artists
* Workshops on the crafts of synthesizing, field recording, circuit bending and much more! Suitable for artists, musicians and anyone curious about sound and sonic art.

Booking and enquiry
Nancy Chua: Tel: (852) 2172 1696
Carven Ho: Tel: (852) 2537 0688
Email: info@osagegallery.com

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01.04.2010 (Thu)
6pm-7pm
Artists’ Talk: Techno(sexual) Bodies X
FREE!

Launch of dorkbot-hk, the Hong Kong station of the international network for electricity. This will be followed by talks by the co-curator and artists from the exhibition Techno(sexual) Bodies, at Videotage, the founder of dorkbot-sf, programmer of Stelarc's Prosthetic Head and Survival Research Lab. They will present their projects relating to sex, technology, post-humanism and cyberspace. The talk is co-presented by dorkbot-hk and Videotage

Speakers: Johannes Grezfurthner (Austria), Heather Kelley (USA/CAN), Karen Marcelo (USA), Bonni Rambatan (Indonesia)

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01.04.2010 (Thu)
8pm-9.30pm
$120/80

Performance: Tetragrammaton (Japan) + Dickson Dee (Hong Kong)
+ Richard Francis (NZ)

Tetragrammaton (Japan)
TOMO - Hurdy Gurdy, Soprano Saxophone, Theremin, Electronics
Cal Lyall - (Tabletop) Guitar, Electronics
Nobunaga Ken - Drums, Percussion

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April 3-4 WORKSHOPS with Hong Kong Sound Artists
No experience necessary
Workshop tickets:$150 (Standard) $120 (Concession) or $400 / $ 320 (Concession) for all three workshops

03.04.2010 (Sat)

7-9pm
Extend Your Ears
An Introduction to Field Recording, by Edwin Lo

In this workshop on field recording, Edwin Lo will show how to successfully record the sounds surrounding you and how they can be transformed and incorporated in a sonic art work. He will explain the different perspectives of this practice by sharing his thoughts, and will guide you through his experiences, different creative works and actual field-recording. This will enable the participants to have a better understanding of this technique.

04.04.2010 (Sun)
4-6pm

SoundLab
Unorthodox Sound Making with Wong Chung-fai, a.k.a Sin:Ned

Wong Chung-fai will lead participants to explore non-standard sound making processes with everyday objects. Get hands on with electronics and explore the hidden sounds around you!
Wong Chung-fai, a.k.a Sin:Ned will lead this workshop is for all those who believe that all sounds are equal, and all sounds deserved to be listened equally and deeply; those who hear music in noise and have fond interest in the beauty of chaos and errors and those who want to explore the hidden sounds around us and alternative approaches to sounds and music.
What to expect: Theory and practice of non-standard sound making processes, ranging from circuit bending to mis-use of non-musical devices. The workshop will feature live demonstrations by sound artist Sin:Ned and his avant-group No One Pulse. No previous experience is necessary.
What to bring: Open mind and old small battery operated devices such as: radio, old mobile phones, remote controls, wireless mouse…etc.

09.04.2010 (Sun)
7-9pm

Become a Sound Sculptor
Using Synthesizers and Effects, with Paul Yip

This workshop with Paul Yip will teach participants how to make interesting and distinctive sounds and create a unique sound sculpture with your own hand. Using synthesizers and effects: ADSR envelopes, filters, oscillators, ring modulators, LFO, reverb, delay, distortion, overdrive etc, this workshop will demonstrate the infinite ways to create interesting and distinctive sounds and allow participants to create their own sound sculptures.

