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Negativland @negativlandland.bsky.social · 19d

Animal Electronic

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INTERRUPTIONS #1 Pastoral V.2 | Podcast | Radio Web MACBA | RWM Podcasts

Curated by Jon Leidecker “Pastoral V.2” is a curated overview hoping to underline the history of those classic works of electronic and concrète music which sought to mimic and extend the voices and…

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Daniel Ribas @dribas.bsky.social · Aug 18

Locarno78 • Top 7

Dry Leaf, Alexandre Koberidze
Hair, Paper, Water…, Nicolas Graux, Truong Minh Quy
Mare’s Nest, Ben Rivers
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, Abdellatif Kechiche
The Seasons, Maureen Fazendeiro
Two Seasons, Two Strangers, Sho Miyake
With Hasan in Gaza, Kamal Aljafari

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 11h

"...and the tactile sound design by Ernst Karel means we can almost hear the green-hued images and visually perceive the audio."

Fabien Lemercier @fabienlemercier.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hair, Paper, Water… by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quý
= Golden Leopard Filmmakers of the Present at Locarno 78
Staged by Dérives and Petit Chaos, co-produced by WIP - Wallonie Image Production and Lagi Films.
World sales: Lights On
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Review: Hair, Paper, Water…

18/08/2025 - Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quý co-direct a pensively beautiful documentary miniature focusing on an elderly Vietnamese lady and her large extended family

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 11h

nice mentions of the sound, e.g., "its most potent moments take the form of sounds disconnected from the images themselves.... the filmmakers never attempt to imitate sync sound and its reality; instead, there’s always a slight lag here or there, drawing attention to the artifice."

Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 5d

A mellifluous film of memories floating downstream, “Hair, Paper, Water” from Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quý (one of my favourite filmmakers) follows an elderly Rục woman adjusting to the modern world, and adapts to her mode of language in turn #NYFF63 joysauce.com/a-grandmothe...

A grandmother floats homeward in ‘Hair, Paper, Water…’

Director of “Việt and Nam,” Trương Minh Quý returns to the remote Rục tribe for his latest documentary, which premiered at NYFF.

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David Drayton @daviddrayton.bsky.social · 2d

Film 14 - Hair, Paper, Water (14/39). Q&A with Nicolas Graux on his and Trương Minh Quý intimate and scenic documentary #LFF #BFI #Film

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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 1d

Don Cherry driving the van.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 3d

"Graux’s 16mm photography is equal parts raw and opulent, and the sound design, by Trương and Ernst Karel, pays justice to every living creature (bees, monkeys, tigers, bats) under a perpetually clouded sun."

Hair, Paper, Water…

Trương Minh Quý (Việt and Nam, NYFF62) and Nicolas Graux’s 16mm-shot film, an unassuming yet vivid portrait of one Vietnamese Rục family led by Mrs. Hậu, who was born in a cave more than 60 years ago,...

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 3d

"Graux’s 16mm photography is equal parts raw and opulent, and the sound design, by Trương and Ernst Karel, pays justice to every living creature (bees, monkeys, tigers, bats) under a perpetually clouded sun."

Hair, Paper, Water…

Trương Minh Quý (Việt and Nam, NYFF62) and Nicolas Graux’s 16mm-shot film, an unassuming yet vivid portrait of one Vietnamese Rục family led by Mrs. Hậu, who was born in a cave more than 60 years ago,...

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 3d

Appreciate the emphasis on sound in this review, e.g.:

"As images reach us in fragments, sound weaves a continuity from off-screen to on-screen, carrying the emotion through the film and irrigating the streams of images, like water flowing."

(sound design by Trương Minh Quý & me, sound mix by me)

Locarno Filmmakers of the Present Golden Leopard Winner ‘Hair, Paper, Water’ Marks Directors’ Homecoming to Poetic Documentary

Directors Trương Minh Quý and Nicolas Graux follow Cao Thị Hậu’s words and gestures on a journey back to the cave of her childhood.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.

