Walter Benjamin
Jan Svankmajer
Blixa Bargeld
William S. Burroughs
Glide
Brion Gysin
Alice Notley
Kraftwerk
Gilles Ivain
Bernard Parmegiani
Longstone
Michel Foucault
Jaap Blonk
Einstürzende Neubauten
Rheinallt H.Rowlands
Ectogram
Michel de Certeau
Ultimate Spinach
90 Degrees South
Iancu Dumitrescu
Nena
Henri Chopin
Hawkwind
Guillaume Apollinaire
Cabaret Voltaire
Marsilio Ficino
21 Chimneys
Freddie Phillips
Can
Glenn Branca
Stereolab
Laurie Anderson
The Serpents
Morten Sondergaard
Lustmord
Tortoise
David Wrench
Ana-Maria Avram
Tatu
Marcel Duchamp
Laibach
Genesis
Vernon Elliott
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Raincoats
Rhys Chatham
Skyray
PARKING NON-STOP is a psychogeographical experiment in combining soundscape and field recordings with spoken word and music.
In recent years we have built up a body of work that explores the sonic geography of a wider Europe within the context of north Wales, where we live. The main focus of this work is a series of musical pieces that integrate field recordings we've made in various European locations with recordings made in our own home studio. These pieces generally combine an experimental soundscape approach with an aesthetic that veers unpredictably between europop and industrial minimalism. Another aim is to achieve a Welsh sound that is based in the present, and in relationships with elsewhere. We are not interested in a mythical past, but in exploring the sonic possibilities of the mines, quarries and rusting machinery in the landscape as we know it today - as a decaying rural-industrial environment rich with unexpected noise.
Primarily, this is a recording project. We play live only at carefully-chosen venues, often in collaboration with like-minded artists, poets and musicians. Recent performances have taken place in Wales, England, Ireland, Slovakia, Bosnia, Germany and France.
PARKING NON-STOP's debut album "Species Corridor" is released on the Klangbad label on August 18th (Germany) and August 25th (UK) 2008. It is available from klangbad.de
The album is created from recordings lovingly gathered over nearly a decade of travels around Europe and more local journeys around north Wales. Locations that have featured in recordings on this album range from the Buda Labyrinth in Budapest to prehistoric burial chambers on the island of Anglesey. The last few years have seen the shape of Europe change beyond recognition; Parking Non-Stop are fascinated by the edges and borders of Europe, and movement across them. The title track of Species Corridor features a rhythm track made from recording of a European bison in Eastern Poland kicking itself in the head to get rid of flies. The rare primeval forest where it lives, Bialowieza, became the new border of the EU in 2004 amid heated debates about how to stop people migrating illegally while allowing the bison and other protected species to wander freely. Parking Non-Stop’s music inhabits these tensions by exploring every locality as a border area where languages, sounds and cultures mingle and cross.
Process
Underpinning Parking Non-Stop’s sound is a painstaking process of digital collage. Parking Non-Stop's music always incorporates field recordings (to a lesser or greater extent), whether as background ambience, basic rhythm tracks or upfront vocal focus. There are no drum sounds on the album: all rhythms are created through the positioning of field recordings, most of which are made from slate dropped, thrown and smashed in the quarries of Snowdonia. These are combined with vocals and more conventional instrumentation to create an aesthetic that hovers on the border between avant-garde and pop, challenging the certainties of both.
Merci Alan pour cette découverte... Very nice experimental strange ambient pop music. And the "avatar" visual is very far away of the kind of music ! Thanks and take care ! @+ Big bisous Rachid Bara aka Claude Darmor of Les Baragouineurs
ArtistSon Clair Title From the Bridge Duration 15'00 Date of Release 18th August 2009 Format zip · 35.4 MB
From the Bridge is an audio-montage of sounds recorded from the same location over an 18 hour period. The audio material was recorded on 4 separate mono channels and mixed in surround sound for optimum spatial representation.
JANEK SCHAEFER Janek Schaefer is a London based sound artist, musician, and composer. He is known for his innovative work with sound & installation art. He plays in duos with Philip Jeck (Songs for Europe CD), Robert Hampson (Comae CD), Stephan Mathieu (Hidden Name CD) and Charlemagne Palestine. Janek runs his own label [audiOh!Recordings] and web site: http://www.audioh.com
ILLUMINATI Music which serves up a dish of evocative noodles set in an electronic musical sauce. Illuminati has, so far, released 4 albums and various EP's as well as collaborative pieces and compilation appearances for other record labels. http://www.myspace.com/daveclarksonilluminati
JONATHAN FISHER Jonathan Fisher creates drones and soundscapes that will sound beautiful with the church acoustics at Burst Couch 27. He lives in Manchester and was a founder member of the Hippocamp netlabel, which celebrates it's 8th birthday in 2009.
COTTRELL, KOPECEK & HUNTER Improvisational trio featuring guitar/ effects, sax and electronics/ live sampling. Release and more information at http://www.concretemoniker.co.uk
+ NOISY TOYS Roadshow Come along to investigate the science of music through specialist electronic musical equipment. Workshop - open attendance between 2pm till 4pm. http://www.noisytoys.org
I'd love to hear what you think about the show & the other 48 songs / artists featured in it.
Please keep your music coming.
We start a new feature on the show next Sunday night [4th January] -- the F.A.Q. where we get authoritative industry people to answer *your* questions about any aspect of music making / recording / mastering / distribution etc. etc.
For example, next week, a representative from the Glastonbury Festival will be telling you how *you* can play there in 2009.
Other questions we will be answering over the weeks will include:
What is publishing?
What is PRS / MCPS?
How do I get my music onto iTunes?
How can I make a home recording sound 'professional'?
What are the do's and don'ts of sending a demo to a record label?
