Nick Cave invited Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard to produce the audiobook for his second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro. Keen to create an immersive and transportive experience for the listener, the artists worked with excerpts of music and sounds provided by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis mixed with real-world audio recordings to construct an 8 hour soundscape. The audibook is designed not only enhance your experience of the novel, but also to disturb and punctuate it.
Exploring the boundaries of conventional technology, Forsyth & Pollard produced the audiobook in 3D. Working with a team of leading acousticians at Arup, the project required a series of custom computer programs to layer the “spatial time signature” of all of the multi-track recordings. The spatialisation script created by the artists became the basis for placing each discrete sound into both physical and emotional three-dimensional spaces. The result is subtle and immersive – something between a film soundtrack, a radio play and an hallucination.
Nick Cave says: “The idea of creating a book which can be experienced in different ways is exciting for me. Iain and Jane, with Arup, have created a groundbreaking audio journey which allows the listener to experience the book in a hitherto unprecedented third dimension. The fact that the reader can choose his or her own experience is interesting because the true meaning of a book lies in the reader’s own interpretation and the circumstances of that interpretation.”
The Death of Bunny Munro audiobook is read by the author and published by Canongate in multiple formats including a deluxe 7CD package with a bonus DVD featuring films by Forsyth & Pollard, a downloadable audiobook and as an enhanced iPhone App. The recordings were mastered by Will Quinnell at Sterling Sound, NYC and sound was spatialised by Terence Caulkins, Anne Guthrie, Raj Patel and Ryan Biziorek.
Following the publication of The Death of Bunny Munro a series of special events took place throughout Europe. Taking place in intimate theatre settings these unique shows were a mix of readings and live music, with Cave joined by Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey. The format of the evening was devised by Forsyth & Pollard, who also designed the lighting and visuals. Beginning at The Palace Theatre in London, going on to Dublin, Edinburgh, Antwerp, Hamburg, Paris, Stockholm, Milan and Barcelona, before returning for a final night in London. Special guests appeared throughout the tour, including Blixa Bargeld who read from the book in German and PJ Harvey who joined Cave for an impromptu duet in London.
Sound and Music presents the first major UK retrospective of the work of Eliane Radigue, one of the most celebrated and influential of living composers. This London-wide festival stages a curated selection of Radigue’s work including her extraordinary compositions for acoustic instruments, her classic electronic compositions and a unique presentation of her installation works.
Since the 1960s Eliane Radigue (born Paris, 1932) has created a singular, powerful and individual body of work that explores slowly evolving states where musical change is perceived as environmental in scale, constant in evolution and virtually imperceptible in transformation. Often monumental in duration, her music communicates a sublime spiritual power, transporting the listener on a journey into the very heart of sound. A true original, Radigue has followed an artistic path unfettered through association to any schools and trends. She is now celebrated as a true innovator, pioneer and musical visionary. The audience at Triptych will be truly immersed in sound in venues chosen in consultation with the artist for their resonant beauty and rich acoustics.
Christ Church Spitalfields – performances as part of Spitalfields Music’s Summer Festival of Radigue’s celebrated collaborations with performers including the first UK performance of the monumental Naldjorlak trilogy and the world premiere of Occam 1 for solo harp, a work completed this year on her 79th birthday.
St. Stephens Walbrook – eight concerts of classic electronic works in one of London’s most beautiful acoustics. This concert series will including the epic Trilogie De Le Mort, a spiritual acoustic journey reflecting on the transcendence of death, and a special concert of Radigue’s early and very rarely heard feedback works.
Triptych also features a free public presentation of Radigue’s rarely heard installation works on a series of Sonic Beds designed by sound artist and Radigue collaborator Kaffe Matthews. These instruments have been designed for the audience to lie in and feel sound move up, down and around their bodies in ever changing patterns of vibration.
Works in the Triptych season are performed by leading international musicians who have become key collaborators with Eliane Radigue, including Charles Curtis, Carol Robinson, Bruno Martinez, Kasper T Toeplitz, Rhodri Davies and The Lappetites.
The 3 events you should not miss at the L.E.D 2010 in London, England.
Aphex Twin (Saturday 28th August 2010)
Pioneer and star of the techno electronica scene, Apex Twin, features as a special guest at L.E.D on Saturday 28th August
Quoted in Mixmag, Richard said “I just love electronics and music and putting the two together just came naturally. I did electronics in college. Electronic music is just so lush basically I love messing with acid, jungle, and playing it out to my mates in a night club. Get out there and dance. Let’s have it! If anyone’s coming to my shows I just want everybody to just dance and have a laugh basically.”
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Paul Daley: “I’m about to embark on a solo career with the release of my first solo album. I also want to continue concentrating on my DJ’ing work, so I’ve decided I won’t be joining Neil on stage for the Leftfield dates this year. I want to thank all the fans for their past support and all the people who will be hearing and seeing the band for the first time.”