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Indexical @anindexof.bsky.social · 4d

Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as an abstract turntablist, sound artist and DJ. Coincidence, chance and failures are themes that unite her work across mediums.

Indexical @anindexof.bsky.social · 4d

Indexical is thrilled to welcome abstract turntablist Maria Chávez!

Maria Chávez + Syrnx
Sat., Oct. 11, 2025 | 8pm
www.indexical.org/events/2025-...

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 14d

Yan Jun's feedback performance in Vallejo last Saturday was astounding

Negativland @negativlandland.bsky.social · 15d

Over The Edge, 25 Sept 2025

This week, we interview Yan Jun, lynchpin of the Chinese experimental music scene, discussing feedback and influences, and playing as much of his music as is possible without also compromising it, which might not be possible

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 14d

Yan Jun's feedback performance in Vallejo last Saturday was astounding

Negativland @negativlandland.bsky.social · 15d

Over The Edge, 25 Sept 2025

This week, we interview Yan Jun, lynchpin of the Chinese experimental music scene, discussing feedback and influences, and playing as much of his music as is possible without also compromising it, which might not be possible

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

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Bhob Rainey @mphonic.bsky.social · 22d

In case you missed it, you can get xynthii here github.com/mphonic/xynt...

And there are baby steps installation instructions here youtu.be/9RdC2rJTiT4

GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi.

A wicked modular synth with a matrix patchbay inspired by but not emulating the EMS Synthi A. Runs in Supercollider. The successor to 2006's Xynthi. - GitHub - mphonic/xynthii: A wicked modula...

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 18d

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near the bear, by cheryl e. leonard

5 track album

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 18d

To celebrate this release, this morning's LOCAL LOCATIONS on KWMR Community Radio is featuring a selection of Cheryl's recordings from Point Reyes National Seashore and the Headlands of West Marin. Archived here for the next two weeks:
kwmr.org/shows/local-...
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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 18d

"near the bear," is out today! From walrus encounters at 79° N to watching the ocean freeze at -35° C, the album celebrates the High Arctic. Sounds played on natural and human-made objects intertwine with field recordings and site-specific improvisations in five works about Svalbard & Greenland.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 18d

Just finished screening The Hottest August (Brett Story, 2019) as the first film for my ecocinema class and goddamn that's a great movie. This is the fourth(?) time I've seen it and each time it gets better and better--more alive, and more urgent. Hope the students felt the same.

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Bhob Rainey @mphonic.bsky.social · 22d

Xynthii users, I've added some significant features.
Oscs:
1. You can now switch between frequency modulation and phase modulation. Alt/option click the fm text box to switch. It is quite a different sound.
2. All oscs can use all three waveforms now.

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Cheryl E. Leonard @cheryleleonard.bsky.social · 25d

My new Arctic album is now available for preorder:
f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/near-t...! Five compositions inspired by the unique wildlife, environments, and human histories of Svalbard and Greenland. Available from forms of minutiae as a limited-edition CD+booklet or digital download+PDF booklet.

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Non-Event @non-event.bsky.social · 25d

Tonight at 8pm in the amazing acoustics of the Great Engines Hall: Yvette Janine Jackson & Jessica Shand perform "ENTF (Backspace)"

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Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand at Waterworks — Non-Event

Non-Event presents a collaborative performance by Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand based on Jackson’s radio opera ENTF (Backspace) in the unique acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Met...

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 26d

I must not have been there, don't remember this!

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Ernst Karel @sesamecircuits.bsky.social · 26d

Yes!

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Seth Tisue @tisue.net · 27d

Yan Jun, a key figure in Chinese experimental/improvised music, is doing some shows in California next week:
* Sep 25 6p @ Asian Art Museum (SF)
* Sep 26 7:30p @ Dead End Vintage (SF)
* Sep 27 3:30p @ Re: Sound (Vallejo)
* Sep 28 8p @ 2220 Arts (Los Angeles)

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