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09.04.2010 (Fri)
7.30-9pm
$120/80 (with 1 free CD of iii)
Performance: C-drík (Belgium/ Zaire) Live In Hong Kong 2010,
Supported by Alok/ KWC
Live Visual by Wong Chung-fai
From electro-acoustic to electro-ethnic experimentations, from punk to free jazz…

C-drík Fermont, Belgian musician born in Zaire (DRC) travels all over the world looking for new sounds. From electro-acoustic to electro-ethnic experimentations, from punk to free jazz. He satisfies his curiosity through the production of Asian and African artists on his label Syrphe, currently writing a book about experimental and electronic music in both continents. C-drík collaborates with avant-garde musicians (Mick Harris, Yan Jun, etc.), traditional ones (Khamsuane Vongthomkhan) or theatre and dance companies (Anh Khánh Studio, Guangzhou Modern Dance Company, etc.) or visual art and cinema (Gisèle Pape).
http://www.myspace.com/cdrk



Monday, March 08, 2010

MILK+



MILK+
I am you are on MILK high
一個融合性、藥物及變種病毒的表演

一次集體表演
概念/導向﹕鄭淑麗
合作﹕Katrien Jacobs及梁學彬及公開招募之演員參與(罗丁丁、范幸薇、小谷子、雅澄、小丁、潘柬芝、陳偉江、張葦兒、Kim Haslam、羅家南、歐仲南、卓灝賢、Sebastian Lindstrom、Alicia Sully及更多表演者)

聲音﹕Sin:Ned
興奮音頻序列﹕Stéphane Perrin

與展覽《電幻(性愛)機器》 同期進行,MILK+ 齊集藝術家鄭淑麗(聞名於日本科幻色情電影I.K.U.), Katrien Jacobs (聞名於libidot.org) 與梁學彬 (聞名於其媒體藝術作品「東方婊子」)將錄映太奇化身為反烏托邦的科幻場景,展出誘惑、頹廢與墮落等故事脈絡,將你帶進2050年的性愛境界。 帶來性興奮之餘,再次喚醒大眾對愛滋病傳播的關注。

日期:2010年3月27日(六)
時間:晚上9時至11時正
場地:錄映太奇
地址:九龍土瓜灣馬頭角道63號牛棚藝術村13室

**免費入場(只准十八歲以上士進場)**

概念﹕
2050 年,遺留在倖存愛滋病患者的突變病毒,再重組人類的DNA 模式,並繁殖出MILK GEN。MILK GEN在到達高潮時,會射出一種含天然安多芬衍生物的白色液體。當這種代號為MILK 的白色液體與皮膚接觸時,安多芬會滲透到皮膚,造成使人上癮的快感,這種快感打通人類終極性慾感官的脈絡。

MILK 是專屬廿一世紀的白色液體,就如二十世紀人類依靠白色粉末(可卡因)達致快感一樣。MILK GEN的存在,可追溯自20 世紀後期,政府及製藥工業對研究愛滋病藥物試驗失敗。MILK被列為非法,MILK GEN會被毒販徵募來從事高利潤的性及毒品交易。另一邊廂,政府派遣具免疫力的MILK特工,對MILK GEN進行殲滅或提供復康。

表演由okamoto及CJM Co., Ltd.贊助

免責聲明:此節目《電幻(性愛)機器》的所有部分均含有性題材和成人內容,嚴格只限於年滿18歲或以上人士進場觀看。參觀人士均須同意閣下自願或自行選擇觀賞展覽及表演中的性題材和視覺效果。

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MILK+
I am you are on MILK high
a performance of simultaneous acts with SEX, DRUGS and MUTATED virus

A collective performance
Concept/direction - Shu Lea Cheang
in collaboration with Katrien Jacobs, Isaac Leung
with open casting call participation
(Justin Ross, Fine Hang Mei Natalie, Daisykuk, Anson, siuding, Poon Kan Chi, Wai Kwong Chan, Venus Weier Tjang, Kim Haslam, Law Ka-nam, Charles Au, Cheuk Ho Yin, Sebastian Lindstrom, Alicia Sully and more)

Sound by Sin:Ned
Arousal sequencing by Stéphane Perrin

In conjunction with Techno(sexual) Bodies exhibition at Videotage, MILK+ brings together artists Shu Lea Cheang (famed for her I.K.U. Japanese scifi porn), Katrien Jacobs (famed for libidot.org) and Isaac Leung (famed for Oriental Whore) to transform Videotage into a sci-fi dystopia landscape with scenes of seduction, decadence, corruption and above all sexual arousal and cautious reawakening of AIDS epidemic.

