"neural activity" - Van Riel (live video) and Szlavnics (sound) work with minute details of perception through a simultaneity of microscopic views through the lens (projected light) and soundwaves (beating frequencies) - both senses are acutely heightened; their work produces a conflict of neural activity as both receptive areas of rays, cones, and the basilar membrane and earDRUM send copious amounts of information to the reacting messengers of the brain - the result is heightened neural activity; unintentional associations are provoked by recognizable material, but abstraction immediately challenges the legitimacy of same associations; an additional level of activity ensues: the activity of thought and the abandonment of thought, as expectation gives way to experience - live video projection; sine tones & Pauline Kim, solo violin - "homage to james tenney."

Voice/cello/analog electronics - presenting a series of solo improvisations with emphasis on the voice, hearkening back to song, noise and melody; combustible, acrid, sweet, pitted full and potentially beautiful....

Acoustical extensions of various objects to resonators through steel cables; reversed vacuum cleaner.

Hooykaas/Stansfield have been creating audio/video installations for over 30 years; since the death of Elsa Stansfield in 2004, Madelon has continued to develop their range of ideas; she will show a new project -'Haiku, the art of the present moment', a 2 channel audio/video installation inspired by the Japanese classic book 'the Narrow Road to the Far North' - a pilgrimage on foot, written by the haiku poet Basho; projected on a special screen, the combination of video images of the four seasons, sounds of nature and music played by the shakuhachi constantly varies.

Marcus Schmickler (Cologne, Germany) His latest algorithmic composition, applying different microtonal scales onto various models of granular synthesis and chaotic functions.

The New York-based composer presents recent work for instruments, signal processing, playback devices, speech and gesture; he is performing with his ensemble Object Collection.

A solo laptop performance, mainly based on works from recent CD publications which he takes apart and reassembles in a quasi-improvised, live context.

In this second Radio Lab workshop with students in Julianne Swartz's sculpture class, students will be presenting kinetic and performative objects that they've created following a Radio Lab and tour of free103point9 Wave Farm on October 16, 2007.

The student presentations will be streamed live on free103point9 Online Radio.

An evening composed of three pieces that have nothing in common ... 1: "music" and music video, based on what Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) thinks it is (or a respirator sounds like); 2: A vinyl based topographic scratch around the world on behalf of the one and only TWV - the black beeliner with grooves - and 3: HCAT-MPIGS a piece for trombone, violin and annoying light; at the end of a questionable evening, questions can be asked and products can be bought at discount prices; the concert supported by the Ministerpresident of North-Rhine Westphalia and Harvestworks; with contributions by Dan Evans Farkas, Phill Niblock and Yasunao Tone.

So what's new?- well, some things, but with six hours of music and film/video, who can tell?; 6pm until 12am of the longest night of the year.

Featuring guest composer Jason P. Grisell with "The Swaying Pines of Freetown." Grisell is a member of Harmony & Pollution and The Grand Hotel in NYC. myspace.com/harmonyandpollution myspace.com/theegrandhotel feltrecords.com

Tianna Kennedy, free103point9 Brooklyn Program Director; Matt Mehlan, Roulette Production Manager; and Mike Wolf, music editor of Time Out New York speak to Sam Hillmer's Carnegie Hall Music Appreciation Class at the High School of Economics and Finance.

Electro-acoustic duo Latitude/Longitude release their new 7" single "Solar Filters/Mother Evening" (free103point9 Audio Dispatch 031) at Zebulon with Zeke Healey, Brian Osborne, and other performers. Streamed live through Zebulon's web site (http://www.zebuloncafeconcert.com/) and relayed on free103point9 Online Radio. Two new songs from electro-acoustic duo Latitude/Longitude (Michael Garofalo and Patrick McCarthy) are out now as part of free103point9’s Audio Dispatch Series.
On the A-Side, Solar Filters, banjo and tenor guitar introduce the melody, which is picked up and echoed throughout by melodica. McCarthy’s mystic-cowboy vocals are sung through a contactmic’d banjo head, the strings, tuned to the notes of the song’s minimalist melody, resonating with each syllable. A stomping drum loop drives the song towards its climax of analog synthesizers and shortwave radio static (not sampled, but recorded as a performance, by tuning a radio while wandering around the studio).
The more textural B-side, Mother Evening, features “found” lyrics taken from various random-text, spam emails. Pedal steel guitar creates a swarmof- insects anxiety while prepared electric guitar weaves in and out of the vocal line and thumping floor tom.
Michael Garofalo and Patrick McCarthy began performing as Latitude/Longitude in 2004. They work with diverse sonic materials: test oscillators, homemade cassette tape and field recordings, radio transmissions (FM/AM/SW/CB), and toy electronics (broken and functional), as well as more traditional instruments, such as pedal steel guitar, banjo, mbira, and voice. In 2005 Latitude/Longitude released their selftitled debut album on their own imprint, Early Thieves. Absolute Locations, a full-length collection of improvisations from live recordings, will be released in a limited edition in 2008.
Press:
“Atmospheric, sound-dense… haunting, maze-like treks” –– Justin Stewart, The Wire
“Cool as that proverbial mountain stream, and just as sweet…” –– Ptolemaic Terrascope
“Tranquil, beautifully meandering tunes” –– D. Shawn Bosler, The Village Voice
“A music of gentle hypnosis, not a brutal attack…prefers to whisper not holler” –– Tokafi

Maybe you want to expand the sonic capabilities of that old Casio keyboard or maybe you want to make that Furby sound like it's screeching from the bowels of hell. Have you ever thought about tweaking out an iPod for broadcasting signals? In either case, circuit bending is a great way to get into electronics without knowing anything about it. In this workshop, lead by artist and teacher Jeff Thompson, you'll learn how to safely hack apart and bend cheap electronic toys and instruments, different ways to trigger the effects you discover, and some basics electronics that will be helpful in the process. You'll also learn how to add audio-out jacks run into your mixer or amp, reset switches, and answer any questions you may have. No tools or toys needed - just bring something to take notes.

Eat Local is a weekly broadcast featuring music, literary readings, screenings, and art performances live from Eat Records and Cafe, 124 Meserole Ave., Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Watch on-line video/audio feed each week from 8-10 p.m. Fridays, or catch the performance in person and enjoy delicious locally grown veggies and other delectables prepared by Eat staff and friends. Tonight: Duane Pitre and Noveller.

Featuring farmathon (Christopher LaRose). Based in L.A., LaRose composes solo material under the name farmathon, and is also a member of the The Grand Hotel, a duo with Jason P. Grisell.