“Futurónica 4†is the fourth and final in a series of hour-long programs that Crónica broadcasted in Rádio Futura in Porto, during the Future Places festival of 2009. This mix included pieces by Marc Behrens, Durán Vázquez, Gilles Aubry, Enrico Coniglio, Heitor Alvelos, Lawrence English, Paulo Raposo, Ãkos Garai and @c. Download here or subscribe …
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“Hi-Fi Bordersâ€, a new sound installation by Gilles Aubry will be previewed during the Club Transmediale Festival, along with other works by Sound Studies members and the TAG group exhibition. Opening: Friday, 29 January 2010, 19:00 – 00:00 Location: SPA, Spandauerstrasse 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany From: 30 January – 7 February 15:00 – 22:00
Esposizione sonora d’interiora berlinesi. Quelle costituite per capirci, dai piccoli spazi aperti, nel retro delle case, delle botteghe. Luoghi usati di massima, per parcheggiare una bici, gettar rifiuti o per dare asilo al motore di un frigo; di un condizionatore. Esposizione d’interni dunque. Lo svizzero Gilles Aubry, vive a Berlino dal 2002, si occupa di …
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Op eerdere albums werkte de Zwitser Gilles Aubry samen met gastmuzikanten om zijn eigen abstracte computergeluiden te larderen met gitaar- en saxklanken (‘Swift Machine’ uit 2005) en percussie op porseleinen waterkommen (‘Apam Napat’ uit 2008). Voor zijn meest recente plaat ‘Berlin Backyards’ ging Aubry helemaal in zijn eentje aan de slag in verschillende Berlijnse achtertuinen …
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Now available on Wind Measures recordings.
During summer 2009, sound artists Gilles Aubry, Stéphane Montavon and Carl Y are constructing an archive of environmental sounds around the Swiss-French border, precisely on the Canton Jura (CH) and Territoire de Belfort (F). Their work documents the sonic landscapes of natural, urban and industrial sites of this transnational area, in particular those of transit …
Swiss soundartist Gilles Aubry explores field recordings with organic and synthetic sounds of Berlin backyards. It’s amazing the many and the variety of sonorities produce by the city that can be the place where one lives or in other words, noises that citizens are responsible of; electric hum, metal beats, mechanic and repetitive movements, drones, …
In “Berlin backyards†sono raccolte otto composizioni di musica concreta che riprocessano una ricca serie di field recordings catturati dal sound-designer svizzero Gilles Aubry nell’inverno del 2006 a Berlino. Ci viene così restituito un volto inedito della capitale tedesca, quello rappresentato da cortili e giardini interni, dove si è soliti parcheggiare le biciclette, dove risiedono …
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Obviously Aubry’s idea of a typical Berlin backyard isn’t a quiet and peaceful haven one retreats to as a respite from the noise of the city but instead a place where loud, industrial machinery churns relentlessly. Such equipment—air conditioners, trash compactors, recycling containers, electric power stations, all of which keep the city running—exhales convulsively like …
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Le Son du Grisli — Lignes 2, a sampler produced and distributed by the Le Son du Grisli blog, is now online. This compilation features pieces by John Eckhardt, Daniel Levin, Gunter Hampel, Martin Archer and Gilles Aubry, among others. You can download it for free at Le Son du Grisli.