Date: March 27, 2010 (Sat)
Time: 9pm-11pm
Venue: Videotage
Address: Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong

**FREE ADMISSION (Aged 18+ only)**

Concept:

By year 2050, the mutated virus left in the survivors of HIV positive has reconstituted the DNA patterns and given birth to the MILK GEN. The MILK GEN when arriving at orgasm ejaculate white fluid that contains a natural endorphin derivative. Code named MILK, the white fluids when contacting with skin, the endorphin diffused through the skin, gives an addictive high, a high that pumps up all needle entry points of ultimate sexual sensation.

MILK is the white fluid for the 21st century, as the white powder was for the 20th century high.

The MILK GEN’s existence manifests failed AIDS drug experiment conspired by the Government and the pharmaceutical industry in the late 20th century. MILK is declared illegal. The MILK GEN are sought after by druglord for profitable sex and drug trade. Meanwhile, the government dispatches android MILK AGENT who are programmed immune to the addictive high to round up MILK GEN for termination and rehabilitation.

Sponsored by okamoto and CJM Co., Limited.

Disclaimer: All parts of this program Techno(sexual) Bodies contain sexually-oriented adult content. Permission to enter the venue and to view the performance and the exhibition is strictly limited only to adults who are at least 18 years of age or older, and are voluntarily choosing to view such sexually-explicit visuals.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Rebuilding Haiti



Sin:Ned will be doing sound support and live visual for Alok, while No One Pulse and KWC will be performing at Sigma Space Kwun Tong this Sat (Mar-6).

http://www.oaf.cc/rebuildinghaiti/

Saturday, February 20, 2010

RECeiver: A Re-Records Podcast



Our new Podcast, RECeiver, is already up and running.

It is a selection of live recordings and studio experiments, mixtapes and web-exclusive releases from affiliated artists and friends of Re-Records.

The first one is "Mixtape For Introverts" by KWC.


Subscribe to RECeiver


Monday, January 25, 2010

Sound in the Park - Round 4

Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Kowloon Park

「公園好聲」一系列音樂表演由著名樂評人袁智聰策劃。毋須搭建舞台、毋須巨型揚聲器、毋須在台上有Full Band的器材,一個善用公園裡公共空間的小型音樂演出、親暱的音樂表演方式更難能可貴與貼心動人。每一個公園,都有自己的特色與個性,可以配以不同的音樂。而前身為域多利兵房的香港公園之優雅與保育,九龍公園包圍著的城市節奏,沙田公園的休憩家庭樂,都可以在「公園好聲」裡配以不同風格的音樂演出。﹝節目長約一小時三十分鐘﹞「

公園好聲」第四回:九龍公園 ── 中國花園

好聲團隊

(1) S.T.
電子音樂人兼聲影藝術家蔡世豪,自小接受古典音樂訓練,擁有小提琴Trinity演奏級水平。2008年於城市大學創意媒體學院碩士畢業,現從事音樂、視覺藝術、多媒體聲音錄像演出及創作、獨立電影配樂工作等。S.T.是其一人多元化電子音樂與聲影藝術單位。世豪在09年底推出其S.T.首張個人唱片專輯Weird Mind。

(2) No One Pulse
No One Pulse是一個由巢建威 (KWC) 及黃仲輝 (Sin:Ned) 組成的實驗電聲學二人組。透過非傳统的發聲及製樂工具,二人旨在探索一種概念,有關於包含隨機性、混沌結構及微聲法則的即興演奏、自由形態電音。兩人同時亦是實驗廠牌Re-Records的創建人。

(3) 迷你噪音
香港本土的草根民謠樂隊《迷你噪音》,2008年出版了首張CD《多麼美好》,以樸實而富質感的民謠聲音,灌錄了多首曾在街頭傳唱,伴隨我們一起抗爭的謠曲,把憤怒與苦澀化為美的力量。在他們的歌裡,有臨屋區小孩和公共屋邨居民的生活盼願,老工人的淡然回眸,性工作者的日記殘章,對葬身建築工地的工人的思念,與工人屬同哭的心,社會異議者的羞怯情歌,與及二十年前的廣場酷熱。http://mininoise.blogspot.com/

《迷你噪音》成員:
老B (唱、結他)
陳偉發 (低音結他、結他、和音)
劉子斌 (手風琴)
黃仁逵 (ukulele、結他)
Edmund Leung (鼓、敲擊)

Sound in the Park Curated by seasoned music critic Yuen Chi Chung, the music series allows a close encounter between music and its audience. The shows need no stage set, amplifiers or band equipment, but the very space of the park which a friendly delivery of music speaks to. Each park is a unique space suitable for different kinds of music: the elegant Hong Kong Park revitalised from heritage architecture, the rhythmic Kowloon Park in the heart of the city, and the laid-back Shatin Park popular during family weekends. These parks will be overwhelmed by a wide variety of music. (Programme duration is about one hour and thirty minutes)

SOUND IN THE PARK - ROUND FOUR

Kowloon Park -- Chinese Garden

The Musicians, the people who give you the sound in the park

(1) ST
Choi Sai Ho is an electronic musician and audio-visual artist. S.T. is his solo project. Sai Ho received classical music training since childhood and obtained professional qualification from Trinity (associate recital in violin). He has obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong. In September 2009, Sai Ho released as S.T. first audio-visual album Weird Mind.

(2) No One Pulse
No One Pulse is an experimental / electro-acoustic duo formed by Wong Chung-fai (Sin:Ned) and Chau Kin-wai (KWC). By means of non-musical instruments and devices, the two aim to explore the concept of free improvisation and the world of free-from electronics that embraces randomness, chaotic structure, and microsound methodology. The duo is also the mastermind behind the experimental imprint Re-Records.(

3) mininoise
Local grassroot folk band 'mininoise' has recently released their debut “How Wonderful Life Is”, including songs that have been sung on many street rallies. With the rustic but touching sound, they turned their fury and bitterness in life into beauty. 'mininoise' writes about the wishes from the children in temporary housing area and people in public housing estates; the remembrance of retired worker; bits and pieces quoted from a sex worker's diary. 'mininoise' also feels the tearing heart of families of the workers who died in the construction sites and the heat suspended twenty years ago in the Square -- these are the songs of the dissidents.http://mininoise.blogspot.com/

Members of 'mininoise':
Old B (vocal, guitar)
Chan Wai-fat (bass guitar, guitar, backing vocal)
Lau Chi-bun (accordion)
Yank Wong (ukulele, guitar)
Edmund Leung (drums, percussion)

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=245620351529&ref=mf

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Zimoun | Louis Siu | Sin:Ned @ Osage Soho



Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Osage Soho
Street: 45 Caine Road, Lower Ground Shop 1, Corner Old Bailey Street, Soho, Central, HK

2010's launch features sound art by Zimoun (Switzerland), live percussion performance by Louis Siu (Hong Kong) and electronic performance by acclaimed Hong Kong electronic artist Sin:Ned (Wong Chung-fai)

$120/80 concession (includes one drink: beer/water)(last month's event sold out in two days-restricted to only 50 seats- BOOK EARLY!)

inquiries and reservations: Nancy Chua +852 2537 0688nancychua@osagegallery.com

PROGRAM

8pm: Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations (film)
8:30pm: Louis Siu (percussion), performs works by Jacques Delécluse and Charles Boone
9pm: Sin:Ned LIVE!

ABOUT: Zimoun
Zimoun (born 1977) lives in Berne, Switzerland. Since 2000 he works as a sound, visual and acoustic artist. Zimoun's works range from visual arts to installations, performance, music, compositions and areas related to all of the above. He focuses on research of space, structure, form and empty space, but also on the cautious handling of materials, working with day-to-day phenomena and occurrences.
http://www.zimoun.ch/

ABOUT Louis Siu
Louis Siu, a founding member of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, has received numerous awards for his outstanding performances, notably finalist-3rd place at the 2nd International Timpani Competition of Lyon and First prize in the Australian Percussion Eisteddfod.Since 2008, Louis has been actively performing with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta as an extra percussionist, including subscription concerts, TV broadcast and national tour. In 2007, he performed and toured with the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, and in 2006 he appeared as principal percussionist with the Asian Youth Orchestra.Dedicated to new music, Louis founded PROJECT.T.T. Theproject aims to promote the Percussion and Tenor Timpani and create a platform for composers to experiment possibilities for the extended range instrument.
http://www.louis-siu.com

ABOUT Sin:Ned (Wong Chung-fai)
Sin:Ned (Wong Chung-fai), an idiosyncratic improviser, sonic artist and free-lance writer from Hong Kong. Co-founder of the experimental imprint Re-Records and member of the electro-acoustic duo No One Pulse.Being a veteran writer of the legendary Hong Kong alternative music magazine MCB (Music Colony B-Weekly), while not writing as a pseudo-music critic elaborating his esoteric worldview, in the same idiosyncratic fashion, he spends much of his time hacking and sculpting sonic materials with his laptop and various non-standard electronic gears. With his on-going experimentation encompassing improvisation, sound art, experimental music, noise art, electronic music and field recordings, he has been re-visioning a sound-making process that is dictated solely and directly by intuition.He had taken part and performed in various festivals and exhibitions such as HK Sound and Vision Festival (2003), Get It Louder (2007), Hong Kong & Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (2007, 2009), Architecture is Art Festival (2009), Notch Festival 2009 Guangzhou Station (2009).
http://www.maitreyana.com/

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246359928350&ref=mf

Sound in the Park: Round 3





Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: 沙田公園 結客場 --- Sha Tin Park, Main plaza

Sound in the Park

Curated by seasoned music critic Yuen Chi Chung, the music series allows a close encounter between music and its audience. The shows need no stage set, amplifiers or band equipment, but the very space of the park which a friendly delivery of music speaks to. Each park is a unique space suitable for different kinds of music: the elegant Hong Kong Park revitalised from heritage architecture, the rhythmic Kowloon Park in the heart of the city, and the laid-back Shatin Park popular during family weekends. These parks will be overwhelmed by a wide variety of music. (Programme duration is about one hour and thirty minutes)

Artist

Thomas @ The Malfunction

Sin:Ned

A-Day

Saturday, December 12, 2009

ISW



Album: ISW
Artist: Wong Chung-fai
Sound Walker (16:32)
Composed, performed & mastered by Wong Chung-fai
An imaginary sound walk based on field recordings taken at Central and Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Photography by Wong Chung-fai
Cover design by niuniutu at I/A Studio

C 2009 Wong Chung-fai
www.myspace.com/sin_ned
www.maitreyana.com

P+C 2009 GiN Label
www.myspace.com/ginlabel
ginlabel.blogbus.com

GiN007 Made in China
Listening at: www.myspace.com/ginlabel

About "ISW"
ISW is a series of Imaginary Sound Walk based on field recording materials.

In this first release, an imaginary journey was constructed based on field recordings taken from Central, Sheung Wan and Kwun Tong in Hong Kong.

This sound work was originally composed for Lee Chi Leung’s book “Room”. The journey is about a shamanistic search for the lost soul of the sick.

In shamanism, it is believed that people get sick because they lost their soul, and it is the shaman’s job to rescue their lost soul from the underworld.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Market Flux @ 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture



RE-EX-001
Market Flux
Alok/Edwin Lo/KWC/Sin:Ned

A sound installation of documentation & exploration on Graham Street and Central Wet Markets.

In conjunction with Graham'Super by Urban Rethink Tank at 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture.

2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture4/12/2009 - 27/02/2010West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade

Sound design by No One Pulse + Alok
Produced by Re-Records

(Photo by Edwin Lo)